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Shaker Thumbs is your opportunity to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down to a product or service you have used and that you'd recommend to other Shakers or warn them away from.

Today, I'm going to give a big ol' thumbs-up to the Bissell SpotBot® Pet Portable Carpet Cleaner.

image of the SpotBot cleaner
[Image via Bissell.com.]

Deeks gave this to us as a housewarming gift when we moved into this house four years ago — a house with cream carpets, into which we were moving with five pets and as two mega-klutzes.

Suffice it to say that it has been a life carpet-saver on many occasions!

This morning, I came downstairs to discover that a purple iris I had in a vase had "bled" tiny little drops of purple out of a bud onto the carpet. It was very dark and very inky. Even touching it stained my fingers. I was horrified!

image of dark purple spots on cream carpet

But I set the spot cleaner on it, and, although the spot is still drying, it appears as though it removed the stain (with a little extra help from some diluted bleach). Phew!

image of area of carpet, showing discoloration from wetness but no more purple!

Seriously, the things this little machine has successfully cleaned! We couldn't live without it.

Anyway! Give us your thumbs-up or thumbs-down in comments!

(As always, I'm not affiliated in any way with any of the companies whose products I mention, nor am I getting anything in exchange for my recommendations. I just like the products!)

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