my elderly yorkie not incontinent does have a few accident on the carpets he is a good boy but carpets getting a bit smelly looking in the argos catologue  today i saw steamer at £130. and electric bex bissel for £99 ,they had special pet shampoo for carpets, out of the 2 what would be the best to get, i was thinking the steamer would prob not get rid of the smell am i right
he was very poorly some mounths back and doing very well up on his 4 legs can manage to walk to the corner and back loses his balance a lot

I used a carpet shampooer for pet mess.  When my dog was a puppy it worked fine using the carpet shampoo to get the smell out. 

Stacey

We hired a carpet cleaner from Safeways,when our previous dog had problems like your yorkie and it worked brilliantly,cheap to hire too! why not give that a try before you decide?
I think the steamer may give it a cleaner look,(my Mum has one),but I'm not sure it would remove odours.
We didn't use the pet shampoo,but got the traffic cleaner which you spray and leave for a bit,then you shampoo with a dilute solution of the ordinary carpet cleaner.You can buy the liquids when you hire the machine and I bought enough to probably last me a lifetime

I have both and the steamer would get rid of smells and stains and sanitize the area. I use it to clean bedding and chairs as it uses no chemicals and its supposed to kill fleas.
But I think the carpet cleaner is better overall. I have a Bissell cleaner that is so easy to use just like a hoover. You can see any grime being removed into a seperate tank, with the steamer you still have to use a cloth to mop up the area.
We are in the puppy stage and the Bissell has been wonderful.

thankyou for all the replys it seems that it will be the bissel carpet shampoo but regarding the reply about safeway hire  looking at them i would never work out how to use them ,may be oneday if i ever win lotto hotpicks 3) again i might be able to get a steamer next