Buying a Carpet Cleaner,is it worth it?

Carpet cleaners, should I rent or should I own one? This is a personal choice and all depends on how much you want to spend either renting or owning a carpet cleaner. Plus how many times a year, do you clean your carpets in your house? So in this blog post, I will give you three options and how I feel about carpet cleaners. I think you know where I am going with this, I own a carpet cleaner, and I will tell you why.

Renting a Carpet Cleaner

Renting a carpet cleaner from a store is very pricey. You rent it by the day and if you need it more than one day the machine can really become expensive. Plus you have to buy their chemicals which are really expensive. I use to rent a carpet cleaner and then I would share it with my other family members so we could split the cost or the machine and chemicals. This at least cuts down the cost, but it was still very expensive even splitting the cost. When you bring the machine back in, it has to be spotless and dry or they charge you extra. These carpet cleaners do a good job but they are very heavy. By the time you rent the carpet cleaner and buy the chemicals you can have over $75.00 dollars into it.

Carpet Cleaning Services

Here’s another option. You could hire a cleaning service to clean your carpets. But again this can get very pricey. They charge, by the room and depending on how many rooms of carpeting you have this can really add up. I have 9 rooms of carpeting and even if they charge let’s say $20.00 dollars a room this would cost me $180.00 dollars. This is way too much money for me. Yes, they do a great job of cleaning the carpets but I can do it myself for a lot less.

Buying your own Carpet Cleaner

This is what I did over 10 years ago. I decided to buy my own carpet cleaner. I went to several different stores and compared brands and prices. I ended up buying a Hoover Carpet Cleaner from Walmart. Yes, the upfront price is a little more but to this day I still use the same carpet cleaner.  This has saved me hundreds of dollars over the years. I can use my carpet cleaner whenever I want and don’t have to worry about turning it back in on time. My Hoover Carpet Cleaner is very easy to fill and empty out, plus it has a hose for furniture and hard to reach places like corners and steps. I go to my local Fleet Farm Store and buy my carpet cleaning chemicals there for less than half the price of the rental store.

Saving money and time is the ultimate goal here so I decided buying my own carpet cleaner made sense to me. I’m giving you my opinion here but the choice is always up to you. I find if I can do the job myself I can save money. I like finding ways to cut costs in everything I do and buy from Suzie Homemaker.