I needed something to replace my regular broom. With two cats, there's a lot of hair and dust. Sweeping just creates chaos of dust and hair flying around. I have a two bedroom townhouse with mainly tiles and hardwood floors. I do have a larger and stronger vacuum, but it's such a pain to lug it up and down the stairs. So I have mainly kept the larger one for the bedrooms, where there's plush carpet. Delivery of this vacuum was a bit delayed, but I have to say the strength of the vacuum is well worth it. The frame is quite flimsy, but it definitely helps reduce the overall weight. I have been vacuuming daily on the living floor and the stairs into my loft/office area to remove any dirt and dust before I would steam mop the floors. This sure does works great. Only con is that it is cord, but after reading different reviews on cordless and cord, I rather stick with the cord. Most other cordless tends to stop holding their charge after a short period. I have multiple handheld cordless vacuum, and it does the trick, but you definitely notice a difference with the cord to the cordless. So overall I'm happy with this purchase, as it was intended to replace a broom. For the price, I don't think it's too bad. It is small enough to put into the closet with the regular broom. I would not recommend this for carpets. It is a little loud if you have a baby, but again all vacuums are. Read more
This vacuum is great for the price! As a broke college student this was perfect for me. It is not perfect and might take an extra min to get the job done but it does great. The brush roller does a pretty great job picking up hair and dirt from carpets and hard wood. It is very small and lightweight so it’s easy to store and move around. The cord is nice and long for easy use as well! Read more
I only had this nice vacuum a few days and used it once on my hardware floors and 8 X 10 carpets. Will probably give it 5 stars in my next review (too soon for that rating) and do have a few recommendations so far. It's not a heavy-duty vacuum and purchased it for something quick and easy to use for everyday light cleaning (I do have a heavy-duty vacuum also for heavier vacuuming once in a while). The vacuum is light, easy to set up, seems sturdy, can stand by itself against the wall, excellent 18 ft. electric cord, and good suction power on both hardwood and small carpets - exactly what I was hoping for. The brush turns nicely by motor power, not by air pressure as some models do. The following recommendations are minor, nice to have in future versions and not meant to be-little this so far nice vacuum: 1. Would be nice to have an additional button to turn on-off the brush (might help picking up matter from the hardwood floors but up to Bissell engineers to test this feature). 2. The vacuum handle is very smooth and allows the vacuum to twist in your hand easily. It would be nice to roughen this up a little so you have a little firmer grip that would help keep it from twisting left or right in your hand. Not a big deal but nice to have and should be an easy enhancement. 3. It would be nice to have a way to attach the Crevice tool (included for vacuuming hard-to-reach spaces and messes) to the vacuum when not in use. The Crevice tool comes with the vacuum but sometimes I can't remember where I left it from my last use of it. A quick plastic hook or catch on the handle would be nice, where it becomes part of the vacuum you carry around. As a temporary measure, I attached a piece of Velcro to the lower part of the long handle and a piece to one of the back sides of the Crevice tool and that seems to work fine (always know where I put it last). I am sure the Bissell engineers can find a little better solution. Should be an easy enhancement. 4. In addition to the Crevice tool, it would be nice to have a little brush attachment to vacuum furniture, for cat hair, etc. Not a big deal either but nice to have. 5. Would be nice to be able to hang on a closet wall. Could we please have some small plastic wall hanger, that can be screwed onto the wall to enable it to be hung from the wall. Doesn't need to be much of a hanger and not everybody would need or want it, but a nice, inexpensive addition for the unit. 6. Would be nice if the revolving brush mechnesim would swivel left and right. I had used this feature on a previous vacuum and loved it as I could reach awkard areas. 7. I still can't give this vacuum five stars as it could use more suction power. It does clean but I never feel the floors are really that clean. A little more suction power would be really nice but I guess that would compete with your more expensive vacuums. I purchased this vs. a cordless for the purpose of getting more power and of course use time. Unfortunately, power wise, it is comparable to an inexpensive cordless. Having used this now, and it does do a fair job, I would have returned it and reconsidered a cordless but my return policy has expired. Read more
I have hardwood floors throughout the house. I test ran this stick vacuum for 10 minutes and was surprised and delighted with its pick up power. Dirt from 6 inches away was taken up by this vacuum. I can’t attest to longevity, however, I am already convinced that it it only lasts for 2 months, I will simply order another Read more
This is vacuum picks up hair off of carpets and throw rugs quite well however the brush tends to get tangled in the throw rug fibers . The vacuum does not want to move across a carpet and to use the vacuum it requires dragging it backwards across the carpet. It moves well on bare floors. All in all I had hoped for better performance than I received from this appliance. Read more
I bought one of these a few months ago and found it works great. I bought one now for my grandson who has just moved into an apartment of his own. This vacuum works great on hardwood and linoleum floors, and on short-pile rugs -- it picks up a LOT of dog hair (we have three; one's a pom who sheds a crazy amount). It is not suitable for a thick Berber carpet, but I didn't expect it to be. I haven't tried it as a handheld yet, but it should be fine since it has so much suction. BTW - I highly endorse the Bissell carpet cleaner for pets, too. Read more
I experienced the issue with this vacuum right away - the dust cup was not staying in place and kept popping out during the vacuum use. Eventually I had to use tape to keep it in place, and deal with it tape every time I wanted to empty the dust cup. Fairly disappointing. Otherwise, the vacuum is small and lightweight, and is suitable for small clean ups on hard floors and non-fluffy carpets. The vacuum does not do well with fluffy carpets at all, the suction is not enough to get anything off the fluffy carpets. Another important point - the actual brush is hard to clean, and hairs get trapped there easily. Overall, very cheap vacuum, and significantly overpriced for what it is. You can find much cheaper versions of the same very lightweight vacuum. Read more
