Thread Number: 36906
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
New Account (AGAIN); Last Bissell Machine Worth A Damn |
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Post# 394578   7/9/2018 at 18:11 (2,088 days old) by ihaveautism1996 (North Carolina)   |   | |
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I forgot all my old log-in info, so I'm back again. That being said, what was the last Bissell machine that was worth a damn? You know, one that was worth the price it ran for? |
Post# 394595 , Reply# 1   7/9/2018 at 21:58 (2,088 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 394623 , Reply# 2   7/10/2018 at 09:02 (2,088 days old) by ihaveautism1996 (North Carolina)   |   | |
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What older Bissells were they? I know the Singer/Ryobi models were one, like you say. And what was the cause of Bissell's downfall? Also, what year started Bissell's downfall? |
Post# 394628 , Reply# 3   7/10/2018 at 09:36 (2,088 days old) by henrydreyfuss (Ohio)   |   | |
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Even today, the upright Bissell Big Green carpet cleaner that they've sold for a few years now is excellent. I've never used a portable carpet cleaner that worked anywhere near as well. Recently let a friend borrow mine, and they too were blown away by how great of a job it did erasing all the stains from their white carpeting.
Bissell's quality has been all over the place for decades, but thankfully, they're still capable of occasionally making great products. |
Post# 394636 , Reply# 4   7/10/2018 at 14:38 (2,088 days old) by mariotron (Texas )   |   | |
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Post# 394640 , Reply# 5   7/10/2018 at 17:23 (2,087 days old) by ihaveautism1996 (North Carolina)   |   | |
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I bet some of their products from the 90’s were not half-bad. |
Post# 394648 , Reply# 6   7/10/2018 at 21:15 (2,087 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 395011 , Reply# 7   7/15/2018 at 15:49 (2,082 days old) by ihaveautism1996 (North Carolina)   |   | |
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Why so much hate for stretch hoses? |
Post# 395014 , Reply# 8   7/15/2018 at 16:34 (2,082 days old) by blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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I don't like them due to the fact they cause more airflow loss than a non stretch hose. The stretch hose on my Simplicity S40P has about 77 cfm when it's compressed when stretched i've never used my anemometer stretched on it but the baird meter drops down to 0 which would be around 45 cfm. If you use a non stretch 15' hose you can get about 82 CFM which was measured on the anemometer. I also had a Lindhaus Healthcare Pro a while back which came with a stretch hose replacing it with a non stretch hose increased it's flow.
Sure, stretch hoses are convenient they store compactly but they often have a narrower interior diameter due to the material being folded inwards. When extended they have deep ridges and this negatively effects airflow. |