Originally Posted by
Mitsu3000gt
Now that I finally have a garage, I want to get the basic tools (well, what I consider to be the basics anyway) to clean my vehicle interiors, but both are also useful around the house.
You can use the steamer to spot clean carpets or stubborn areas, but it's primarily intended for hard surfaces like plastic, tile/grout, concrete, glass, counter tops, etc. It does an amazing job on vehicle pedals and hard to reach interior areas like cup holders and seat brackets. You can wrap a microfiber around the tools as well and do most of a vehicle interior.
The Bissell is for vehicle carpets and household spills. After lots of experimenting, I have found that if you use a drill brush and some carpet shampoo, then suck it up with a ShopVac or ideally something like the Bissell, it does a great job with minimal effort. This model has the most suction based on my research, which is pretty much all I care about.
I wasn't looking for a full blown household carpet cleaner like the one you posted, but that is a good one if you want to do entire rooms of carpet vs. vehicles and spot cleans.