Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

A number of years ago I had purchased one of the Bissell Pro Temp Machines that Consumer Reports had given the top rating in the home carpet cleaning machine category. I was never really satisfied with it, it was fine for light maintenance type cleaning, but could not handle a really dirty carpet without leaving a tremendous amount of dirty water in the carpet. The suction for that machine just wasn't adequate to do a decent job. So I found myself with an embarrassingly dirty carpet and an under-performing carpet cleaner. I seriously considered just replacing the carpet. But I thought I'd check Amazon and see if there was a "miracle" machine that could help me save some serious $$$. After looking at Amazon reviews and YouTube videos, I decided to put out the money and gamble on the Big Green Machine. I also ordered the Professional 2x concentrated cleaner as well. I am beside myself how GREAT this machine works!! See my attached picture - you'll be amazed. I was really only hoping to get the carpet as passable and ended up with carpet that looks almost brand new! I took other's advice and used Borax along with the cleaning solution hoping for a miracle and I'm thrilled with the results. I mixed the Borax at a ration of 1/2c/gallon of very hot tap water. I didn't have the problem with the Borax not dissolving as others reported - I think the key is to make sure your water is very hot.