Customer Reviews

Hoover Platinum Collection Pet Plus Carpet-and-Upholstery Detergent, 50 Ounces, AH30035

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I have tried, on a number of different occasions, a few of the Hoover carpet detergents: The lesser expensive Hoover Deep Cleansing detergent (a very nice all-purpose detergent), the Hoover Premium Pet Formula (great scent), and the (more expensive) Hoover Platinum Pet Plus. They are ALL great carpet cleaning detergents... but I would have to confess that I didn't find a huge cleaning difference between the Deep Cleansing and the Premium Pet Formula (I would favor the Pet Formula over the Deep Cleansing -- the Pet Formula has a lovely powdery scent and little bit more cleaning power that's worth an extra couple of bucks, I think).

All of that said, the Platinum Pet Plus detergent... whoa, that was a BIG cut above the rest. Twice the price, but twice the performance. It's a killer price-wise for me -- I can use an entire bottle of the stuff on just one good-sized room (we have a lot of dogs free-roaming our house plus we live in a rural mountain/country environment). But, if you compare it with the expense of professional carpet cleaning, or the cost to replace a room of carpet, a few extra bucks on the Platinum Pet Plus detergent is a great alternative when you have a seriously soiled carpet. In the end, I think I'll spring for the Platinum Pet Plus when the carpets are really THAT bad (more often than I'd like to confess to) or for a semi-annual cleaning, and then use the Premium Pet Formula for in-between light maintenance. If money were no object, I'd buy the Platinum Pet Plus every time. It's that good.

We recently purchased the Hoover SteamVac Carpet Cleaner with Clean Surge (F5914-900) and the Hoover Platinum Collection Pet Plus Carpet-and-Upholstery Detergent. They are both my first ever. In the past we would hire the *professionals* to clean our carpet. Never again! Never again will I throw my hard earned money out the window (or in their pockets).

In the year we have lived in our house it would be kind to say that we have accumulated stains. The Hoover machine and this cleaner not only pulled up all of our stains from the two small dogs - the very old cat - and our preschooler, it also pulled up the stains the previous owner *claimed* a professional could not remove.

I bought five 50 oz bottles, because I read a review where someone said they cleaned one in a half rooms and used up a whole bottle. I'm not sure how big their mansion is, or possibly what they were doing wrong. Because in following the instructions in the machine's manual, I used two caps full every time I filled the tank (you would use two caps full for very soiled carpet). I cleaned our 2300 sqft house (most of which is carpeted) and did not finish off two of the bottles. Granted, the second bottle is almost empty. Oh well, I got free shipping and I have three more bottles of the cleaning solution to use over the next couple of year or two.

I'm a bit frusturated! After recently adopting a "housebroken" dog, I was left with a number of accidents around the house! I have a baby and the thought of her crawling around on less than clean carpets, didn't sit well with me. Once night, after yet another "accident" I was fed up and did some research on carpet cleaners. I decided to purchase the Hoover Carpet Cleaner and thought I would upgrade to the Platinum Collection Pet Plus Detergent. My carpets now look great (but then again the pretty much did before I used the detergent as my carpets are only 5 years old!). I noticed though, that one area that my dog liked to go, still smelled like urine. I then spot cleaned the area by diluting the detergent as directed and spraying it directly onto the problem area. This didn't do the trick either, so this morning I pulled out the Rug Cleaner again and cleaned the entire room. The room is now dry and when I get close to the rug can still smell urine! It irritates me that the product package claims to get out tough urine smells, yet the product doesn't meet the claim. I wouldn't spend the extra money on this product, perhaps the standard detergent would do the same but atleast it would cost less!

I used this solution in my new carpet scrubber and it did an awesome job. I have 3 kids and a dog and the carpet gets a beating. This solution did a great job cleaning and did not leave a strong smell afterwords. I recomend it highly. The only drawback is that I used the entire bottle on one room. (Aprox 20ft x 20ft).

When raising a puppy, you are bound to have some potty training incidents. I use this product with my Hoover Steam Cleaner when doing whole floors and with my Bissel Lil Green Machine for individual cleanups. My dog has not returned to any place to toilet in the same area. This proves this enzymatic cleaner works. Animals will find the old scent if possible and return to that area to toilet. I feel this product made potty training easier because the dog has no place inside to smell and return to for toileting.

This product is GREAT. I was amazed at how clean and how effectively it worked on our carpet.

So my two year old has learned how to take his diaper off during the night. The other day he gave us a lovely surprise in the morning as the interior contents of his diaper were very helpfully spread all over his bedroom floor. Our lovely beige carpet was now a smelly shade of brown. We used our regular carpet cleaner and pre-treatment, ones that have served us well in the past for your standard baby and toddler related messes, you know, things like spilled juice, random dirt, and "what the heck is this sticky pink stuff?" type of cleanups. It got most of the grossness up, enough that I felt like a child could at least sleep in the room without needing to self-report myself to CPS. There was still some staining though, and it grossed me out. I ordered this stuff thinking that it might get the last of the staining out, and it's a good thing I did because the morning before it showed up Mr Now Being Toilet Trained did a repeat performance, creating an all-new mess over the pre-existing stains.

After getting the obvious out of the way I sprayed the carpet with a pretreatment (Woolite Pet) and went over the whole area with the carpet cleaner. Well, his room now looks better than the rest of the house which we try to deep clean the carpets as regularly as life will allow (about once a month or so, and boy does it need it by then!). I'm really impressed with how easy it was to get out both the new stains and the older stains. Even some areas that were just a bit on the dingy side were revived nicely. So, five big stars for a product that took a brown and tan carpet back to light beige. I'll be ordering this as part of the 4 for 3 deal in the future because with a second child on the way I have a sneaking suspicion we're going to need it.

Works just fine. Somehow, I don't like the smell as well as the one I had before (pet care version). But as I said, it does a good job cleaning the rug.

I cannot say enough good about this shampoo or the Hoover Platinum Shampooer. It got stains out than have been in my carpet for a long time. Other reviewers complained about the cost but I think it's worth the bit extra.

When this product arrived it had leaked all over the inside of the box. I contacted amazon customer service and they are sending me another one. Hopefully, the next one will not leak. I was very pleased with the customer service I received from amazon. I am happy to report that they did not have me ship the leaking detergent back to them. Could not ask for better service, that's why I love amazon.