Bissell SpotBot Robotic Wet/Dry Vacuum Review

My best Christmas gift in years! 

During the spring and fall my 2 cats make a hobby of "leaving" hairballs and eaten grass only on the carpeted areas of my home.  Paper towels and sponges clean up the mess but there's always a stain left, a small stain but still noticeable.  Hated lugging the steam vacuum out and measuring solution for a stain no bigger than my hand.  So the SpotBot is PERFECT!  I can easily fill the solution holder with any amount I like, plug it in, place it on the stain, push the button and walk away. I come back when it starts beeping (telling me that it's done scrubbing and vacuuming the stain).  If the stain can't be covered by the brush diameter (about 7 or 8 inches) there's an attached hose and brush to use manually.  The dirty solution is collected in a container that quickly lifts off the base and is easily washed out.  My only complaints are 1 - sometimes on my plush rugs which are very light colored, I can see exactly where the Spotbot was placed (maybe I do need to pull out that big steam vac and give the whole rug a cleaning!), and 2 - there's no way to clean the hose attachment, it can't be disconnected from the unit to run clean water thru it, so there's fibers and fur stuck on the inside of the hose - kind of gross!  It's so quick and easy though, really makes stain cleaning "thoughtless"!  And it tucks into the bottom of a closet nicely.  Great for pet owners!!