What I'd like is one that vacuums and also will clean the carpets.
My main concern was indeed the living room, a bit of a mess because of the loss of my two very sick cats at the end of 2011/early 2012. 
All of the machines I've looked at (online that is) seem to weigh abt. 25 lbs. or more which is a hell of a load for me to handle (not at all practical). I have Pergo floors in the kitchen and you do not wash these floors as water is their enemy (pain in the butt IMO but, I was not the one that "wanted" them).
After that "event" yesterday, I can barely move today as the pain is out the window but, yeah my living room run is clean. *sigh*
I have a Hoover vacuum cleaner now, very heavy and obtuse IMO. I had a rug cleaner made by Hoover too for a long time but no one could figure out how to use it (belonged to my late mother). Hoover vacuums are sure not like they used to be, that much I know.
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