| Nice machine, just not extraordinary... |
Ok! So, I got this little green monster a couple a months ago based on the great reviews it got! As soon as it came to my door (not a day too soon, as my house had not been vacuumed for some 4 months! yuck!) I put this bad baby to work! And boy! It sucked so much dust out of my carpet I could not believe it! I mean, it just kept on going, and going! I tought the dust would never end! And that is just the half of it. I have hardwood floors in the majority of my house and boy, was I in for a pleasent surprise! After going over the whole area with my new machine, the floors actually felt squiky clean! I had, or thought I had a good vacuum cleaner for my hardwood floors before, but the Bissell exceeded my expectations by far!! It could not do a better job on hard surfaces! I was extatic!
Now, the extasy started to fade away a bit the next day, when, of course, I was at it again, sice my three year old forgets to remove his shoes when coming from the back yard sometimes....All the excuse I needed to try the green monster again! Well...not so happy anymore, because it kinda started to make a funny noise, like the whirring other reviewers talk about on this very site, and I have no idea why! There is nothing stuck in the hose, or anywhere, I cleaned the bin before the dirt even reached the "full" mark...so, that is a bit of a mistery.
But I said oh well, maybe that is just the way it sounds after it gets some dust in its pipes. BUt, to my not so pleasant surpeise, the suction action was not the same anymore either. Now, it still sucks a heck of a lot better than anything I ever tried, but when cleaning hardwood floors, I sometimes have to go over a little crumb twice before it picks it up, whereas the first time I used it, it sucked everything but the floor itself!
So, that being said, those two are some of the things that are starting to eat away at my love affair with my Bissell Total Floors Velocity....
Other things would be: 1. the weight!! This thing is a far cry from the 8 punder I used to have! It is sooo heavy, you really need to switch arms every few minutes! Maybe I'm just out of shape?
2. It does tip over on your head, or whatever body part is closest to it while trying to use the hose extension. So beware!
3. The cleaning of the cleaning machine mechanism and such: not as "dirt free" as one would think. Yes, you do not touch the dust itself, there is no bag, and such, but you DO have to shake the thing against something to get the dust to loosen up from the receptacle, an you DO get dust flying around all over the place! So, either put the whole thing in a plastic bag (which then means you have to wahs the container, becuse dust will stick to the outside of it) or, definitely empty it outdoors! No such thing as not getting ANY dust on your hands or in your lungs!
Other than that, I can't think of anything that I do not like about it. For the price, it is definitely worth it! |
4 Rating
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| Powerful, big and noisy |
This is a heavy, wide machine with a visible dirt container which is dusty to empty. I like the long power cord, but the brackets make it hard to wind up. The attachments are well-designed and easy to use. There are controls so you can raise and lower, and even turn off, the beater brushes. The best thing about the Bissell 3990 is its ability to clean deeply and completely, and that's what I bought it for. |
4 Rating
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