Vacuum Cleaner Reviews

The Bissell 2070 Quicksteamer Powerbrush Lightweight Deep Cleaner
is a very good household machine. I used the machine the first day it arrived and was pleasantly surprised at the results after cleaning my carpet. I don't think the results would have been any different than if I would have rented a machine or hired someone to clean my carpet professionally. Although you may have to go over really tough stains more than once, it is still a good machine for the money.

I based my purchase on the reviews listed here after an unsuccessful attempt at comparing carpet cleaners on the internet. They are all correct in giving a 5-star rating to this lightweight, easy to use, effective, and economical jewel of a carpet cleaner! I got mine on sale for $89, but it works better than the higher priced models. I had a dark gray ugly spot on the family room carpet which was a creme color. I used the Bissell pre-soak and the machine twice, and the spot is gone! The power brush is a must for a good carpet cleaner. This QuickSteamer is well designed, and a breeze to use. Rememeber to keep the filters clean. But mixing the hot water and cleaning fluid is not a trouble at all. A fine product at any price!

After doing some research on carpet cleaning machines, I purchased this one to clean the carpet in my house. I was pleasantly surprised to see how well the powerful rotating brush worked. The water tanks were easy to fill and empty and it's also surprisingly lightweight, so carrying it to the second floor was a breeze. I bought my house 2 years ago, and I haven't cleaned the carpet since I have been here. I was amazed at how much dirt was in my carpets. It was pretty disgusting to see what I was walking around in all the time. I should have bought one of these a long time ago. I would recommend this product to anyone who is interested in cleaning their carpets.

We got a new puppy, and live in a small apartment. We spent over $60 buying different types of carpet cleaning agents that didn't seem to get all the little stains out, or left clean spots and made the rest of the carpet look dirty. We decided to invest in a carpet cleaner, but couldn't afford one of the heavy duty professional ones. We selected this model and decided that if it didn't do the job, we would return it. It did the job alright! This cleaner is as good as the heavy duty professional ones! It got out all of our pet stains and made the rest of our carpet look like new. Living in an apartment, we would have had to pay to have our carpets cleaned, and would have lost some of our deposit - but not now! We will have this cleaner for years to come and it will save us money in the long run!

I am new to do-it-yourself carpet cleaning and have always paid someone else to come and do it for me. But I recently bought my son a dog for his birthday (to add to our collection of 3 rabbits, 1 chinchilla, 1 hamster, 4 degus, 2 fish and a toddler) and we live in an apartment next to a river - this means lots of MUD and PET and FOOD messes on my carpet. Plus my son has allergies - dust mite. I bought this machine because I wanted to be able to clean my carpets whenever I want - not wait for an appointment and pay around $80 / cleaning! (And the carpet guys didn't even move my furniture for me!) Plus, when having every room cleaned at once, where am I supposed to move my furniture anyway? So I thought I'd try this and I LOVE it. My carpet is SO clean - it got old spots out and you should have seen the dirty water tank - YUCK! Totally easy to setup and use - I am cleaning the carpets every week now. (Seriously) It's almost fun! I recommend the Bissel carpet detergent in the green bottle - the allergy stuff with Scotchguard. It works great and smells nice, without being too strong. Strong smells are bad for people with allergies. They even give you a free bottle to try in the box with the machine. How nice. Now I sound like I work for Bissel - which I don't - but I am just so happy that for once, I got MORE than I paid for. Thank you, Bissel. I am so happy with my purchase - I am going to tell everybody I know about this.

Compared to those complicated steam cleaners that require Arnold Schwarzenegger to move, this is a dream come true! Cleans well, although the small tanks make frequent filling/emptying necessary, it does a great job and is much less expensive than hiring a company to come in. Five stars!

Bissell Steam Mop is an environmentally safe way to sanitize using ordinary tap water...no chemicals. As it turns out, the Steam Mop does an excellent job on my floors (and I really like it) but it is not suited for cleaning anything else. I did some more research and I backed into something called a vapor-system that also sanitizes using only water. But this vapor-system is not just for flooring. It seems that there is a bird organization called the Eclectus Connection that recommends these machines for cleaning birdcages. (...) we've also discovered a very valuable tool for cleaning around the house. The Steam Mop is wonderful for cleaning kitchen and bathroom floors. But if you want to clean more than flooring, look into a vapor-systems. Not only is this machine ideal for cleaning our birdcage, it's perfect for cleaning my kitchen countertops, stove, refrigerator and much more without harmful chemicals. If the fumes from chemicals can kill birds it only makes sense that they can also have some type of negative effect on my family. I don't know why I have never heard of these cleaners before. But let me tell you, any device that sanitizes without using chemicals is something everyone should know about. And that's why I'm writing this note.

I love a clean floor, but I hate mopping so much that I put it off and put it off. Kitchen floors in a busy household should be mopped AT LEAST once a week, but wringing a heavy wet mop and dealing with all that dirty water - yuck. So when I saw this, I thought that if it lived up to its billing, it would be the answer to my prayers. (By the way - the swiffer doesn't get the floor clean at all to my satisfaction, costs too much and leaves unwanted chemicals smeared around)

After trying this I can say that yes, it really does get the floor clean - not as clean as if I had scrubbed on my hands and knees but much cleaner than a quickie mop job. And no wringing, no rinsing, no dirty bucket of water. Just one pass and I'm done. It works on both linoleum and ceramic tile/grout and fits around the back of the toilet.I am also pleased with the slim profile which makes it easy to store.

A few tips: to get the floor clean you have to go SLOW. REALLY SLOW. But one pass done this way over each area is enough. Also, it won't take black shoe scuffs up. And as you go the mop cover gets saturated, leaving the last area mopped pretty wet. And to extend the life of the filter, the instructions say you should use distilled water - an additional expense.

But the upshot is that I cheerfully mop my kitchen and bathrooms twice a week now. I have been for months. Its amazing. This machine has solved one of life's true miseries (for me anyway).

This product is just great. I needed a new mop so instead, I decided to give this a try. What a difference! I thought my floors were at least fairly clean from a regular mop but I was rather embarrased by how much dirt this mop actually picked up! I had to use a new cleaning pad the first time I used it in each room because the pad was so dirty. I have wood, ceramic tile and laminate flooring and a huge house. This steam cleaner handled each floor beautifully and runs a really long time on a tank of water. I would recommend this product to anyone.

Bissell Steam Mop is an environmentally safe way to sanitize using ordinary tap water...no chemicals. As it turns out, the Steam Mop does an excellent job on my floors (and I really like it) but it is not suited for cleaning anything else. I did some more research and I backed into something called a vapor-system that also sanitizes using only water. But this vapor-system is not just for flooring. It seems that there is a bird organization called the Eclectus Connection that recommends these machines for cleaning birdcages. (...) we've also discovered a very valuable tool for cleaning around the house. The Steam Mop is wonderful for cleaning kitchen and bathroom floors. But if you want to clean more than flooring, look into a vapor-systems. Not only is this machine ideal for cleaning our birdcage, it's perfect for cleaning my kitchen countertops, stove, refrigerator and much more without harmful chemicals. If the fumes from chemicals can kill birds it only makes sense that they can also have some type of negative effect on my family. I don't know why I have never heard of these cleaners before. But let me tell you, any device that sanitizes without using chemicals is something everyone should know about. And that's why I'm writing this note.

I love a clean floor, but I hate mopping so much that I put it off and put it off. Kitchen floors in a busy household should be mopped AT LEAST once a week, but wringing a heavy wet mop and dealing with all that dirty water - yuck. So when I saw this, I thought that if it lived up to its billing, it would be the answer to my prayers. (By the way - the swiffer doesn't get the floor clean at all to my satisfaction, costs too much and leaves unwanted chemicals smeared around)

After trying this I can say that yes, it really does get the floor clean - not as clean as if I had scrubbed on my hands and knees but much cleaner than a quickie mop job. And no wringing, no rinsing, no dirty bucket of water. Just one pass and I'm done. It works on both linoleum and ceramic tile/grout and fits around the back of the toilet.I am also pleased with the slim profile which makes it easy to store.

A few tips: to get the floor clean you have to go SLOW. REALLY SLOW. But one pass done this way over each area is enough. Also, it won't take black shoe scuffs up. And as you go the mop cover gets saturated, leaving the last area mopped pretty wet. And to extend the life of the filter, the instructions say you should use distilled water - an additional expense.

But the upshot is that I cheerfully mop my kitchen and bathrooms twice a week now. I have been for months. Its amazing. This machine has solved one of life's true miseries (for me anyway).

This product is just great. I needed a new mop so instead, I decided to give this a try. What a difference! I thought my floors were at least fairly clean from a regular mop but I was rather embarrased by how much dirt this mop actually picked up! I had to use a new cleaning pad the first time I used it in each room because the pad was so dirty. I have wood, ceramic tile and laminate flooring and a huge house. This steam cleaner handled each floor beautifully and runs a really long time on a tank of water. I would recommend this product to anyone.

Bought it, used it once, next time I pulled it out of the closet it didn't work, no spray from the bottom. Went to the authorized repair man, he told me I bought the worst machine Bissell ever made. He wanted to charge me $85.00 to repair the heater. I figured I would cut my loses and not get it repaired. Glad i read the other reviews it seems like others had the same problem.
Regarding the attachments. be careful if you have the attachments stored on the back incorrectly the sprayer button gets pushed and it sprays everywhere. Yes the sprayer on the attachments work. Stay away from this machine

Putting together the machine and reading the instructions took a bit longer than I thought. The bucket with the dirty water is a snap to remove and insert, but the lid comes off too easily. you have to hold it from the bottom rather than the top or else the whole bucket might fall, dumping out the dirty water all over (this happened to me once). The internal bladder that separates the clean and dirty water is a neat idea, but i found it a little hard to clean, epsecially since their is no sturdy handle once the lid is gone. The separate cleaning solution container is good but it is hard to screw it on so it wont leak. There was a spot on my bedroom floor that stayed sticky for days after a whole bottle of solution leaked out. On the third day we had this machine, the roller brush broke off without a good reason.

On the upside, it was worth the labor at least. This machine left our carpet cleaner and our house smelling fresher. The carpets didnt take very long to dry and its always nice to see how dirty the water is. The bottom part of the machine is easily cleant by swiping a paper towel across it. The extra attachments are wonderful and very useful. It most definetly keeps the water hot, but when the carpet is so warm you cant tell how dry it is. We got this cleaner from Costco, where you get a free hand steamer which is very cool.

Bottom line is that it served its purpose for our one round of cleaning. We returned it and next time I think I am going to go for a Hoover model since our Hoover vacuum cleaner has done such a great job.

I hesitated buying a carpet cleaner but after spending [money] every 4 months for professional cleaning (I live in a 2-story house), I broke down and bought it. I couldn't believe how clean it got my carpet not to mention how easy it is to use. I have grandchildren that have spilled just about everything you can imagine on my carpet. This machine got every stain out. Buy it. It is well worth the investment. I could kick myself for not buying it sooner.

Picked this up from Costco, who I usually trust to have great quality products, to replace a smaller and even less effective hand-held "little Green Machine." The biggest and nastiest problem is that I use it to clean up urine messes made my my 12-yr. old dog and it now wreaks of dog urine. No matter how I clean it stinks so bad I have to keep it in the garage. The sprayer now just makes litle piddles on the carpet (have owned about 1 yr.) as hardly any water comes out. The suction head always got clogged with dog hair and was a pain to clean. The head would also leak out dirty water (right back on to the carpet I just cleaned) if I didn't hold the head upright before I turned off the vaccuum. And it left the carpets so wet that I got darkening from mildew a couple of times.

This was the best purchase I have made in a long time. It works so much better than I had expected. I have two young kids (4 years, 7 months) and a Golden Retriever, so you can imagine how many spills take place at my house. The Turbo Brush really works great on muddy paw prints and spilled juice. I also use it to clean all the accidents that happen in my car. It is very easy to use (just add cleaning solution to the clean water and you're ready to go). It also heats the water/cleaning solution for better cleaning. This is a must have for everyone with kids or pets. I have owned other brands of cleaners before, but from here on out - I am a Bissell Buyer!

We own both the upright Bissell and the Little Green, and use them semi-regularly. I'll admit to being a little obsessive about clean carpet and upholstery, but owning these products makes it easy to keep the carpet of our one year-old home looking great (and has extended the lifespan of our old sofas). The Little Green is perfect for use on small floor messes, the stairs, and couch. Our daughter turned two in October, and, thanks to this machine, we have survived spilled coffee, Children's Advil, soda, juices of all colors, chocolate, and shoeprints-- pretty much anything she can dump out or track in, this product can clean up! The full-sized Bissell is great for steam-cleaning entire rooms, but it's too hard to lug up and down the stairs. If you have a two story home, you may want to consider this hand-held canister cleaner for convenience purposes. It's easy to carry and has an extra-long cord, to boot!

Although it seemed to work well for a few months, the plastic front (liquid) casing cracked overtime(out of warranty of course) so now it leaks everytime I use it. And just recently the battery has gone. Not easy to replace or cheap. Yes it did work well for the 1st year, but should have worked much longer.

We have 2 kids and an older cat who yaks up onto the carpet from time to time. We have a large steam cleaner that we use maybe once per year. The Spot Lifter is great for quickly getting up spills before they become stains. The Bissell cleaner is OK but 90% of the time hot water is fine. Speed is everything in getting red wine or other difficult spills out. The Bissell is fast to prepare and can be soaking up spills before you've untangled the cord on a large steam cleaner. We leave ours charging between uses and have never had a battery life issue. If you can't get it cleaned up in 2 or 3 fills of cleaning fluid, call the professionals or use a larger machine for the entire room. This thing wasn't designed to clean a room. I can clean the seats and carpet on my station wagon on a single charge. I've recommended them to many of my friends with children and pets. They have reported similar results.

The bissell spot lifter is a must have if you have cats (or kids). It does a great job on little spots like spilled juice or cat puke. I have been amazed by what this little thing will pick up. Even that nasty yellow hair ball puke. Gone! I use woolite carpet cleaner spray with mine. I spray the spot let it sit a minute and then use the bissel to wet the spot and suck up the mess. It works wonders and I don't have to measure carpet cleaner each time I use it.

I have found that I can get 2 or 3 cleanings out of a recharge. I don't leave it plugged in and I haven't had any problems. I just plug it in when it starts to get low on sucking power and then I'm good for another couple weeks.

I would recomend it to anyone and just bought one for a wedding shower gift. They are great!

I bought the Bissell Spotlifter Powerbrush and had the same problems mentioned in other reviews. It is a very poorly designed product with almost no suction and poor spray. I contacted Bissell and they sent me another one that doesn't work either.

The Bissell does a good job of removing the stain however I have used this several times and still have practically no dirty water in the resevoir. Leaves carpet wet. Not enough suction. Try another product.

I bought this Bissell Spotlifter a few weeks ago. I chose this one because I only needed it for the occassional pet stain or baby food spill. It works great for me! I immediately put it to work and it got stains out that had been in my carpet for months! I do see how people could complain some about the suction but I think it gets most of the dirty water up fine. It took me a while to decide between this one and the more expensive "Little Green" and I think I made the right decision. I'm sure the other one is better, but it's also almost as expensive as an upright and this one gets the job done just fine. This is a good little cleaner for the money.