Max Advanced Deep Carpet Cleaner vs PetProtect with LeakDefense Comforting Coat III CROSSROADS Brown 70-oz sq yard Polyester Textured Indoor Carpet one_size | SS070-12-L010: which is safer?
Rug Doctor Max Advanced Deep Carpet Cleaner is the clear pick. STAINMASTER PetProtect with LeakDefense Comforting Coat III CROSSROADS Brown 70-oz sq yard Polyester Textured Indoor Carpet one_size | SS070-12-L010 carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Rug Doctor
Max Advanced Deep Carpet Cleaner
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSurfactant skin and eye irritation
PossibleResidue buildup on carpet fibers
Stainmaster
PetProtect with LeakDefense Comforting Coat III CROSSROADS Brown 70-oz sq yard Polyester Textured Indoor Carpet one_size | SS070-12-L010
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyFluorochemical treatment (presumed PFAS)
PossibleVOC and aldehyde off-gassing
PossibleAntimony in polyester resin
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Surfactant skin and eye irritation and Residue buildup on carpet fibers on the Rug Doctor and not on the Stainmaster.
- We flag Fluorochemical treatment (presumed PFAS), VOC and aldehyde off-gassing, Antimony in polyester resin and Azo dyes and colorant stability on the Stainmaster and not on the Rug Doctor.
- The Rug Doctor is Aqueous cleaning solution, surfactants, water where the Stainmaster is Polyester textile with proprietary stain/leak defense treatment, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Rug Doctor is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Stainmaster grade, at 42% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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