Strangely enough I agree with both answers but I felt that it took fully 2 days to completely dry out. The amount of dirt that came out of the carpet made us feel quite ashamed!
I bought a bissell carpet cleaning machine - blooming marvellous it is too. Not like the 'old type' carpet cleaning machines. Four big rotating brushes and being an upright cleaner there's no hard work. The suction is brilliant & leaves the carpet really clean and almost dry. Its worth paying out for this machine. think it cost me about �150 but its there everytime I need it and with a little dog (need I say more!) I don't have the model no. handy but if you want it then post back and I will let you know the info.