Simple Solution is the PURRFECT Solution for Cleaning Up Nasty Pet Messes & Odors!

First, this is NOT a sponsored post.  Back in May I entered a contest on our friend Emma's blog (My GBGV Life), and I won!  The prize was a sampling of Simple Solution Pet Cleaning Products. Receiving the products in no way made me obligated to blog about them. I CHOSE to blog about them, (one product in particular), because of HOW HAPPY I am with the product that I tested.

The above photo shows the products I won, and boy were they generous! These are full-sized products!!

I entered the give-away because I had depleted my supply of   pet cleaning products and the products I HAD been using I wasn't particularly thrilled with.

I was happy to read on Emma's blog that Simple Solution products are available at Petco, sadly, when I  searched online to see if they are available at my local Petco, (unless the website is incorrect), they aren't. (I DO plan on re-checking at the store to make sure that is correct and if the products are not available there I intend to speak to a Manager about getting them ASAP because I LOVE THEM!)

THE PRODUCTS I RECEIVED WERE:

• Simple Solution Odor Destroyer
• Simple Solution Urine Destroyer
• Simple Solution Hard Floor Stain &Odor Remover
• Simple Solution Extreme Stain & Odor Remover

I was most excited to try the Simple Solution Extreme Stain & Odor Remover because conveniently, after I had found out I won the contest, Cody provided me with two nasty stains (one in my office and one in my bedroom) that I actually saved (as disgusting as that is), for a few weeks while I waited for the products to arrive.

STAIN ONE IN MY BEDROOM

Using the Simple Solution Extreme Stain & Odor Remover was super easy. You just spray the product on the stain, wait a bit and blot off. The below photo is one that I took after just using the product ONCE. (I could go back and use it again, but it worked so effectively that it was not necessary  to repeat the step)

Now it was time to test

STAIN TWO IN MY OFFICE

After once again just using the product one time, here is the after photo....(I used my T-stick to show where the stain had been because I couldn't find it myself!)

I WAS SOLD!!!

Simple Solution Extreme Formula Pet Stain & Odor Remover, USA Made, 32 ounces

• DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE TOUGHEST ODORS & ORGANIC STAINS- Simple Solution pet Extreme stain & odor remover is 3 times stonger (vs. the leading mass brand) to eliminate tough dog and cat odors and stains.
• PROFESSIONAL STRENGTH FORMULA – Extreme Stain and Odor Remover is a professional strength formula of Pro-Bacteria™ and enzymes to break down and eliminate stains and odors.
• WORKS SPECIFICALLY FOR PET ODORS AND ORGANIC STAINS – Safely and quickly removes dog and cat urine, feces, and vomit on carpet, upholstery, bedding, fabric toys, clothing, or other water-safe surfaces in your home
• NEW PATENTED MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SPRAYER – Now designed with a new patented 3-in-1 nozzle sprayer (Foam, Mist, and Stream).
• MADE IN THE USA – Simple Solution Extreme Stain & Odor Remover is proudly manufactured in the USA.

When I was online I noticed they also have this product available for those of you who just have CATS. It is called, Simple Solution Cat Extreme Stain & Odor Remover. In the event I cannot find these products in MY local Petco, Simple Solution products are available on Amazon and a couple of other online retailers.

I didn't review the three other products that I received because as of now, I haven't had a reason to test them For me, the way the Simple Solution Extreme Stain & Odor Remover works so effectively, that is reason enough to purchase ALL of their products! I have yet to have any pet mess cleaning product work after just ONE USE.

I would like to thank my friends at My GBGV Life for having hosted this wonderful give-away and for informing all of us about the great products that Simple Solution has! I would also like to thank:

for sending me all of these wonderful products!!! Now I am completely ready for any "presents" Cody decides to bestow upon me!!

THANK YOU!!! 

Mrs. Claus Would LOVE a BISSELL PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet...So Will YOU!!

Ho-Ho-Ho my friends!!! Still looking for the purrfect holiday gift for that hard-to-please certain someone? You're in luck!!

I had a secret talk with Santa, and he told me about a product that Mrs.Claus LOVES to use when cleaning up after those messy reindeer, and I have a hunch that YOU will love it too!

PowerFresh® Pet Lift-Off® Steam Mop 

Photo Courtesy of BISSELL

Ok, so I didn't really speak to Santa and I have no clue if Mrs.Claus has a BISSELL PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet, but if she had her choice of products that would effectively clean up reindeer footprints and "droppings", I have a sneaky suspicion that this would be her choice!

If you are reading this blog you more than likely have a pet. Many of you have MULTIPLE pets. We all know that with pets come messes. Oftentimes, the messes are hard to clean up, or they clean in such a way that we are never sure if all of the bacteria and irritants have truly been removed.

I was lucky enough to have been afforded the opportunity to review the BISSELL PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet (specifically designed for pet owners, because BISSELL UNDERSTANDS pet messes), and I jumped at the chance.

I had first reviewed a BISSELL product years ago and loved it. I am also partial to BISSELL because their headquarters are located in Michigan (which is the state I reside in).  Loving BISSELL products as I do, when I first heard about the PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet I was intrigued.

Why the Bissell PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet?

When used as directed, eliminates 99.9% of germs and bacteria* using only water for a natural clean. *When using the microfiber cloth pad, use as directed, results may vary.

The Lift-Off POD allows for above-the-floor steam cleaning.

It includes multiple cleaning attachments for cleaning on a variety of surfaces above your floors including appliances, counter tops, windows, grout, and hardware.

The flip down EasyScrubber™ on the back of the foot makes removing tough, sticky messes on your floor simple and easy.

If you have been following my blog for a while, you know that I am blessed to have my dear friend Cheryl clean for us. I had never had a cleaning person in my life prior to Cheryl, and I am only lucky enough  to have her because she had already been cleaning for my husband before he and I had met! When my husband and I lived together before we were married, he made a declaration that "Cheryl stays!!" He didn't have to tell me that twice!! While I LOVE to cook, I do NOT love to clean! Having someone else do it for me every-other-week is a true gift/luxury! When I do have to clean, I want something that WORKS and is easy to use! The BISSELL PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet is the answer!!

I am not as mechanical as I would like to think that I am, I had Cheryl test this product for me a few weeks ago when she was over to clean for us. If ANYONE knows about cleaning products, it would be Cheryl.  Cheryl not only cleans TONS of homes, she is a veritable "neat freak" in her home as well. If Cheryl tells me she likes a product, I listen. Cheryl LOVES this product and she swears that it is easy enough for me to use too!

We tested it on three different types of floors in our home, (Pergo, linoleum and bathroom tile), and the PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet performed like a champ on ALL of them. It even steamed away GUM that my husband had hidden in his bathroom under a  rug. The gum was so adhered to the floor that no way did I think it would EVER come off, but it did! 

The PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet is super easy to use, and you do not have to wait long for the unit to heat up enough to create steam. It's fast!! Listen to what Cheryl had to say about it:

Something else that both Cheryl and myself LOVE about the PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet is that it is probably the ONLY floor cleaning product in our home that does NOT set "off"  our Shetland Sheepdog, Dakota!!! He will bark at pretty much anything. The slightest sound will set him off. When you watch the short video below you will see he looked at the mop for a second, he wasn't sure at first, but then became comfortable enough with it to immediately go back to enjoying his treats.

Most Importantly...It WORKS!!

Check out the dirt that was picked up:

BISSELL Understands Pets and the Messes they Make!

 In the early 2000s, they discovered that everyone  at BISSELL shares a love for pets (72% of them are pet owners!).  BISSELL  discovered that the reason many people did not want pets was because of the messes they were known to make around the home. When BISSELL  discovered  this was a deterrent to many would-be pet adopters, they knew they had to do something. In 2001, they began adoption efforts in partnership with Petfinder.com, and in 2005, they launched the SpotBot® portable deep cleaner, their first product designed specifically for cleaning up after pets. Under the leadership of Cathy Bissell (parent to three black labs), they continue to support the pet community through contributions to U.S. pet charities.

BISSELL GIVES BACK!!!!

  In 2011, Cathy Bissell founded the BISSELL Pet Foundation, a non-profit organization that advocates for lost, abused, neglected and abandoned pets by raising funds through the sale of BISSELL pet products. Since its inception, the BISSELL Pet Foundation has been able to award more than $500,000 to over 375 organizations in 43 states. Their goal is to raise $250,000 annually through pet product sales to support the life-saving work of the foundation. BISSELL is  deeply committed to helping pets find homes and to showing BISSELL customers that, with the right cleaning tools, pet ownership can be full of joy and companionship, rather than fur balls and “surprises”.

"A History of Good Business Since 1876.

It started with spilled sawdust..."

From BISSELL: Like many well-intentioned people who set out to have a relaxing Saturday, we didn’t mean to start cleaning—it just happened. In 1876, Melville R. Bissell and his wife, Anna, owned a small crockery shop in Michigan. Because they were constantly cleaning sawdust off the carpet of the shop (know the feeling?), Melville invented a unique carpet sweeper and patented it. When customers and friends began asking where they could buy the carpet sweeper, a new business was born.

It’s a BISSELL woman’s world

That’s the theme here at BISSELL. When Melville Bissell died in 1889, there was no question who would run the company. His wife Anna stepped in to lead the business, becoming the first female CEO in America. She aggressively defended the company’s patents and marketed sweepers successfully throughout North America and Europe. In fact, in the late 1890s BISSELL gained its biggest fan in Queen Victoria, insisting that her palace be “Bisselled” every week. Palace attendants must have loved the extra free time they had after royal messes became much easier to clean up.

To this very day, BISSELL is still family-owned and passionate about helping you effectively and easily clean your home so you can put down the vacuum, enjoy life and come home to a deeper clean. All in all, whether your messes are baby food or red wine, mud or chocolate, cat hair or pet accident, we’re here to help you embrace those messes, erase them in a jiffy, and get on with the most meaningful aspect of your home—living in it.

I hope you will give this product a try!!

Both Cheryl and I highly recommend the BISSELL PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet!!! We give it EIGHT PAWS UP!!

SIGN UP FOR EMAIL ALERTS FROM BISSELL:

(at the bottom of BISSELL.com), and you will  receive weekly emails chock full

of discounts!!!

 Also, BISSELL is currently running some holiday promotions,

with some offering promotions as high as  50% off. Click on the link below to learn more:

BISSELL Online Coupons& Specials

 In full disclosure: I was sent a BISSELL PowerFresh Lift Off Steam Mop Pet in exchange for my always honest review. I did not receive any other form of compensation.  Cat Chat With Caren and Cody only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers.

CLEAN+GREEN®, Product Review

I am always on the prowl for new products that will actually CLEAN pet stains (and to my delight, other stains!), as well as products that will freshen our Cody's litter box (which as all of you kitty lovers know, removing undesirable scents from a litter box is quite a formidable task!),  that are safe for our environment (hence "Green") and are safe to use around our pets!

I was excited when the people at CLEAN+GREEN® read a comment of mine on a fellow bloggers list of comments and afforded me the opportunity to test and review two products of my choice.

Before I continue with this post I want you to know that I was not compensated in any way other than receiving the products that I was going to be testing. Opinions stated in this blog post are my own, product details were provided by the kind folks at CLEAN+GREEN®.

What is CLEAN+GREEN®?

"CLEAN+GREEN® are eco-friendly aerosol pet odor and stain remover products. Our line of eco friendly, green cleaning products are made from organic and biodegradable ingredients and packaged so you can recycle the container - now you can clean green! For green pet cleaning, use effective, non toxic, organic home cleaning supplies and keep an environmentally friendly home - with pets."


"CLEAN+GREEN® offers a line of green home cleaning supplies for green carpet cleaning and carpet stain removal, green wood & tile floor cleaning, and green furniture cleaning for pet urine removal, pet stain removal and pet odor removal. The products work on cat urine, dog urine, vomit, hairballs, bird droppings, and small animal urine. They are odor eliminators for cat urine odor, dog urine odor, vomit odor, hairball odor, bird dropping odor, small animal odor, dog smell, cat smell, ferret smell and other small animal smells. CLEAN+GREEN® is a stain remover for urine, feces, vomit, hairballs and any other pet accidents."


The first product I chose to test was CLEAN+GREEN® for the Litter Box, it is a "quick and easy litter box refresher" I was the most skeptical of this product because the litter box is responsible for the majority of pet smells that we experience in our home.

"CLEAN+GREEN® litter box cleaner and odor remover is a natural, green cleaning solution for the removal of cat urine odor and stains from feces, vomit, urine and hairballs in and around the litter box. Made from environmentally friendly, natural cleaning ingredients and packaged to recycle the container, you now have an eco friendly and totally effective cat urine stain and cat urine odor remover that is as safe for your pets’ health as it is for the environment. It works on cat urine odor removal as well as feces odor removal, hairballs and other litter box deposits."


I have nearly ALL of this product left (and it comes in a generous 14 oz aerosol spray can). Why? Because it WORKS! I was stunned! All I did was spray it once around the litter box (with the kitty litter in the litter box) and all offensive odors were gone....I used it a little over a week ago and the odor is STILL GONE.

I was also concerned that possibly with no odor Cody wouldn't use his litter box but that was not the case. I will definitely be ordering this product again!

The next product I was sent to review was CLEAN+GREEN® Carpet & Upholstery/Wood:

"Cleans and permanently removes stain and odor from urine, pet marking, pet spray, feces and vomit in carpets. Made entirely from non-toxic botanicals, this is safe for pets, people and environment."


"Works Instantly and Easily


All Natural Ingredients


Powerful and Effective


Safe for Pets, People and the Planet"




My luck! I get a product to test on carpet/upholstery/wood and there were no hairballs, no pee-pee or poop accidents, NOTHING! What are the odds of that occuring? I did use this cleaner on some old stains (at least a year or so old, let's NOT go into my housekeeping skills here). It worked on a few old coffee stains, and some new stains on our beige cushions on our kitchen chairs, but not on a few OLD pet stains.

I also used all of the entire product rather quickly  (14 oz) due to the number of old carpet stains I had in various rooms. (I never professed to be Martha Stewart)

 It is my feeling the stains were too old and embedded in the carpet to give this product an honest assessment.

The CLEAN+GREEN® products come with usage instructions (which are super helpful and list all of the many, many places around the home that the long list of CLEAN+GREEN® products are capable of cleaning. They may be used all over your home and fulfill a vast number of needs.

They also have a  "Tips and Tricks" toll free number 877-854-6624, an email address: cs@odorandstainremover.com and website http://www.odorandstainremover.com/ (You may also order your products here as well)

 With the overwhelming success of my use of the CLEAN+GREEN® Litter Box product I WILL definitely be purchasing it, as well as the  Carpet/Upholstery/Wood product, to have on hand when the inevitable pet-poop-pee and hairball events occur, which we all know that they will!