Home Depot® lost the Stainmaster line of carpet when Lowes® was appointed the exclusive "Big Box" outlet for the famous line. The Stainmaster trademark is owned by Invista™ which says Stainmaster will also be offered as in the past through selected independent carpet retailers.
Bane-Clene® has been conducting an on-going test of Stainmaster carpet since it came to market in 1986. For a report on the carpet in the Winter 2007 issue of the Cleaning Digest click on the link below and scroll to the Stainmaster story on page 6:
http://www.baneclene.com/cleaning-digest/Winter2003.pdf
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