Hoover Steam Vac - Which Model Is Right For You?

One of the most popular brands of home carpet cleaning machines are the Hoover Steam Vac models. And for good reason, they have user friendly features, are economically priced and they perform well. That said, which model is right for your particular needs? Here's a look at 3 of their top models.

Hoover Steam Vac F5914 Carpet Cleaner

The Hoover F5914 is one of Hoover's biggest selling models, and one that is quite popular among users on sites like Amazon. It's also one of the lowest priced upright carpet cleaners in its class.

You'll find a 12-amp motor to go with dual water tanks and 5 adjustable scrubbing brushes to deep clean carpets and get the dirt and stains out, leaving them looking clean and fresh again.

This model also has a 'clean surge' feature that allows you to squirt a boost of cleaning detergent directly on a specific stain or dirty high traffic area. It's a nice added feature that helps with your cleaning.

Hoover Steam Vac F7411 Carpet Cleaner

The Hoover 7411 is a "wide path" carpet cleaner that sports a 20% larger cleaning path than other machines. This can be a big asset in larger rooms. It also comes with a powerful 12-amp motor, SpinScrub brushes and more.

Another nice feature that Hoover has included in this model is the heated forced air drying. After the machine scrubs the carpet and vacuums up the water/solution, hot air is blown over the carpet to speed up drying times. Wet carpets are a real issue with some makes of carpet steam cleaners, but having a built-in dryer greatly reduces the moisture and drying time.

You'll also find a powered handheld cleaning tool with this machine so that you can clean upholstery and stairs with the same type of cleaning action as the floor nozzle provides.

Hoover F8100 Platinum Collection Carpet Cleaner

This top of the line Hoover steam vac is the only model in Hoover's "Platinum Collection" of home machines. It has the features that you would only expect to find on some of today's professional carpet cleaner models. Features such as a computerized control system, Max Extract technology and dual multi-directional scrubbing brushes.

Hoover Max Extract is a system designed to get the most amount of dirt and stains out of your home's carpets. This technology includes multi-action and multi-directional powered scrubbing brushes that deep clean carpet fibers, high velocity suction to get up more water and moisture out of the carpet, and forced hot air drying to dramatically reduce drying times.
 
The computerized controls gives you the ability to see everything that the machine is doing at any time, monitor tank and solution levels, as well as have fingertip control to adjust settings and the type of floor cleaning you'd like to do.

Hoover stands behind their carpet cleaners with a full 1-year warranty... but this F8100 comes with an industry leading 6-year warranty. You'd be hard pressed to find a warranty this size on commercial machines, let alone home models.

These are only three of the top Hoover steam vac models that you'll find, but they have several others as well. I've only briefly touched on the benefits of these three models, but you can find in-depth reviews for each one, as well as many others, on our website.

The key to finding the cleaner that is ideal for your needs comes down to what you would like in a machine... and your budget. For example, are you wanting a basic carpet cleaner does a solid job without all of the extra features? Then the Hoover F5914 would be a good fit. Do you want a top of the line home steam cleaning machine that has features found on more expensive commercial carpet cleaners? Then the Hoover F8100 may be just what you need.

Once you have an idea of what you'd like in a machine, and have a budget in mind, then it is only a matter of looking at some of the reviews and making your best choice.