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Hoover F5914-900 SteamVac with Clean Surge | 
 enlarge | Brand: Hoover
Category: Kitchen
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Rating:  538 reviews
Sales Rank: 10
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 24
Dimensions (in): 29.6 x 19.4 x 14.4
MPN: F5914900
Model: F5914-900
UPC: 073502025550
EAN: 0073502025550
ASIN: B00009R66F
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Powerful 12-amp motor; deep cleans with hot tap water and carpet solution | | • | Five spinning/scrubbing brushes clean carpets, upholstery, bare floors | | • | Clean Surge feature gives extra burst of cleaning solution for spots or stains | | • | Two water tanks separate clean from dirty water | | • | Brush rotation indicator; 8-foot hose; 1-year warranty |
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Product Description
HOOVER STEAM VACUUMS SteamVac SpinScrub Hoover steam vacuums clean spots and stains on your floors with ease. Hoover vacuums use a powerful 12 amp motor to propel 5 spin scrub brushes that wash and wipe away spots and stains. Includes extra long 24L power cord for efficient use in large rooms. Tool kit includes spin scrub powered hand tool, on board hose and upholstery tool. Includes 16 oz. detergent. 1 year warranty.
Amazon.com
This powerful home steam vacuum saves you the expense and hassle of having to rent a steam cleaner and keeps rugs, upholstery, and bare floors (other than hardwoods) looking like new. The powerful 12-amp motor combined with five spinning brushes that operate at either high or low speed lift the usual dirt and grime out of carpets. By pulling on the trigger in the comfortable upright handle, this deep cleaner releases the included carpet/upholstery cleaner and hot tap water. For more stubborn stains or for high-traffic areas, this SteamVac also has a Clean Surge feature, which sends an extra blast of cleaning solution into the stain by simply pressing a button on the handle. When cleaning is complete, release the trigger and the SteamVac forces hot air into the cleaning path so you can do a few dry strokes over the stain. This deep cleaner has two separate water tanks to keep clean water apart from dirty water. The top tank holds the detergent and 1 gallon of hot water and automatically mixes the two so you don't need to get your hands wet. The lower tank holds the dirty solution picked up from the carpet and unlatches to easily pour out into a sink without spilling. For cleaning stairs or upholstery, this deep cleaner has a long 8-foot hose and a special stair/upholstery nozzle that scrubs out spots. Other features of this deep cleaner include a brush indicator, which informs you that the brushes are spinning; an on/off foot pedal; a handle release pedal; and a 27-inch wraparound cord. The Hoover SteamVac is covered by a full one-year warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde
Amazon.com
This powerful home steam vacuum saves you the expense and hassle of having to rent a steam cleaner and keeps rugs, upholstery, and bare floors (other than hardwoods) looking like new. The powerful 12-amp motor combined with five spinning brushes that operate at either high or low speed lift the usual dirt and grime out of carpets. By pulling on the trigger in the comfortable upright handle, this deep cleaner releases the included carpet/upholstery cleaner and hot tap water. For more stubborn stains or for high-traffic areas, this SteamVac also has a Clean Surge feature, which sends an extra blast of cleaning solution into the stain by simply pressing a button on the handle. When cleaning is complete, release the trigger and the SteamVac forces hot air into the cleaning path so you can do a few dry strokes over the stain. This deep cleaner has two separate water tanks to keep clean water apart from dirty water. The top tank holds the detergent and 1 gallon of hot water and automatically mixes the two so you don't need to get your hands wet. The lower tank holds the dirty solution picked up from the carpet and unlatches to easily pour out into a sink without spilling. For cleaning stairs or upholstery, this deep cleaner has a long 8-foot hose and a special stair/upholstery nozzle that scrubs out spots. Other attachments include a bare floor nozzle and a powered hand tool that is also ideal for upholstery or small carpet areas. All tools are mounted on the front of the vac in a handy case. Other features of this deep cleaner include a brush indicator, which informs you that the brushes are spinning; an on/off foot pedal; a handle release pedal; and a 27-inch wraparound cord. The Hoover SteamVac is covered by a full one-year warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde
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| Customer Reviews: Read 533 more reviews...
 Impressed with SteamVac August 20, 2008
I spent a lot of time shopping around, comparing prices and reading other reviews before purchasing this SteamVac. The price was very fair and I was honestly surprised at how well it cleaned our carpets, especially since there were very old stains that had NEVER seen a carpet cleaner before and they came up. I couldn't believe how much dirt and muck it was able to get up - even after going over it several times. It did a good deep cleaning. I had some trouble figuring out how to use the stairs attachment, even after reading the instructions and it didn't seem to clean as good as I had hoped - liquid seemed to squirt out of control and not always on the stairs where I expected it to go. But maybe I still need to get used to it as I've only tried it once so far. I do wish the tanks held more liquid so we wouldn't have to change them so frequently. Overall its an excellent carpet cleaner and didn't leave much wetness in the carpet after cleaning, so it dried fast. I leant it to my daughter who's carpets were so stained from kids, lots of people traffic and a dog and she was amazed at how well it cleaned everything up as well.
 2008 Update on This Model August 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read the reviews, and bought this model two weeks ago (August 2008). I've run 20 tanks of detergent through this machine cleaning rugs and carpets. Rather than repeat what you've read already, here's an update:
The "Snap": Forget it. Possibly true three years ago, but there is no "snap" today.
Boiling Water: Works great. I initially filled half the tank with boiling water. That worked well, so I dragged out the stew pot to fill the whole tank with boiling water. This worked even better: the waste water is even darker brown as a result. It also seems that the waste water comes out of the carpet faster when you do this (fewer sucking laps). Boiling water is a winner.
Leaks: Can't get this thing to leak. The tanks must have been redesigned.
Extra laps to dry the carpet: This works. I noticed that a third drying lap sucked out more water (one lap with trigger depressed, then two laps just sucking). However, when using boiling water (see above), you want to keep the water as hot as possible. So go 1 lap with the trigger depressed, then 1 lap without, then move on. Come back later to suck out more water.
Detergent and Pre-Treatment: The Hoover Deep Cleansing detergent that came with this machine worked well in conjunction with an enzyme-based pet spot remover. I ordered a gallon of the Hoover Premium Pet Formula, which did not work as well on pet stains without the separate spot remover. Best results for pets require separate pre-treatment with an enzyme based pet stain remover.
Tank Sizes: If you follow the instructions (one lap with trigger down, one lap without), the detergent tank will empty about when the waste tank is full. If you do extra laps to dry the carpet further, the waste tank will fill before the detergent tank is empty. This is a minor design flaw.
Cleaning the Waste Tank: I didn't understand why so many people complained about the difficulty of cleaning the waste tank. Hold it in your left hand. Spray water into it from your kitchen sink sprayer with your right hand. Twist your hands a little. You'll be done in 20 seconds.
Since this review will probably be buried under the other 500+, I will also paste it into a discussion. Sorry for the repetition.
Say goodbye to your mop! August 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Now I'm not the type of person to typically write a review of any product. But this time, I just felt the need. So, I bought this back in November and finally opened the box yesterday. I was able to put it together in a matter of minutes - although I would suggest that you actually refer to the written pages when it comes to connecting the hose because the pictures didn't explain it well enough.
Also - while I searched and searched the box for the bare floor tool, there was none. My issue - I didn't read well and thought there was one in there. No biggie - you won't really need it.
So, I immediately got the hot water flowing from the sink (and I have REALLY hot water because it heats the house in the winter). It's about 200 degrees - well above the typical setting on a thermostat. Not even controllable since the knob is inside the hot water heater, but I've digressed. OK - so I don't typically clean with cleaning solutions and maybe if I did - I'd get different results but the result I got was just amazing even without chemicals. I used plain old vinegar and a touch of shampoo for the smell and hot water - and I would never have imagined the carpet was as dirty as the water clearly was when I was done.
So I finished my daughter's room and moved on her bathroom. She has a large bathroom and one of those bathroom rugs you get from JC Penney. Oh my. The water was darker than her bedroom was! GROSS. Went back to check her bedroom and the carpet was feeling shockingly dry already. Yet again, was CLEARLY impressed.
So I went to bed thinking wow, I should have done this sooner! Well, this morning I got up and thought - it's got more scrubbing power than me so why not use it on the foyer hall (which is tile). It's an 8x20 area and used to take a while to mop. We have 3 dogs and a cat, so it's an area that needs cleaned often. I mixed up my mixture again, this time leaving out the shampoo, and off I went. Within about 20 minutes I was done... never knowing the tile was actually as light as it was and without any effort compared to mopping. At this point, the Swiffer Wet commercial with the mop begging to come back comes to my mind and I laughed.
On I went to the kitchen which is about 800 sq. feet. Did my vacuuming to get up all the loose stuff and again mixed the vinegar in with my hot tap water.... and I was amazed that my kitchen floor was as dirty as it was. Not nearly as dirty as the other rooms - but it did a great job on cleaning not only the tile, but the grout.
Now, all in all this is a GREAT product. It will clean any floor I have in my house, from carpet, to tile, to laminate and do it better than I can with a mop.
Some things to remember are....
Make sure you vacuum first - I fortunately also have a Hoover vacuum and it has a hard floor setting so it's an easy task as well.
The hand tool connection is quite awkward - so I wouldn't recommend switching back in forth. You have to take the tank apart to put the hand tool suction thing - and you have to plug another piece in to a socket on the top. It was quite a task trying to do that in my daughter's room and I quickly said this is cumbersome and time consuming, so I decided I'll do the edges another time.
Remember to drain it - I noticed there was some water on the floor this morning where it was setting overnight because I didn't drain the water in the clean tank.
While I did use it on my laminate, I was very caution with the amount of water I used -- and used it more for the scrubbing power than anything else. I took my microfiber mop and went over it when I was done to make sure I didn't get any streaks. (And I didn't.)
That's really it. I know this is a long review - but again, just thought I'd share with you that for $150 -- this is an all around cleaner that isn't just for carpets. I haven't done the linoleum (sp?) in the basement yet - but that's about 1500 sq. feet -- so it will take some time. I can't imagine it would be anything less than stellar.
Hope this has helped! Now go get cleaning.
Great Product August 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We used it for the first time on our upholstery and it worked wonderful. It washed away everything that accumulated over time from 2 boys eating, drinking and jumping on the couches. We then tested our area rug and again it worked great. We borrowed a bissell from a family member to try out the product and the hoover worked much better and was very user friendly. Even the instructions that came for assembly were very straightforward. Great Product!!!
Love It! August 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really am glad I purchased this item. I took my time and read MANY reviews on the amazon and the web, this model seemed to have everything I was looking for. I put it together in a few minutes and steam cleaned my entire house in just a few hours, It really did a GREAT job! I have light tan carpeting, 2 kids, a husband and a dog, lol so it needed a scrubbing. It was very easy and quick, I used the sample size bottle that came with my cleaner (a little less than it says to use) along with oxy-clean. Almost zero drying time as it really sucks out the water, which was nice so I didn't have to keep chasing everyone off the carpets.
Mine does leak a little when it sits there while I'm filling/emptying the containers, I took it apart and tried again to get that click/snap but It just doesn't do it. I can live with it though so no worries. You will definitely not regret purchasing this! I waited for it to be on sale and got it for 139.00!! with free shipping, what a deal!
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