I've been doing a lot of reseach on them because I also wanted to buy one. I'm going to eventually get new carpet and I want to be able to keep it looking like new. Starr still have some accidents every now and then and sometimes my cats will barf too.

I found that the Hoover brand is better than Bissell because they don't break down as often. One of the Hoover's that has gotten great reviews is the Hoover Steam Vac F5914-900 but they don't sell these in any of the stores around me so I'd have to order it online.

I decided to go with the Hoover SteamVac Silver from Walmart and it's $146.94. The model # is F59150900 and it's also received great reviews. They were out of stock at the Walmart that I wanted to buy it from so I ordered it online and they'll ship it to my local Walmart free of charge and will let me know when I can pick it up which should be in early Dec. Good luck.