Hi All,

Few years ago I was able to rent a small carpet shampoo machine. It looked
like an upright vacuum cleaner, but had a 2-3 brushes and a shampoo
dispenser. It was great for a good scrub of a carpet.

I would then follow up with one of these bigger "flushing" machines, which
get the some dirt out, by flushing the carpet, but are useless for cleaning
it. It was a good combo.

I no longer see these shampooers. Disappeared off the surface of the earth.
Anyone know why these 2-3 brush shampooers are no longer available? Rental
places look at me funny, when I ask for them :-)

I see some machines that Sears (and similar) sell with puny brushes and
flushing, but these are not serious cleaning machines.

Rich