We have all seen the Rug Doctor carpet shampooer machines at Countdown, you can hire this machine for a day or over night or perhaps all weekend and complete the carpet cleaning DIY style.

Today, we will look at the comparisons between hiring a Rug Doctor and hiring Busy Bees professional carpet cleaning service.

For this example: We are calculating a cost for a 3brm home.

Rug Doctor price is approx $86.97 to hire machine + cleaning products. You then need to factor in the time to complete the carpet clean. We estimate the time to take a person use the Rug Doctor for 5 rooms approx 4hrs-5hrs.

Then you need to clean the machine and pack up the machine to return in perfect clean working condition back to Countdown so there is another  1 hour of your time + drive time – usually at a time when you are already stressed with moving house or similar.

Honestly not a bad price if you have the time to complete. However you may find that the clean is sub-standard and you do run the risk of having to re-do the clean if landlord or property manager not happy.

Here is the price calculated on Busy Bees instant online quote system.

Our price includes:

• 3brms, Open plan living
• Pre-Stain treatment
• Deodorising
• Approx time to complete clean 1.5hrs
• Professional invoice and guarantee provided to landlord or property manager.

Our machines are stronger than the Rug Doctor therefore maximising your carpet clean.

Whilst a Rug Doctor does provide an easy way to clean the carpets yourself, only you know if it is worth the overall time to complete in order to save money. A Rug doctor would be fine for a carpet in really good condition, but a carpet with several stains or quite dirty carpet you may need to clean the carpet twice therefore adding more time to complete.

View our carpet cleaning page to find out more information