Customer Reviews

Rug Rat all Purpose Turbine Power Vac

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I've had central vac systems in my last two houses. My only complaint was that I had no good way to clean the stairs. This little RugRat takes care of that concern. Now I've got a mini-beater bar vac that I can fit into all kinds of nook and crannies around the house that were being neglected. It works like a charm on pet hair-covered couches as well. I would highly recommend this product!

Over the past few years, I've had to keep buying new Rug Rats. They work fine for a while and then just bind up. I keep taking them apart and cleaning the pet hair out of them. Then sometimes they work better for a while; sometimes not. I'm going to try other brands. BTW, I also use the Turbo Cat, the larger carpet cleaning head, and it works well every time.

The Rug Rat is a turbine-driven carpet-beater vacuum head. The airflow that grabs the dirt is also used to spin the brush; it doesn't use electricity. It works well as long as you have good suction (that's the force) and don't press too hard.

The trick is to keep your suction up. You will need a central vac or shop-vac, not a regular canister vac, to drive this. And even with suction, the trick is to get it up to speed and then engage the carpet, lifting whenever it slows. So it's not as good a performer as if a motor were driving the brush. But it is an adequate way to clean stairs.

this product came used and it was sold as new, the return letter from the person that sent it back was still inside the box. also the box came postage due, I paid it wrote the company back, sent them the label,letter and asked for reimbursment and made some not to pleasant remarks. never heard one thing back.

This is the 2nd Rug Rat I purchased. Both did the exact same thing. After using it for a very short time (once or twice for a few minutes each time), it stops working properly. The brush barely moves as if it's stuck. There was hardly any pet hair in it, but I cleaned it out and had the same problem. Even when it worked, it didn't work great. Makes a lot of noise but doesn't do a whole lot. It does not work well when used on bedding, as there is no way for air to flow, so it locks up the brush. It worked better on furniture that was a more rigid construction. As soon as their is looser fabric, it loses power. I have yet to find one of these things that work well. Years ago I had one that looked very much like the Rug Rat but it was made by Kirby. It also had a vent slide on the side to control air flow. It was awesome! I had it for many, many years. It finally broke and now I can't find anything to replace it.