Vax W90-RU-B Rapide Ultra Upright Carpet and Upholstery Washer: upright: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home

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Washing your carpets has never been easier, with the versatile Vax W90-RU-B Rapide Ultra carpet and upholstery cleaner. Vax Rapide carpet cleaners are designed to be quick to use, easy to manoeuvre and as simple to operate as a regular dry vacuum cleaner. The Ultra is the ultimate Rapide, combining ease of use with the very latest deep cleaning, quick drying technologies.

This is the first in a new generation of Rapide carpet cleaners with powerful Dual V suction technology. Dual V leaves your carpets touch dry in no time, so you can get on with your day. Powered jets pump solution deep into carpet fibres and rotating brushes lift out the dirt and stains that you can see, plus the embedded dirt, allergens and odours that you can't.

Why wash your carpets?

Dirt and dust gets trapped deep down in your carpet's pile, beyond the reach of your dry vacuum cleaner. Even if you vacuum daily, your carpet will start to show signs of wear as this trapped dirt gets trodden in, damaging and flattening the fibres.

While your dry vacuum cleaner is powerless to remove this embedded dirt, regular washing helps to lift it away, leaving carpets clean and fresh so they stay looking at their best. Washing brightens the colour, removes odours and refreshes the pile so your carpets look and feel like new again.

So if your carpet is looking dull, worn or stained, rather than buying a new one or calling in professional cleaners, give it a new lease of life with the Rapide Ultra instead. As it helps to remove pollen and dust mites, it's also a great choice if you or your family suffer from hayfever, asthma and other allergies.

Use the wash tool for stairs, upholstery and car interiors.

Powerful Dual V suction means carpets dry quickly

Easy to use and versatile

The Rapide Ultra is also handy for sucking up the accidental spills that inevitably happen around your home, before they become a problem. This makes it ideal for busy family homes with kids and pets, where muddy shoes, paw prints and spilt drinks can quickly take their toll on your carpets. The wash tool is perfect for refreshing stairs, upholstery and car interiors. It can even be used for those small accidental spills.

Gone are the days when deep cleaning your carpets was a job you had to put aside a whole day for. The Rapide Ultra’s patented Dual V twin air path technology leaves your carpets touch dry and ready to use again in just a couple of hours. The two V-shaped channels in the floorhead deliver consistent, powerful suction right across its width, so your carpets are both cleaner and drier.

First dry vacuum your carpets thoroughly, then fill the Rapide Ultra's solution tank with water and the supplied Ultra+ cleaning solution--Vax's toughest solution yet. Vax Ultra+ is specially formulated to leave no sticky residue, so your carpets stay cleaner for longer. All Vax carpet cleaning solutions are Woolsafe approved, so they are safe to use on all types of carpet, including pure wool.

Press the trigger to apply the cleaning solution as you push the machine forward. Simply release the trigger as you pull backwards and the powerful suction removes the dirty water and lifts the carpet pile. Pour away the dirty water, then stand back and admire your fresh, clean carpets. They'll be touch dry and ready to walk on again in just an hour or two.

Apply solution as you push forward and suck up the liquid as you pull back

Revitalises your carpets

PowerJet technology pumps jets of cleaning solution deep into the pile to dislodge trapped dirt and odours. The brushbar rotates rapidly, loosening embedded dirt and giving you a really thorough clean. This rotating action also grooms your carpet's fibres and the suction lifts the pile, so it feels soft and springy to the touch and looks like new.

Box Contains

1 x Carpet washer
1 x Ultra+ Solution
1 x Stretch hose
1 x Upholstery Tool
1 x Instruction manual
1 x Guarantee registration card

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434 of 439 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent for the job 22 Dec 2010

By D. Cooper

We didn't want to rush to clean our carpets as the weather was cold and damp and we were afraid our they would take longer to dry, so we decided to wait a little while. However our grandchildren came to visit and one thing they are both determined to do is make sure that our door mat remains clean and dry at all times as they carefully side step them to clean their shoes off on the hall carpet whenever possible. A small Christmas 'children's' buffet tea ensured that the kitchen, living room and hall way had a generous sprinkling of milk, orange juice and other less identifiable stains and so the decision to hold off on the carpet cleaning until after Christmas was taken out of our hands.
In all honesty the hardest part was in getting it out of the box. It slotted together in a perfectly obvious way and was ready for use in no time.
Our large living room rug which covers the fitted carpet in there is almost as old as I am and even though it has been cleaned on numerous occasions in one way or another came up cleaner than I can ever remember seeing it before, though the water that came out of the collection tank was a colour I couldn't believe considering that I often sit on it.
The hall carpet which is rather newer but takes considerable punishment particularly from our two dogs also came up like new. But it was the stair carpet that was the biggest surprise. This had never been effectively cleaned and not only did it come up as clean and new looking as the hall but the procedure was also thankfully easy to do due to the hose attachment, which meant that the Vax could stand in the hall or on the landing while the stairs were cleaned. Read more ›

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277 of 286 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Vax Rapide Ultra 2 12 Oct 2010

By Holly (X LEP Recon!)

Customer Service
The VAX comes with a label on it "Don't take me back to the shop, simply call, we love to help, 0844" tel number given (try [...] for landline number) and "[...]" given. Offering direct customer service rather than dealing with the store. - any problems or questions should be directed to the them. As the first machine I received did not work as well as expected or as reviewed on here I contacted customer service, who very approachable and were thorough in their follow up, resulting in a replacement machine. Excellent service 10/10.

Set Up/Use
The machine arrived in a large strong and well sealed box. The contents were well packed and protected. The machine feels heavy when you first lift it out but it is not heavy to use. It was easy to unpacked and put the few bits together. Before using it, best to read the instructions all the way through, as information I thought missing, was at the end.

Included are 2 bottles of cleaning solution, 1 pre-treatment (packed in with the pre-treatment sprayer) and 1 carpet cleaning solution. Ready to go.
Mixing up the solution is easy enough, 40ml solution/1 litre water. Only 1 negative here, could do with a 40ml measure for the solution (I used an old medicine measure, which clicked nicely onto the top of the bottle afterwards).

The dirty water container is very easy to empty during use, but can be a bit fiddly to fully clean out and full drain/dry when finished. The clean and dirty water tanks are totally separate, avoiding the chances of cross pollution and also meaning toping up and emptying the tanks can be done a lot easier. We had a Vax Rapide 5100 before which has the tanks inside each other inside the machine which meant taking the whole thing apart to empty or fill the tanks. Read more ›

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Carpet cleaning has never been so much fun!! 8 Jan 2011

By lewpylew

I recently acquired a Vax W90-RU-B Rapide Ultra Carpet Cleaner and I cannot believe how easy and straightforward it was to use and set up.

The cleaner arrived in a big sturdy box but once opened it was less than 5 minutes before the cleaner was ready to use. I had been out to buy some carpet shampoo in preparation but turns out I did not need it as you get a 473ml bottle in the box. You only need 40ml of shampoo per litre of warm water so it will last me ages.

I was home alone when I had my first play with the Vax and being of small build I had no trouble assembling the handle and getting my cleaner up and running. The only downside it is heavy but I was able to move it around easily if it took me a little time to climb up/down the stairs.

Before use you need to ensure you hoovered the carpets thoroughly - this is to make sure you carpets get a proper clean and any undue fluff etc on the carpet does not clog up the machine.

When cleaning the carpets you just press the on/off switch with your right foot as it's on the right of the machine and then use your left foot to press the other foot peddle to recline the cleaner so it can be moved along freely.

The trigger switch on the handle should be pressed when moving the vax forwards to release the soap solution and when pulling backwards the cleaner sucks up the water. The carpets were slightly damp but nowhere near as damp as when I have borrowed carpet cleaners in the past.

Once done, this vax is easy to remove the water chamber and to clean the dirty fill bottle.

Cannot fault it and wish I'd found this product ages ago : )

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