I have the Champagne. I used to have a White Star, which was also fine. I upgraded because I have severe asthma, and the filtration is better on the Champagne. It also has Direct Connect -- which means I can just take the floor tool off and replace it with a dusting tool or whatever I need - much easier to handle.

I know way too much about carpet cleaning. My story - our little elderly male dog, Benjamin, passed away. We adopted Oliver, another small male dog. I knew Benjamin had some "accidents" & wanted the carpet to be pristine, before Oliver arrived. I got a black light (lights up urine spots) & my carpet, which looked perfect, was a crime scene. I was shocked. Expensive carpet with no visible spots or discernible odor to me. But I know Oliver has a better nose than mine, so I started researching. I ended up lurking for weeks/months on a professional carpet cleaning forum. I really got into it - kind if like how I got into the Kitchen Forum At the time, I had just retired, was perimenopausal & obviously a bit OCD. I ended up spending close to $1000 on a "portie" (professional carpet cleaning machine) & gallons (literally) of cleaners, spotters, rinsing agents, anti-wicking agents, anti browning agents, etc. I even bought a special piece of equipment called a "Waterclaw" that removes urine down to the pad. I spent many hours cleaning that carpet. In the end, I told my husband "I need a truck mount." I believe that's a $10,000 or more investment. I gave all my equipment & chemicals to my brother & had a professional with a truckmount clean my carpet & remove all the chemicals I had left in the carpet. That portie didn't have enough PSI and CFM's (vacuum power) to adequately clean & remove dirt. Resoiling (spots reappearing) is usually due to "residue" being left in the carpet. It can be whatever caused the spot and/or the cleaning agent. It has not been completely removed. It may be that the right rinsing agent has not been used & residue has been left behind. The residue attracts more residue & the spots reappear. If that happens, call the cleaning company to reclean. Reputable ones will come back & address the resoiling. Carpet cleaner post: "Help, customer called me back for spots reappearing." I still use the Waterclaw & a portavac for the occasional accident. Otherwise, a reputable company, with a truckmount. There are some dry cleaning methods that are highly thought of. I ran out of energy & interest, so I can't speak to those.

I posted pictures of the carpet and colors we are thinking of for one of the rooms. But I don’t know what color to paint the rest of the house on the first floor which has cherry laminate floors. O did carpet upstairs because I like it on the bedrooms and staircase because of my dogs.

The last time I shopped for carpet Nylon was the preferred material. I like either flooring and have had both hardwood and wall to wall, but I found covering my hardwood with rugs to be more work than having wall to wall since I'd have to take them in for cleaning and also have a separate vacuum for the 2 different surfaces. There are pros and cons with both.......just depends on your life style, and age. You didn't ask, but I suggest you look elsewhere besides Home Depot for carpet. Some of their prices may look great but by the time they're thru with up-charging for everything you'll pay more than if you bought a quality carpet from a retail carpet store. We recently priced having one room done by HD and the salesman told us they add an extra 10% of carpet to cover any unseen problems in layout. That can add up to a costly amount! I've 'never' had a carpet store do an add-on in the amount of carpet since a good installer will use nearly every sq ft you purchased.