A light spray won't cut it. Soak as deep as the pee went, wait 15 minutes, then blot.
Has a plant-based fragrance.
Skip it if
A full soak and a second round didn't clear the smell.
You want an enzyme cleaner. This one is not enzymatic.
The fix in 20 seconds
Fresh cat pee soaked into carpet: Nature's Miracle Urine Destroyer Plus Cat.
Smell survived the enzyme cleaner, or marking: Skout's Honor Cat, a non-enzyme cleaner.
Pee, vomit and laundry from one bottle: Biokleen Bac-Out.
In this guide3 sections
You cleaned it, and two days later the corner smells like cat again. Cats go back to a spot they can still smell, so the cleaner has to reach all of it. These three work differently.
Quick verdict: Nature's Miracle for a fresh soak, Skout's Honor when the smell outlasts it, Bac-Out for pee, vomit and laundry from one bottle.
Head to head, by spot
Fresh pee on carpet: Nature's Miracle
An enzyme formula made for cat urine. Soak the spot as deep as the pee went, wait 15 minutes, then blot. A light spray will not cut it.
The smell that outlasted the enzyme round, or marking: Skout's Honor
Biokleen Bac-Out uses live enzyme cultures and is Green Seal certified (GS-52). Every ingredient is listed, fragrance included. Leave it on 5 minutes or more before you blot.
Fresh soak: Nature's Miracle. Smell that stays: Skout's Honor. One bottle, every mess: Bac-Out.
The three, one by one
Nature's Miracle Urine Destroyer Plus Cat
Best for: cat urine on carpet, and soaking set-in spots.
What you get: an enzymatic formula for cat urine. Soak, wait 15 minutes, blot.
The catch: it only works if you soak as deep as the pee went.