On a scale from 1 to 10, I’m talking about cleaning up poop.
We got a dog recently, and adorable Golden Retriever puppy we’ve named Cash. He’s a part of this family, and 100% awesome. But he’s got a weak tummy (or worms) and he’s lost control of himself a couple of times, both at the office and at home in our bedroom. Cross my fingers, we’ve so far avoided any squishy toes (thanks to Ron H. for that lovely and descriptive term.)
In deference to those incidents, and in the interest of a clean home and good relations with my co-workers, we decided to get some help with cleaning up aging diarrhea stains. Enter the Bissell 1200A Spot Bot Pet – a portable, spot cleaning vacuum. This sucker uses water and cleaning solutions to pull out aging (and gross) stains better than I could ever hope to with a spray bottle and a rag. We used it on three spots so far and the thing seems to be pretty darn effective. The reviews on Amazon are pretty compelling as well.
The thing is pretty brain-dead simple to use too. Fill up the reservoir with cleaning solution and water, place over the stain in question, plug it in, and hit “go.” ”Go” = one of two choices, either a “fresh stain” setting that runs for 3 minutes, or a “set stains” setting that runs for 6. I opted for the 6 minute clean.
And it works. At $130 it isn’t super cheap, but not excessively expensive either, especially compared with a couple of visits by Stanley Steamer. Of course, I need to keep buying cleaning fluid too, but hey, Bissell’s gotta eat too. And this vacuum is reassuringly heavy and solid – doesn’t feel like a cheap piece o’ crap. And it’s kind of fun to watch it washing, rinsing, gurgling and scrubbing away in the magic viewing window.
Seriously, if you have (or anticipate acquiring) a number of small, contained stains on the carpet, this thing might be a darn handy tool to have around. Here’s a video of the Spot Bot Pet in action at the office, working on week-old diarrhea stains:
Poop Be Gone. on 12seconds.tv
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