What is the best carpet to buy in Australia?

Judged by a professional carpet cleaner who has cleaned over 7,000 carpets.

*disclaimer - this is my personal opinion and I am not affiliated with any carpet retailer. 

Wool Carpet 

If you simply want the best wall to wall New Zealand wool carpet is hard to beat. 

Pro’s 

• Natural fibre  (sheep) 

• Looks and feels luxurious 

• Very resilient and will last 25 years or more if maintained 

• Fire retardant  

• Excellent air filter 

Con’s 

• Price (expensive) 

• Difficult to remove stains (can only use wool safe cleaning solutions) which have limited capability 

• Moths and carpet beetles can eat wool carpet

Nylon Carpet 

The best value for money carpet fibre available. I would highly recommend purchasing if you have pets. 

Pro’s 

• Great value (almost as resilient as wool carpet and much more cost effective) 

• By far the easiest carpet fibre to clean. 

• Easy to remove stains from nylon carpet then wool

Con’s 

• Sun fading 

Smart strand/Triexta

Relatively new type of polyester carpet material. 

Pro’s 

• Environmentally friendly 

• Easy to remove stains - Some say all stains can be removed with water only. In my experience that is simply not the case.

Con’s 

• Price (more expensive than polyester carpet) 

• Attracts oils 

Not as resilient as wool or nylon carpet.

Polyester/Polypropylene Carpet 

Budget friendly carpet. Carpet has developed a poor reputation lately as the carpet mills produce more polyester carpet than anything else. Nylon carpet used to be the most produced, a far superior fibre in my opinion. 

Pro’s 

• Cheap 

• Most stain resistant carpet from my experience 

Con’s 

• Very poor resilience 

 I have seen countless times the carpet fibre completely crushed in the traffic lanes after only  2 years. 

• Value for money 

*It may be cheap however when you consider how long it lasts before it starts to lose it’s appearance I think it is poor value for money.