 Hard core cleaning |
| Review Date: December 15, 2007 |
| Reviewer: M. Carter, |
I LOVE THIS VACUUM! My mother and brother own different Dyson vacuums and have tried to convince me to buy one. I was reluctant to spend $450+ for a vacuum, but after my Eureka burned up and stopped sucking I nearly purchased a Dyson.
After much research, I decided to try the Bissell Velocity. It has similar features as the Dyson (dual cyclonic action, hepa, on-board tools, etc) but was on sale for $119 - and at that price, I could give it to a friend and replace with a Dyson if I didn't like it.
I thought my house was clean BEFORE I bought this vacuum - boy was I wrong! I had to empty the dirt canister 4 times and my house is only ~1800 square feet. My carpet feels 'fluffier' to my bare feet! I haven't tried it on my bare tile floors yet, but I am extremely satisfied with it's performance on carpet. Will recommend this to everyone I know!
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Excellent, easy to use and picks up everything!
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| Review Date: August 26, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Melanie, |
| I purchased this vacuum at Target for $129.00 after reading reviews on many different vacuums. I have a smaller apartment and a cat who sheds likes crazy! My old vacuum just stopped picking up all the dirt, hair, and cat mess. The first time I used this vacuum after 2-3 days of not vacuuming at all I had to empty the filter 3 times because it picked up so much. My carpets looked great and the extra hose attachments did a great job vacuuming cat hair off my couches. The cord is long and for me thats a plus because I don't have to stop vacuuming and unplug to go into a different room. For me it was easy to assemble and it is on the lighter side. It is top heavy and tips over if you aren't careful but otherwise, I have found no other problems with it. |
Great Vacuum for the Price
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| Review Date: July 18, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Mitri Mama, North Dakota |
| We researched lots of vacuums and chose this one. We do not regret it one bit. The suction is very powerful and we were amazed at the fine dust it brought out of our carpet. The rotating brush underneath is very powerful and actually fluffed up our worn-down Berber carpet. The dust canister is very easy to empty. The vacuum seems about right for noise and weight. The only drawback for me is the turbo action brush that came with the vacuum seems more of a gimmick than anything, personally I can do a better job on my furniture with just the hose and simple flat attachment. |
Great Vacuum
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| Review Date: January 20, 2008 |
| Reviewer: J. Chan, Pasadena, CA |
I'm very pleased with this vacuum. As the other reviews indicate, the quality of the vacuum is excellent, especially considering the price.
My only complaint is that the vacuum picks up a lot of carpet fibers, even when put on a medium-high height setting, and then the carpet fibers clog the cyclonic action in the dirt cup. I have to empty the cup around 2 times for every room that I vacuum. On one hand, I'm glad the vacuum is picking up so much dust and junk, but on the other hand, it's not very fun emptying the dirt cup so many times, when a lot of the junk is just carpet fibers. However, this is probably a quality of cyclonic bagless vacuums in general, not something specific to this model.
Summary: Great quality, results, power, ease-of-use, and price! |
Great Vacuum for Cat owner
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| Review Date: July 9, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Beth Jenkins, |
| We absolutely love our new Bissell. We had gotten a much cheaper vacuum and it barely did the job, and spit stuff back at us. Within the first day we have already gotten two dumps of the vacuum up off the floor, and haven't even started detailing edges. The assembly was very straight forward, and the vacuum itself is not loud at all. We love the height adjustment for multi-surface cleaning. The carpet is fun to walk on after you clean on the pet-hair setting, it feels like brand new. The cord is a great length, as well as the hose. The vacuum is a little heavy, but it doesn't fall over easily. Great buy! |
i love this vacuum
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| Review Date: July 28, 2008 |
| Reviewer: A. Warder, Cleveland |
This is a great vacuum with some serious suction. I only have two minor issues with it.
First, it falls over backwards VERY easily, especially when using the hose. It gets kind of annoying.
Secondly, it doesn't do too great of a job cleaning up dog hair when going parallel to a wall. It leaves a streak of it that could be a problem to clean up if you're vacuuming a narrow path. Not a big deal, just takes some maneuvering and a little more time. |
Very Happy With This
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| Review Date: January 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: James Tibensky, Wayne, Illinois United States |
We have five cats and had been using a shop vac for a couple of years. When we used this one, we were horrified at the amount of dust and hair we picked up. We had to empty the canister every few minutes.
Works equally well on our wood floors and the carpeting.
Couldn't be happier. |
Great Vacuum
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| Review Date: March 17, 2008 |
| Reviewer: J. Esqueda, Southern California |
| The vacuum is great. It replaced our old Phantom Fury. It has great suction and is easy to dump out the canister. The cord is long enough to do a couple of rooms at a time. I saw the positive reviews here which led me to buy this model from Amazon. It was very easy to assemble. I have not been disappointed at all with this purchase. |
Best ever.
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| Review Date: August 16, 2008 |
| Reviewer: K. Davis, Newburg, PA USA |
| This is the best vacuum I have ever used. Great on pet hair. Very easy to empty. |
Great Vacuum - High Quality
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| Review Date: December 31, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Soccer Mom, Southern MI |
| Best vacuum I have purchased! This vaccuum is top quality from the suction power to the overall design (love the curved hose wand). |
Great Gift
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| Review Date: February 16, 2007 |
| Reviewer: KK, Florida |
| I give to my Sister as a present and she loves it, this is a great machine and i will replace my old vacumm with this one. Great product. |
BEST BUY - Great price, great performance
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| Review Date: November 9, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Cake for Breakfast, Chicagoland |
I read a lot of reviews before deciding on this cleaner. I think it was a great choice!
Bought this vacuum at Target. Never had a bagless before and will never go to a bag model again. I have a chow chow and this thing does an excellent job of picking up dog hair. I had a very clean house before I got this vacuum. The first time I used it I was ASTOUNDED by the amount of debris it picked up from my carpet. I had no idea how bad my other vacuum was performing until I used this one. The hose attachment is very nice and long for my stairs but the vacuum tends to tip over when I use it. But that is bound to happen when the vacuum is light weight (I'll trade the light weight for the tipping.) Also, it looks great. I love the colors. VERY GOOD BUY! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! |
Good Vaccum
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| Review Date: April 21, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Cleanophobia, Boston |
I bought this recently (couple of weeks back). I was in total dilemma in deciding between Dyson and Bissel. I had some crazy model of dirt-devil which did nothing (instead of sucking the dirt, it threw the dirt all over the place. I would call this as dirt-friendly and not dirt-devil. The handle broke within 3 months of regular use).
Anyways, I thought of spending 500 bucks for a good vaccum. But after reading various reviews of Bissel, I ended up buying it. So far so good. Oh boy! The carpet looks clean now and everytime I vaccum, it sucks good amount of dirt hiding in the carpet. What a relief!.
However it has few drawbacks. I have used Dyson before. This Bissel is not as quite as it could be. Also, to clean this vaccum, you have to open the holder and dump it. I think by improving the cleaning mechanism, this vaccum would be really good.
As I live in 1100 sqft apartment, I feel this is really good using this vaccum every week.
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Great for Carpet
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| Review Date: June 27, 2007 |
| Reviewer: K. Hartman, |
I bought the Bissell Velocity 3950 when my last Bissell's motor blew up (I had had that one for four years). I really like the air filter light that lets you know if you need to change the filter. I'm not very good at doing that (which is why my last one blew up) and this has a nice warning light to remind me.
I LOVE what it does for my carpets. My husband says they have not this good since we moved in. I like in Oklahoma and we have that nasty red clay that gets everywhere. With two kids, my husband and my dog we put good wear on the carpet and this brings it back to life.
I cannot, however, give it a 5 star because it IS NOT A HARD FLOOR CLEANER. If you want something that can do both, this is not the machine to buy. The brush does not turn off when you put it on the "bare floor setting." So it kicks more of the dirt up on your feet than it does suck it in.
Hands down this is a great vacuum for carpet, but I am now in the market for something for my bare floor areas. |
Forget about it.
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| Review Date: December 1, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Oktyabr, Seattle, WA USA |
Bought it on sale at Kroger's/Fred Meyers for US$79.95. I gave it two stars instead of one because the first time I used it it worked wonderfully, much better than our old Hoover upright that was ready for retirement and with rigorous cleaning and maintenance it might continue to do so... BUT this model is not without it's faults either! For starters you MUST remember to dump the canister FREQUENTLY, especially if you have pets. The top part, above the canister, will quickly become plugged with dust bunnies, carpet fabric and pet hair and must be scraped clean with a bent coat hanger... This will plug up even much more quickly if you let the canister get anywhere near it's "FULL" mark... so DON'T.
Second, forget about this unit for hard surfaces. Even on it's lowest brush setting "Bare Floors", more often than not the brushes will simply hurl tiny hard debris out from underneath the unit, towards your feet, instead of sucking it up like a vacuum SHOULD and you end up going back and forth, over and over, in a huge waste of time. I just use the wand attachment or better yet an old fashioned broom and dustpan.
Last but not least the replacement HEPA filters for this unit are in the $5 to $7 ballpark, EACH! And whatever you do do NOT use this model with any of those powdered carpet cleaner/deodorizers!!! Not only will your HEPA filter be ready for the garbage can (and very quickly too) but the internals of this model will harbor the powder for ages, leaving nice little sprinkles every time you remove the canister or even bump it wrong. If you live in a particularly dust prone area plan on replacing these often... using a vacuum with a disposable bag would be cheaper. Yes, you can remove the filter and blow it out with a compressor but the filter's life span between cleanings is very short... plan on cleaning the filter each time you use the vacuum if you don't replace it. This model will also overheat if the HEPA filter is not clean enough to exhaust it's air adequately which can cause it to drop into protection mode (shut it off, let it cool while you clean/replace the filter, should start running again in a few minutes) or possibly worse.
It does have a good selection of useful tools, a long power cord, and won't cost you several hundred dollars like some makes and models I see this one compared to on here... But you get what you pay for too, at least with this model. Call me disappointed. |
Bad brush roll!
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| Review Date: March 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: M. Fuhriman, |
I've had this vacuum for a few years and I'm tired of spending money to replace its parts. The vacuum itself works well, but the brush roll has to be replaced every 6 months to a year. We went to a vacuum store and spoke with a man about it and he said it's typical of this model. The first two brush rolls we replaced just stopped spinning and wouldn't turn at all, even by hand. The third started making a loud vibration and eventually melted the side of the brush roll completely. Replacing it is at least $20 each time. They also recommend replacing the belt when you replace the brush roll, since it stretches the belt a bit when you take the brush roll on and off.
Also the turbo brush didn't work for me. It's supposed to spin automatically when you use it with the hose, but the brush roll on it would only spin intermittently. |
Child Safety Hazard
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| Review Date: January 12, 2009 |
| Reviewer: R. Martin, San Francisco, CA USA |
| This machine worked great for the first year. I had very positive feedback on the machine up until the release latch to keep it in the upright position failed while vacuuming one day and fell on my 1 year old daughter who was standing nearby watching me vacuum. I called Bissell and because it was just over 1 year old they refused to cover the part or replace the unit. This is a heavy vacuum and I wouldn't want any child to be injured. I will not be buying a Bissell again! |
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