Hoover SmartWash Automatic Carpet Cleaner, FH52000 (Renewed)

The Hoover SmartWash Automatic Carpet Cleaner, FH52000 (Renewed), is absolutely amazing. As a property manager, I’ve used countless rental machines and owned several carpet cleaners over the years, and this one truly stands out—it’s a miracle cleaner. We were on the verge of giving up on our carpets altogether. After shampooing before the holidays, the spots kept returning. This machine changed everything. It’s well-made, rugged, and powerful, with excellent suction that removes water effectively. Cleanup is simple and hassle-free. We love the automatic design: it applies water and cleaning solution on the forward motion, then sucks and dries on the pull-back. The dry-only feature is another standout, helping carpets dry much faster. A clear winner—and an excellent value for the price.

I bought this because my manager said I am responsible for the upkeep of the carpets and that I was ruining them. I have the power dash by Hoover and now this. It is an amazing product. I like how it is separated into 3 compartments solution, water tank, and dirty water. I am slowly using it to clean and cause the fibers to rise. Mine the handle does not wanna snap in place and I was worried that someone said that their handle kept falling out and it wouldn't let them use the spray forward because the handle didn't lock in place. But if you tilt the machine back and use it as you would either shampooing or as a vacuum to suck up what little water it dispenses it holds itself in place and I am satisfied with it not being locked. Seems to be a design attribute that this one machine will work to shampoo and clean the carpets. I have found that this machine can be used to lightly dampen the carpet and suck up the moisture and refurbish the carpet back to standing tall like it is new 🆕. First I use it with concentrated oxiclean large area rug shampoo and then go back over it a week later and then vacuum like every other day to 3 days. It has nice suction and doesn't leave the carpet wet so much even if you have to go over it a couple times. It gets the water up and the dry only button comes in handy to get extra water out of the carpets. I have a Amazon commercial black round fan that on low blows like the plastic fans from dollar general and Walmart when they're brand new. The industrial fan dries the carpet 25 feet away from the fan and quickly. I have 5 plastic fans and one black 🐈‍⬛🖤 metal one. Giving away the plastic fans and only gonna use the metal one from now on. Everything seems to be sturdy and easy to empty and clean. The handle not locking in place is not a hindrance to using the machine as it seems to be well built to stay in place while using it. I would recommend this to anyone elderly who doesn't want to hold a trigger sprayer the entire time while shampooing your rugs. I have balance issues and can't stand for longer than a couple minutes before my waist starts hurting because of obesity. I'm 60+ pounds overweight and 60 years young. Gets the stains out but some may need to go over a few times. It was sent UPS and arrived 3 days early and was completely there. No dirt in the tank or dents or nothing like that. Just a big brown box with a new looking high quality shampooer. My cat 😸😺🐈 loves the big brown box to lay on. She can't be threatened by the shampooer while on the box lol. The dirty tank shows the uncleanness of the dirt and such from the supposed to be clean before carpeting. Works better than a rug doctor in my opinion. And it will last awhile and pays for itself after one use. I would recommend either a refurbished or brand new machine from Amazon and the 3rd party seller. I was going to buy one brand new but this one was like $69 cheaper than a new one and didn't have anything that was wrong with it. Only someone who didn't try to use it as it is would have problems with this model and brand. Here's to happy clean rugs.

Regret this purchase, it's cheaply made, as soon as I went to use it the lock tab for the cover of the double roller broke. It's only two small plastic tabs with a small spring clip on each to lock it in the place and when it was locked in place it was gapped around half causing lack of suction and dirty water was coming right back out of it. The machine itself did a bad job of cleaning carpet. Whereas I thought I would prefer the automatic Smartwatch compared to trigger but it became more of a hassle switching it back and forth to dry only. And I had to go over the carpets way too many times with dry only.

My husband was very happy with this machine. Cleaned well, suction was good. Carpet dried much faster than he expected.

We have 2 puppies- apparently we’ve gifted them our bedroom carpet as a glorious spacious toilet. ;-) While we continue potty training (ie OUTSIDE) this rug cleaner has been a life saver. It’s so easy to use (I have bad wrists) and easy to clean/empty which is a HUGE plus. Great suction for drying after cleaning, great cleaning power- no leaking!!!! I had originally borrowed this exact rug cleaner and after using it twice- purchased my own!

This is my second machine so I knew how it worked. Didn't need the instructions since I was already familiar with it. Works great as usual except the handle attachment was broken and didnt lock into place. Easy fix with a strong glue. Other than that it is a good steam cleaner and does the job.

First off I bought it through second chance . I have say it looked brand new just not in the original box. They had it packed well when it arrived. . Got all the attachments for it. I had to try it right away. They gave me a small bottle of rug shampoo. This shampoo 'er works fantastic. Easy to use and got the pet stains out of my beige carpet. I fostered puppies and they had some accidents. I had tried to hand clean them prior to getting this machine. They came right out that my carpet looks new. I also cleaned my large carpet that had stains from other fosters that had treats etc. Those stains came out .. it looks new. Those stains were in my carpet for more than a year. I am very pleased with this machine. I have no negative things to say. Buy it you will be happy. Try the second chance items. They refurbished it and I am sure it was returned without the original box. It was brand new and I didn't have to pay the original price. Just to have it in an original box?.. no Brainer. I am very pleased all the way around. Also very easy to use and the carpet don't get soaked. It does take a while for them to dry. If you over soak them.