I bought this to thoroughly clean my carpets, however I don't feel that it gets really deep down. I have pets who have random accidents in my house and I just feel that using the handheld hose and scrubber on my hands and knees does a better job than the actual big part when pushing it around the house. I do love that it has a detachable hose that you can get on your knees and clean small messes! I love how much liquid it can hold in the clean tanks as well as the dirty tanks. The carpet cleaner is not super heavy and easy to push around the house. It also pulls up the water quite well. There is no battery life on this machine as it needs to be plugged in to the wall. I do recommend this overall but if you want that real deep scrub... Well you're probably going to need a different carpet cleaner. It is Big so make sure you have a decent place to store it. When I received it oh, the box was damaged however it was packed really well and the carpet cleaner was not damaged. It is big but easy to put together.