I finally had an opportunity to use my big green machine on the carpets in my home. I have to say it performed wonderfully and the results that I got were absolutely fantastic, better than I really anticipated. I think they look better then when I had them professionally cleaned. The only negative thing I have to say is, I wish you could lock the handle part way down so that you could press down on the handle to lift up the front of the machine to make it easier to move. This would help to maneuver it to another position or closer to a wall a little easier. Other than that I think that the machine is absolutely fantastic.