Bissell 1200-A Handheld Steam Cleaner

Pros: Automatic cleaning, Petit in size, Additional manual cleaning for stairs
Cons: Spots are just a little too clean, No rinse feature

I own an upright cleaning machine and this is very handy to have for cleaning up spills and pet stains inbetween regular carpet maintanance. USES: I mainly use this for pet accidents and small spills. I also use it to clean the carpeted stair ...

Pros: Oxy Gen2 & hose suction is powerful, portable, long hose and cord, convenient, easy-to-store
Cons: Consumes solution fast, no lid on dirt tank, no steam, solution will remove color

Go to the Bissell website and search for 1200A.  This is not a steam cleaner and it doesn't claim it to be.  It is a carpet spot cleaner.  There's not much difference from what I've gathered between the 1200B.  Neither are steam ...

Pros: 1 minute to grab from closet, plug in and turn on
Cons: Solution is expensive

I have a Bissell upright carpet cleaner for rooms/large areas, but whenever my pets have an accident or there is a stain my upright can't clean I sick my Bissell SpotBot Pet Spot cleaner on it.  So far it hasn't failed me.  It does eat up solution (which is expensive) but it cleaned so well that I started playing around with the solution dilution and have figured out that I get just as good results with a 1/2 solution.  The only spot I ever had trouble with came out after pre-treating with the company's Oxy product and letting it sit for about 10 minutes first.  The Spot Bot does leave the area wetter than it should, but that is easily remedied by using the hose to suck up the extra fluid afterwards.  The hose is easily cleaned by sucking up a 1/2 sink-full of water afterwards.  Even stains that had been set in for months came out with the surface cleaning option (rather than the deeper cleaning option which takes twice as long and uses more solution.)  I'd recommend this to anyone with pets!