We have a Hoover fh11300, and we like it. Has a cleaner tank, sprays some cleaner solution and then sucks it back up. Helps with pet messes especially. The hose finally cracked, and there doesn't seem to be a replacement available. It's not a normal hose though, has a separate tube that brings the solution down and then sucks the nasty water back up. We've had it a few years.
any alternative recommendations? We like this one and would buy another but thought I'd ask around.
I had a Bissell Little Green that looked essentially the same as that Hoover. It worked well. However the plastic they made it out of seemed very brittle, so the attachments (it had a brush that spun, a regular brush, etc) didn't last long. And then the last time I used the place where the hose attached to the actual machine broke which meant it couldn't generate suction. So unless I read that they have upped the durability, I would probably stay away. I did like having it though.
In reply to slowride :
Wow I wonder if the same people make both of them. One of the full caps cracked on ours, not a big deal, it still worked but you had to twist it on just right. And our hose cracked exactly where it yours did, right at the base.
thanks for the report!
I have been a long time user of the Bissell Little Green Machine. I have had many over the years. I am not going to say that they are ultra durable but for dogs, kids and the occasional car they a very good.
I see that over the years they have come out with some more wizz-bang models. When I bought one abpout 2 years ago, I considered the super-duper model but my research led me to a belief that in real world, these upper-models were just gimick.
The one thing that stuck out to me was the upper model boasted a claim of "our most powerful suction." I could not find any proof that this upper model had a larger motor or something better that the lower model. Of course, the claim of "our most powerful..." is still valid if the two models have the exact same power. Oh, marketing-speak. It doesn't say it is less powerful than the cheap model. 
The other gimmicks were heat or scrub features. I can probably scrub better with a brush like you might use to clean a bathroom tub; and cheaper. Heat, or the need for heat, has never been what is holding me back from cleaning a carpet spot or a car interior.
I would be interested in finding something of higher quality. I wonder what the real car detailers use?
Last summer I bought a Bissel 3624 SpotClean to clean the interior of the disgusting van I bought. Its not fancy as it does not have any powered tools or water heater. I wanted a portable machine that wouldn't be a PITA to move around the interior. I have used it probably 6 times or so and I am happy with its performance. It looks like this:
It only came with a 6" wide stair tool and a 3" wide stair tool. I bought a crevice tool to help get into the seats. The tank is pretty big for a spot cleaner. The power cord is 22 feet long and the hose is 5 foot. It made short work of the nasty seats.
One word of warning, do not coil the hose up like it shows in the picture. There were dozen of complaints on Amazon about the hose splitting where it attaches to the tool connector. I just loosely lay the hose on the floor. I paid $140 but it looks like it is discontinued now.
In reply to stanger_missle (Forum Supporter) :
Yes, that is one of the wizz-bang models. Notice how it states facts like included 6" tool where the cheap one only gets the 3" (but the same 3").
Yes, the black model has a longer cord. Yes, the black has a longer hose. Yes the black has a slightly bigger tank. But then it just claims to be "the most powerful" yet I could not find specs to prove it to be MORE powerful.
In reply to John Welsh :
The Bissell website lists the "power" of the 3624 at 5.7A and the 1400B (which I'm guessing is the same as the 1400M) at 3A. I bought the 3624 for the longer cord and hose because my garage sucks for outlet placement. "Power" is, IMHO, nothing but a marketing tool. I know a few people who own the Little Green Machine and they are happy with its performance.
Also, the list price for the accessories on their site is laughable. The crevice tool lists for $26 but I bought it on Amazon for $9.
We have a Bissell Spot bot and it seems to have worked fine until recently when the pump gave up the ghost. Seems to be not an uncommon failure based on what the Internet says.
We have a spotbot pet. It has performed fine, we used it much more when we had a geriatric cat and carpet downstairs. No complaints.
We had a Bissell Little Green that worked pretty well. We were in a rental with almost white colored carpet, two small children, and an elderly cat with GI disease.
It got a lot of use, and eventually died when the pump went out.
I haven't used the one my wife bought as a replacement, but she says it works okay.
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