Just what I needed for three dirty area rugs. I'm 73 years old and did not want to rent a Rug Doctor machine, so I bought this one. It did what it promised. Very easy and lightweight to use. An expensive wool oriental rug was faded in the middle from sun and of course, fading is permanent but after cleaning it lifted the pile up and blended it so it's not noticeable. The dirty water was dark brown, PROOF that it works! Very happy.