Customer Reviews

Hoover 40321130 Premium Pet Formula Carpet/Upholstery Detergent, 128-Ounce

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I bought this shampoo about a year ago, and was kind of unsure whether to get this or the Hoover Deep Cleansing Shampoo. I was not sure which would be better for my carpets, as they had a combination of pet problems and the normal problems. So, I got both.

One difference is the fragrance. The Deep Cleansing smells very good, whereas this one is exceptional. Hoover seems to pay special attention to this detail, as these products both smell great. In terms of cleaning, though, it is very difficult to tell the difference. I know this is supposed to be good on pet stains, but it was not any better than the Deep Cleansing in my experience. If it was, it was very slight; I could not discern any difference and I did test them. Also, I could not see any difference on normal areas like stairs.

I wish I could say to use one for pet stains and the other for normal rooms, but the difference is minimal if at all. I just buy the this one because as pleasant as the Deep Cleansing scent is, this fragrance is out of this world it is so pleasant. Both detergents are very pleasant to work with as they have no residue problem (mentioned in more detail in the next paragraph), are not harsh on skin, do not brown the carpet, and of course leave a very pleasing scent. There is not much bad to be said about this product.

One thing that the shampoo says, is that it is OK to leave some residue on the carpet as it helps resist resoiling. I find this to be untrue, as detergent residue tends to attract dirt pretty aggressively and going over the carpet one time with just water after doing it with shampoo seems to leave the carpet cleaner for a long time. Professional carpet cleaners will all tell you to remove any detergent residue, except for encapsulating detergents (which this is not), and some will not even use shampoo for this exact reason. They use a pre-spray and then use hot water. Which brings up another appealing characteristic - this detergent is quite easy to get out. I would also like to mention that with this or any other cleaning solution, or just water, the temperature of the water is very important. The hotter, the better. This can often make quite a difference in the cleaning ability of the solution, so whenever possible use very hot water.

I followed the previous reviewers suggestions and used 1/3 to 1/2 the amount of detergent the manufacturer recommends, and got out year old stains that had defied previous cleaning attempts. I am very pleased with this cleanser and my new hoover steam cleaner.

This container holds enough detergent for 25 gallons of steam cleaning. It removes the stains, especially pet, but the older stains don't disappear permanently. It works very quickly, also. The stains disappear almost immediately.

We used this cleaner in our living room with our Hoover steamer, after about a week of trying to housebreak our new puppy. There were accident stains all over the place. It didn't work that well, we did not see a difference between this and the regular hoover cleaner. The stains wouldn't come out. After giving up we went out and bought a gallon of Nature's Miracle Stain & Odor Remover, which worked wonders. If you really have some serious pet stains then I would recommend using the Nature's Miracle, even if you don't have pet stains the Nature's Miracle cleans non-pet stained carpet better than the Hoover solution as well. The carpet came out looking brand new. This product is a bit too mild to work on tough stains.

The smell is wonderful. But even better than its smell, is the fact that it COMPLETELY removed the *large* dog pee stain in the middle of my cream-white, thick livingroom carpet. And that was *after* over a week of not being able to shampoo it (because my shampooer was out of town), and *after* several "spot-cleaning" treatments, and *several* times shampooing it once the shampooer was back with the Hoover "Deep Cleaning" detergent and Bissell detergent (each time using boiling water). I used this pet formula ONCE with the boiling water (I always use boiling water; IMO, it makes a huge and satisfyingly gross --gotta love that black sludge in your shampooer bucket-- difference)... And voila. NO sign of any dog urine stain in the carpet whatsoever. And the house smells as good as my carpet looks. I'll never bother with using anything other than the Hoover Premium Pet Formula detergent again.

Ten months ago we bought $7000 of new carpeting. Two months ago we got two new puppies and one new shelter dog, in addition to our other three dogs. Unexpected life issues came up that prevented us from really keeping an eye on our new babies at first... so needless to say, our new carpet took a huge, devastating hit. On top of all that, we live in a rural mountain community and the amount of dust and dirt and mud that blows in and/or gets tracked in is astounding, no matter how careful we try to be.

A few weeks ago, I used Nature's Miracle to scrub and de-odorize the carpet in spots, and it did a decent job. But what a lot of work. On hands and knees with a soft scrub brush... roll after roll of paper towels to soak up excess... and then allowing a saturated carpet to dry naturally for up to two weeks (per instructions). Whoa -- not a practical solution for me. So my Mom's Day gift to myself was the Hoover F7412-900 SteamVac Dual V Widepath Carpet Cleaner with the Hoover Pet Formula Detergent. O.M.G. My carpet looks and smells absolutely brand new. Stains that I thought might be in the carpet permanently all came out. I'm really shocked. I didn't expect such a great result. I washed twice and rinsed twice (minimum), with plenty of dry passes in-between. I also allowed a few nasty spots to stay wet for 30 mins before rinsing and drying... and I think that helped a lot.

I love the light clean smell of the Pet Formula... it's not overpowering by any means (and I used a lot). So in the end, I really don't know how much of my success was due to the carpet cleaner itself (the Hoover SteamVac) or the detergent (the Hoover Pet Formula), but the two combined saved our carpet. I know I sound like a cheesy infomercial for Hoover now, but I can't help it. My husband and I are thrilled!

would buy again, works great, removed a stain from 3 years ago with almost no effort, extremely fast shipping also.

The pet odor (from cats) was totally removed. However, the actual cleaning ability of the shampoo was not as I would like. If you have carpet that is not heavily used or tread upon, then this may work. For really heavily used areas, you may want to try something else.

This cleaner has a nice smell and cleaned some very dirty carpets really well. Pet odors that I was unable to get out with other products were neutralized with this detergent.

This solution cleans fairly well, and leaves a nice scent behind, you will be amazed how much dirt comes up. You will want to reclean again in a few days, if your dirty tank was really dirty, means you still have lots of dirt still on your carpet. however, you could use a clear hot water tanks, with no added product to rinse over the carpet again, or add half of the original product of the first cleaning to go over the areas again.
Wish these products were so expensive.
And this hoover solution is hard to find at local stores.