I use the Electrolux Floor Pro, Kirby D50 Rug Renovator, Kirby Sentria II Shampooer and a Bissell Pet extractor. I use the extractor when there is a wet mess or spill and the dry foam the rest of the time. Living with 5 Great Danes I clean the carpets (at least the traffic areas) monthly and sometimes more often if it's wet outside. The dogs day room gets done every week.

Aerus does still make both a wood floor wax and a tile floor polish. Both are quite good products. 

You've got the sequence right, the only one not necessary is the last. As long as you don't use too much wax/polish you should be done at that point.

ronni,

I think it's a great idea, but I don't think it will happen unless the company goes through a major change in it's approach to customers. There is some ridiculous notion that customers should only get information if they ask for it, and only from their local franchise. Even their web site is very poorly designed and provides only the bare minimum of information, such a wasted opportunity. I think Mr. Urso is still struggling with promoting a going concern rather than dismantling companies and stripping assets. I do give him credit for not following through with his original intention of selling off all the assets to the highest bidder. I even understand that selling the name rights back to Electrolux A.B. was probably necessary to raise the capital to save the company. But not promoting the company and raising consumer awareness and helping to them to transition their loyalty to the new name was another misstep and lost opportunity. Most people still think that the products available at the big box retailers are produced by the same company as the machine their grandmother owned. Electrolux A.B. has even said as much in it's marketing (and there is some small kernel of truth to the statement). As far as the general population is concerned, Aerus is a new player in the market trying to imitate Electrolux USA much like Perfect has done... and even Perfect does a better job marketing their product. Aerus doesn't advertise, makes getting information incredibly difficult, no longer offers any standardized training materials and has the most bizarre franchise agreement out there.... and in spite of themselves there are still great products and some great franchises, but overall the focus just isn't there. I hope that changes, and soon.

Ronni,

There are great franchisees, great salesmen and great service managers out there. They just seem to be few and far between. There are way too many of the 'used car salesmen' type in my, not so humble, opinion. The pricing variation is one very telling points of how poorly Aerus enforces it's policies with the franchisees and how much they've lost control of the business. There are some fairly clear pricing instructions, but they aren't enforced. My own franchisee sells many products at above the maximum pricing allowed ( I don't, and won't and in fact have only sold one at Maximum and that was to a customer who flat out told me what he was going to pay and to take it or leave it.  If he'd waited about 5 minutes, and not been such an ass, he'd have saved about $500). There are also franchisees who sell over the internet, despite being forbidden to do so in their franchise agreement and poach sales in areas outside their franchise boundaries, and at greatly reduced pricing, knowing that someone else will get stuck with any warranty repairs. Enforcement of the agreements and pricing policy would go along way to restoring the company to what it once was.