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Thread Number: 34717
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Bissell. Good or bad |
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| Post# 374949 , Reply# 1 7/5/2017 at 23:54 (2,479 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
Didn't really knew Bissell that much when I was growing up. My mother had a Little Green machine that I used to watch when I was a kid and it was one of my favorite vacuum memories.
Are Bissell vacuums good in my opinion: I'd say some like the Big Green commercial line up, the Cleartrak that was made for Amway, the push sweepers, and their older vacuum cleaners like the Prolite for example. I guess I could also add the very first powerforce bagged upright because I thought that was a good vacuum. All the other models I do not recommend. Do I overall recommend Bissell in my opinion? No. The warranty service is terrible, most of their quality on the residential models is very cheap and flimsy, horrible filtration on most of their models, and they do not last. They work but there's better. | ||
| Post# 374951 , Reply# 2 7/6/2017 at 01:54 (2,479 days old) by funnynet1231 (Maine) | ||
The Cleanviews and Powerforces are good machines.
I've had tons of bissells, some were great, some were good, and some I wouldn't have in my collection even if you paid me. However, I do have a soft spot for cleanview style machines. My number one dream machine is a red bissell cleanview revolution from 2004. Mainly because it is the first vacuum I have memories of, that and a 1997 dirt devil featherlite (Another dream machine)Currently I have an original(ish) Bissell powerforce bagged which is a great machine, a 2005 bissell cleanview II another great machine, a 2011 bissell rewind powerhelix, and a 2014 powerforce helix. The only two bissell vacuums I removed from my collection was a Bissell Cleanview helix and a bissell powerforce turbo. Both vacuums were great but I threw them out when I thought I outgrew vacuums. As a matter of fact I've been trying to find and collect all the bissell cleanview vacuums
Cam | ||
| Post# 374966 , Reply# 4 7/6/2017 at 19:30 (2,479 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
Bissell? Good? Lol.
The bagged machines aren't terrible, and none of their vacs are very bad cleaners. The bagless machines are atrocious when it comes to filtration. I would never use a bagless Bissell in my house, the vacuum cleaner you use has a huge effect on your indoor air quality. My grandmother has two Bissells and a Shark, one vac on each floor. One Bissell is the older Pet Hair Eraser, the filtration is absolutely horrible. Her newer Bissell Powerglide Pet also has horrible filtration, a couple of thin foam filters with no seals. I leave a Filter Queen at her house, so I'm not a terrible grandson for letting her use the Bissells. I help her clean every couple of weeks, but the Filter Queen doesn't get used besides that. She says it's too heavy. Their carpet cleaners aren't too bad, my grandmother has two upright shampooers from them along with a Spot Bot and the newer small cleaner. One of the shampooers only sprays on half of the nozzle, and the other one leaks. They both do a decent job of cleaning the carpets so if you're okay with buying a new one every couple of years then they're good. | ||
Post# 374973 , Reply# 5 7/7/2017 at 00:17 (2,478 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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I Disagree... | ||
| Post# 374982 , Reply# 6 7/7/2017 at 10:09 (2,478 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Very low end budget machines. | ||
| Post# 374996 , Reply# 7 7/7/2017 at 22:19 (2,477 days old) by blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Good or bad? | ||
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Post# 375002 , Reply# 8 7/8/2017 at 03:25 (2,477 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Bissel Bagless-most are DUMPSTER machines!See SO MANY of them broken,dirty,in dumpsters at vac places. | ||
| Post# 375021 , Reply# 9 7/8/2017 at 14:12 (2,477 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I have used a Powerforce bagless, the cheap purple one with no headlight. It was a very lightweight machine and easy to push and manuever. The noise did not seem bad but it may have been the acoustics of the room. As far as cleaning the dust filters, no way, too messy and nasty of a job. The bagged one would be much better. The cord wasn't very long was my only real drawback to the machine. The hose also did not have much reach as it wasn't the retracting type, but at least it didn't coil back and topple the machine over on you.
We have one of the ProHeat carpet cleaners a relative gave us, seems to work ok, fairly quiet. | ||
| Post# 375090 , Reply# 10 7/9/2017 at 23:25 (2,475 days old) by Buster1849 (-) | ||
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New powerforce bagged I bought the new bissell powerforce on Friday and I love it. It is fairly quiet and cleans well. It is an awesome vacuum
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| Post# 375402 , Reply# 11 7/15/2017 at 06:11 (2,470 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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I think what it all comes down to, bagged Bissells tend to be nowhere near as bad as the bagless. Bissell did have some American flavor in their machines, maybe Korean for that relationship with Samsung they once had. Bottom line, Bissell is a Wal-Mart favorite. | ||
| Post# 375687 , Reply# 12 7/21/2017 at 23:58 (2,463 days old) by vacuumdevil (Vacuum Hell ) | ||
Bissell tried to make a good vacuum twice in the past 20 years
5770 sold for $250-300 USD 16N5 sold for $190-250 USD both where Dyson killers but price and the bad name of Bissell made them fail in the end . I still would not buy one | ||
| Post# 375692 , Reply# 13 7/22/2017 at 09:30 (2,463 days old) by blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
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Healthy Home
Ah, we had one of those old blue healthy homes show up in our last shipment of used machines. The main drawbacks of it were it's weight and the fact that it still only used a piece of foam as a pre filter. I never really got to properly try the thing though as one of the motor supports were broken. It didn't seem bad though....for a Bissell.
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| Post# 375698 , Reply# 14 7/22/2017 at 14:26 (2,463 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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www.bissell.com/anna-upri...
This is one bagless Bissell that I actually would like to see in person. All the rest of them can stay in Walmarts, dumpsters, and trailer parks where they belong. | ||
| Post# 375728 , Reply# 16 7/23/2017 at 11:36 (2,462 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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Mike,
I believe they do still sell a number of bagged canister, I don't believe any of them have power nozzles though. I used to have a Bissell Zing and it was actually really decent for a $40 canister. I used Simplicity style Z HEPA bags in it and they fit perfectly.
www.target.com/p/bissell-... This purple one is what I had www.bissell.com/zing-bagg... | ||
| Post# 375735 , Reply# 17 7/23/2017 at 13:13 (2,462 days old) by moderneezer (Gatineau, Quebec, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 375754 , Reply# 18 7/23/2017 at 19:53 (2,462 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
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| Post# 375779 , Reply# 19 7/24/2017 at 09:08 (2,461 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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Bissells are Funai-awful repair records. | ||
| Post# 375884 , Reply# 20 7/25/2017 at 14:59 (2,460 days old) by buster1849 (-) | ||
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I had a healthy home model 5770 back in the day But my dad broke it because he has broken every vacuum he has ever gotten his hands on. He somehow even broke a sanitare and a kirby. I do not get how it is possible to break a kirby | ||
| Post# 375984 , Reply# 21 7/27/2017 at 11:32 (2,458 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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I know, Kirbys are bulletproof. | ||
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