I have just used this on all my carpets upstairs and, whilst you are never going to get the same results as you would with a steam clean the power powder has done a fantastic job and the carpets look much cleaner and smell lovely and fresh. It's very simple to use just sprinkle and brush in, OK it does take a bit of elbow grease but it's good exercise. I left mine to work for 40 minutes and vacuumed and the carpets look great. No I didn't get powder residue everywhere. I would have liked to have known before I bought the product that this should only be used with a bagged vacuum cleaner, how many people have those these days?

A friend had said they had used it so before l went out and bought new stair carpet l thought l would try it l was very pleased enough for two treatments so l can delay the expense of a new carpet for sometime

After reading all the bad reviews ( after I had bought it !) I was very scared to used the product so just tried it on a small area at the back of my lounge. I have a cream plain 80/20 wool carpet all through the lounge and a white 100% wool rog !!! yes ! the grandkids have outgrown us -lol The test piece looked ok so I carried on. I used a handbrush to spread the poder and followed the instructions to the letter - amazing - carpet and rug look like new and they were dirty ! after 5 years wear and people and kids treading all over our bungalow. I can only assume that some of the reviews are from people who bought a carpet cleaning machine hoping to make money !! I will never soak my carpets again with shampoo etc . Well worth the effort and£7 or so from Wilko

I'd already bought the product before reading the reviews on here but went ahead and tried it anyway. The carpets in our flat weren't cleaned before we moved in and they're pretty old as well, but I gave this powder a go on an area of the living room carpet (cream coloured) and it came up pretty good. I left it on for about an hour and scrubbed it in thoroughly. I know it says 20 mins but I can't see how that's enough time to work. I wasn't expecting it to bring the carpets up like new as I suspect some others were, but overall it certainly rejuvenated that area a bit and it definitely looks cleaner. It hasn't harmed my vacuum cleaner thus far either. I'll be doing the whole carpet with it and will give it a second going over :)

I have a very light berber carpet that had some stains from a pet that was very old and nothing, including professional cleaners could remove. There are very heavy 'walk' areas in my house and these areas looked very grubby. I had decided to save up and purchase new carpet. I tried Vanish Powerpowder once and could not believe the improvement. Some stubborn areas remained, so I tried it again only to see even better results. Its true that a couple of very old pet stains were not totally eliminated but they were vastly improved and I will not rush to buy new carpet for quite a while longer. I don't know why people are saying they are exhausted after using this product. It only calls for a soft brushing and a vacume. My vacume cleaner is an old Nilfisk and quite strong. I did not have any problems with blockages with my Nilfisk. I am glad I found this product and would recommend it highly.