This Shark carpet extractor works really well for someone that has 2 cats in the house.  I had a baby blue carpet that looked black and now is restored color. Took two bins of water and empting of waste water to achieve that.  Clean up is easy just dump inside the toliet and like my situation ui had alot of cat hair inside the catch I just removed it and gave it a rinse. It sits on a nice plastic tray to prevent the floor from getting wet if it has any residue wetness that may drip off. So far I really like this machine. Hope it lasts and sticks around like my other shark appliances.