We tested upright and portable carpet and upholstery cleaners from Bissell, Hoover, Tineco and more to find which clean best ...

We chose ten of the best steam cleaners and put them through hard- and soft-surface tests. For our soft-surface tests, we used an upholstery board with tan microsuede fabric, a white shag carpet ...

But which is better, steam cleaners or carpet cleaners? And why? We've already compared carpet cleaners vs vacuum cleaners ...