Customer Reviews

Capture Dry Rug Cleaner Kit (820586)

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Recently used this kit rather than our steam cleaner, which does a great job, due to time constraints. Was very pleased. It took me about an hour to do our large living room and stairs, compared to three hours plus drying time for the steam cleaner. The results were almost (80-90%) as good. Want to add that you need a good vacuum. I tried this product some years ago and had poor results because my old vacuum just couldn't remove all of the powder.

Members of my family have been using Capture for years, and in my experience, no other carpet cleaner compares. I use this system not only for spot cleaning (we have 3 dogs and 3 cats), but for general cleaning of high-traffic areas as well. I became a true 'believer', however, several years ago after my aunt put it to the test. She was carrying a container of wood stain for some furniture she was finishing when she tripped and dropped the stain on her NEW carpet. She used the capture right away and there wasn't a single visible trace of the stain! My only "complaint" is that this is almost addictive, and once I get started, I go through it very quickly!

This product is amazing! I had a set of stairs professionally cleaned twice and the dirt on the edges never came up. I used this, let it sit for two days, vacuumed and voila, they were spotless. This has saved me from having to replace the carpet.

As an early Christmas present in December 2010 my exgirlfriend spilled almost an entire bottle of cheap red wine onto my carpet. Try as I might I could not get this stain up. The constant reminder of the jealous lunatic who went into manic rages over Facebook friend requests I received from coworkers was not a welcomed site on my floor. I tried a host of overpriced carpet cleaning solutions that spray on and then after you inhale noxious fumes for 15 minutes. Having completed those steps you scrub like Cinderella and the only effect I could really see it doing is it was making the stain bigger.

So it's June 2011 and my stain has grown much like The Blob, absorbing and laughing at all cleaners I brought to battle. Having a few cocktails out by the pool on my laptop I was speaking with my mother about her stain problem and how she was going to solve it. She said, "blah blah blah Capture" and I did what I always do when SUI (surfing under the influence). I went on Amazon.com and impulsed bought the hell out of it.

It works. Wonderfully. But not only did it work but I enjoy the following:

- Smells like Fruity Pebbles, not death bleach. I had a bowl of cereal almost immediately after applying the powder I had 30 minutes to burn before vacuum step. Post Fruity Pebbles Cereal, 11-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 4)

- No left over wet spot that I always invariably step on wearing socks.

- Scrubbing was minimal. It seems the only purpose of the scrub is the push the fairy dust that you're spreading all over the carpet just a little deeper into the stain. Excessive force is not necessary here.

IF YOUR ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CARPET; JUST ONE ROOM LIKE ME AND YOU DON'T WANT TO INVEST IN A CARPET CLEANING MACHINE. THEN THIS IS THE PRODUCT TO USE. FIRST YOU SPRAY NOT A LOT JUST ENOUGH TO COVER THE CARPET AND THEN YOU SPRINKLE THE DRY CLEANER DOWN THRU A SIFTER THAT COMES WITH THE KIT; GREAT IDEA. THEN LEAVE THE ROOM, IF YOUR CARPET IS NOT THAT DIRTY LEAVE ON FOR THIRTY MINUTES; MORE IF YOU HAVE CONSTANT WALK THROUGH TRAFFIC; THEN COME BACK AND VACUUM. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED. I KNOW I WAS BECAUSE I TRIED EVERYTHING, NATURAL PRODUCTS, SPRAY CANS OF STUFF. YOU WANT IT TO WORK THE FIRST TIME THEN THIS IS THE ONE YOU GET.

I have bought Capture many times over the years, unfortunately this kit's powder is in a bucket, not easy to sprinkle in smaller areas, so no doubt I will use it up much faster than the more usual canister. Besides that, the sprayer nozzle does not work properly - spray setting spreads about 14" wide spray, thankfully I kept my nozzle attachment from my last bottle. Product does clean better than any other carpet cleaner I have used.

When I say clean, I mean clean. Never has any professional service met my standards in cleaning my carpet. Capture cleans better (far better) than any product or service I've used. I like it. It can stay.

This product has gotten out ink, red wine and red candle wax from my Berber carpet. You have to treat a few times, but trust me, the stuff WILL come out. If they ever stop making this product, I will rip all my carpeting out and go to hardwood.

Capture works like on other carpet cleaner. It took out a motor oil stain from a cream color carpet and the stain has not come back and Capture never damaged the carpet. Truely an excellent product.

I tried the Capture dry rug cleaner in our RV, not thinking that I'd be happy with the results. But the modest cost of the cleaner (purchased at Home Depot) was a good excuse to give it a try. And it worked!! Carpets in RVs are by nature in a high traffic situation, and in our RV the carpet is right next to the kitchen and under the dining area (what are the RV designers thinking?) and the carpet had its share of soil before I finally decided to try something besides professional steam cleaning I had last year and which I didn't find all that wonderful. Granted, the carpet doesn't look like new, but it's acceptable and definitely much better than I expect. I give this product a high rating.