A powerful and effective upright cleaner which gave me great results from my first proper clean in a good few years, on all of my carpets. The resulting visible dirty water in the clear tank, gave a great 'Dirt Scourge 2000' impression! On the 'quick clean' setting, everything was indeed suitable for walking on, less than an hour afterwards. The wand brush is a little less powerful (for stairs and furniture etc) but still produced clean results... even though the carpet was left a little more damp. The main drawback seems to be the price of the cleaning solution, which does make me wonder if this is a 'cheap printer but extortionate ink prices' deal. Lastly, taking it apart to clean the machine itself afterwards seemed a little bit cumbersome.