Bissell CleanView Swivel Vacuum, Triple Action Brush Roll, 3836

Simply an amazing vacuum. For the price, it can't be beat. It is clearly designed from the ground up with cleaning and repairability in mind. Every part of it is easy to disassemble to get at those hard-to-reach areas. Great suction, does a wonderful job with pet hair. Of course, it is missing a few features that a pricier model might have. Notably, the floor brush is on the same axle as the vacuum motor, so there is no way to disable the brush roll. I would also prefer if the cable attached higher up (closer to the handle) instead of near the floor. Additionally, the cord is a bit short, but that doesn't bother me that much since I live in a small apartment. I can always get an extension cord later. These are really only minor gripes. I would recommend this vacuum to anyone. You won't regret it!

This vacuum is great! When I ordered it I was expecting one of those huge heavy vacuums that drags you across the floor, but this one is a perfect in between size that’s not too heavy but is sturdy enough to be powerful. I was able to carry the box up to my apartment by myself which was great, and I’m definitely lacking in upper body strength 😅. It has some weight to it, but I think it would still be light enough to carry up and down stairs. It’s very easy to maneuver around furniture and items. It has great suction and picks up dust, pet hair, and small items like pieces of dry cat food easily (I only have hard wood floors, so I can’t speak to carpeting, but it did great on my little area rugs). The best part is that it actually has suction up to the edge of the vacuum head, instead of just pushing dirt/ cat litter/etc. up against the wall, it picks it up, I’ve never seen the corners and baseboards of my place so clean. The attachments are also good and the wand has very powerful suction. I ran it over my window sills and they look like I wiped them down. It’s also very easy to put together (you will need a screwdrivers for the 2 screws to hold the handle on) and very intuitive to take the pieces/ attachments apart and put together. I like that there’s one button to open the tank to empty it and it dumps out, rather than having to stick my hand in there and have dirt / the filter fall into the trash together. The filter can twist in and out easily and is washable. The cord length is long enough to reach multiple rooms from the same plug (though I have a 1 bedroom apt so there’s not much to reach). The tank has pretty okay storage. I could see it not being enough for every room in a large house, it’s so easy to dump though so I don’t see why you couldn’t easily empty as you go. I cleaned my entire place, which hadn’t been vacuumed in about a week, and it I was only a little over halfway to the full mark on the tank. All in all, I think it’s great for the price and worth it for pet owners who need something that can stand up to constant hair/ litter pickup, but don’t want to be dragging around a massive tank of a vacuum.

I've had this vacuum for over 3 years and it still works like new. Replaced 3 belts because of heavy use. It's still mind blowing to me how much dog hair it picks up that I didn't realize was there. I will absolutely buy another when this one wears out. My house is so much cleaner because of this vacuum. Great investment. Well worth the price. You don't need to buy an expensive one. And it's not really loud.

Holy moly. The Bissell's suction is amazing, and it's supremely easy to keep clean. If you have medium to high quality carpeting, this vacuum is excellent. It will literally lift the carpet off the floor as you vacuum. But. If your rugs have any loose yarn or threads, this vacuum snags them and rips out whole sections quickly, even on the highest carpet setting. We buy crappy discount store rugs because we have animals that are constantly chewing on them, vomiting on them or tracking in filth. The Bissell sucks out all the filth and then sucks up the rug, for good measure. You might say it's an over achiever 🤣 We have a collie and a blue heeler, as well as two indoor cats, that shed voraciously, and leave their confetti on every nook and cranny of every floor and piece of furniture. This vacuum makes short work of all that fur (and other dirt), especially with the brush attachment and the powered brush attachment. Love the vacuum for its power, ease of use of attachments and ease of cleaning it out. It's also pretty easy to maneuver due to the swivel base. It's fairly lightweight so lugging it around or up and down stairs isn't a big deal. The canister fills up fast - but we also have a LOT of hair and fur going on in this house. If I go more than a day or two between vacuums, I do have to empty it twice during the chore. When sweeping on a regular basis, the canister is plenty big enough to hold all the crud from the whole house, so I just have to empty it once. Cons: The brush never stops spinning. So when you're using the attachments, the brush is still spinning, and spitting dirt out the hose hole. Bissell needs to come up with a brush that turns off, or a little plug to stick in the hole, so you're not spitting dirt back all over the areas you just vacuumed. I find that a wadded up paper towel shoved in the hose hole works nicely to solve this problem, but I shouldn't have to be bothered with that. The cord positioning is not good. Where it's attached and the way it lays as I'm vacuuming, it's very easy to run over the cord. The vac is an all consuming cannibal - it will just as readily suck up its own cord as it does the rug loops. Within a week of using this vac, I had to tape over spots on the cord that had been chewed down past the insulation - by the vacuum. The hose could stand be either more extendable or just plain longer. I find that it's easiest to lay the vac down when I'm using the attachments, so the vacuum doesn't constantly crash into the backs of my legs. The hose just doesn't want to stretch as far as would be useful, for say, cleaning the top of the cat tree with an attachment. Overall, yes, I do like it, but it has its idiosyncrasies - just like everything else! Who knew I would have this much to say about a vacuum, lol - but after spending six months with it, we've been through a lot together.

Worth it. We have 2 cats and I shed like a dog, long hair and clumps of cat hair constantly and everywhere. This thing is amazing, my carpets look brand new, my wood floor is absolutely spotless. I’ve used it to clean cloth surfaces and hard surfaces. The cats large red crinkle Santa hat, spotless now. The couch corners where the cats love to lounge, spotless. The small cloth bin I keep all extra cords, no more hair. This thing is powerful suction, it sucked up one of the cat toys before I realized what had happened. It didn’t break or stop the vacuum.

How do I give this thing 10 stars?? Seriously. This vacuum is a gift from heaven! We have struggled with long-hair dogs, long-hair cats, a chinchilla that throws her bedding and food outside her cage daily, terrible builder-grade quality carpet that mats really easily, making it difficult to get things properly vacuumed and cleaned. We have purchased expensive Dyson vacuums specifically for pets, expensive Shark vacuums specifically for pets, and an expensive Kirby, which honestly has been the best vacuum so far. Until this cheap Bissell. Not cheap quality... PHENOMENAL quality for a cheap price. Don't bother spending $500 on a junky Dyson. This Bissell is a miracle worker. We were literally about to rip out our carpeting in the upstairs hallway because it was so matted with pet hair that just wouldn't come out. We were going to just epoxy the plywood underneath because it would look better than the ratty carpet. But I thought I'd hunt one more time for a vacuum on Amazon. I read reviews raving about this vacuum that led me to buy it. And we are thrilled with this thing! My husband and I can't stop vacuuming. And we watch each other vacuum so we can see this miracle in action. We had vacuumed our bedroom with the Kirby. Two days later, we vacuumed our bedroom with this Bissell. Filled up the canister before we even finished the room!! This pulled up years of embedded dirt, hair, whatever grossness every other vacuum failed to pick up. It left those beautiful vacuum lines in the carpeting for the first time in years! It actually picked up the carpet pile that was totally matted down. We emptied the canister and moved on. We finished the bedroom, then vacuumed that matted hair in the hallway, which this baby picked up with ease. Hubby and I gasped in wonderment. Then, we emptied the canister again and moved on. We vacuumed the bonus room, where the chinchilla makes her mess. It picked up all of her hay and bedding with ease! The only con that I saw about this vacuum that affected me was the length of the hose for the attachments. True, the hose is short. But the vacuum is lightweight enough to carry it step by step to be able to vacuum the stairs. And it still reaches the full couch seats. That was another miracle! Our dogs like to sneak onto the couch when no one's looking, so both long-hair clumps and short-hair bristles get embedded into the couch cushions. With a few swipes with the attachment, 2/3 of the couch filled up half the canister of dog hair!! And the attachment actually has it's own functioning roller with bristles, like a little mini vacuum!! It's not just stationary attachment at the end of a hose... it's a mini vacuuum!! I am telling you... this is the best vacuum ever. I never would have imagined an inexpensive Bissell would outshine every "big name" superpower vacuum. But it does. Leaps and bounds better.

I had ONE criterion for buying a new vacuum: would it easily get my husky mix's super fine black hair off my white carpet. If it helps paint a picture of how much she sheds: when I go snowshoeing with her, I always know our way back because there's a trail of black hair in the white snow and a halo of it every time she shakes. If the sunlight is just right, I can literally watch her molting as she walks. I set up my litmus test by not vacuuming my white carpet for 3 weeks. The vacuum I'd keep would be the one that leaves a white stripe through the black hair. You can see my photos - I got the white stripe with this vacuum. I did a TON of research before buying this, and considered the pet-specific Bissell, the Eureka pet vacuum which also had a stunning amount of 5* reviews, as well as the Dyson V12 Detect Slim, which was 500% of the price. Here's my assessment and summary: PROS: - Successfully leaves a white stripe, with one up/back arm stroke of the vacuum. It's even better if I change directions for the nap of the rug, and do up/back lengthwise and widthwise, and up/back from both diagonals. If you don't know what "nap" is for rugs, carpets, google it. It's a critical element for effective vacuuming. - Easy to maneuver. I'm almost 40 but pretty fit, and I did not find this hard to wield or heavy. - Cord stores pretty easily - Attachment for stairs worked like a dream - The "eraser" tool gets all of my upholstery types - The settings for carpet pile are good and worth paying attention to - Did fine on my 100yr old hardwood floors without any mods CONS: - The tilt doesn't allow it to fully get under my coffee table - The hose to which the attachments fit is, as other reviewer state, rather short. This means I have to carefully set the vacuum on the steps and bring it up one by one as I use the "eraser" tool - There was definitely a burning smell the first 3-4 times I used it. Heeding the reviews of others, I bought replacement belts at the same time as purchasing this (leveraging Prime's "customers also buy..." suggestion for the correct one, which will allow me to easily re-purchase through my order history if needed in the future) Given how easy this is to use, I will be vacuuming much more frequently and that will probably also yield better results. I did see a review from a Corgi owner who was unsatisfied with this. I grew up with 4 of them, and I do firmly believe this vacuum would do it. The reviews for this definitely seem mixed, but I'm thrilled. Given the mixed reviews, I definitely purchased the Asurion protection plan. I could probably do my whole house and its various flooring with the Bissell, but I have an old house, and the power outlet situation isn't set up for the modern living things like vacuuming. So I ALSO purchased the "Dyson v12 Detect Slim" for about $150 less, on an Amazon Prime sale. I use that for the areas where I don't have outlets nearby. Pricey? Yeah. But the sanity and time I've recovered is 200% worth it.

I’ve gone through 2 “stick” vacuums and this Bissell, tho heavy is doing an amazing job. It gets up fine cat hair that others left behind. Suction is powerful. What a great product. Easy to put together and easy to empty. It’s all so user friendly!

Muy buen producto, tras leer muchos comentarios tuve algunas dudas al final me animé y este es mi resumen. -Excelente succión, no tengo alfombras en la casa sólo un tapete enorme y en realidad hace un excelente trabajo tanto en piso como en tapetes. -La comparamos con una aspiradora Koblenz que tiene mi mamá (según muy potente), después de aspirar con la Koblenz pasé la Bissel y sacó un contenedor completo de basura 😱. -En varios comentarios leí que se ve frágil, no sé de qué plástico indestructible eran las aspiradoras anteriores de ellos pero yo la veo igual que cualquier aspiradora, de hecho se siente resistente. -El accesorio para pelo de perro no sirve, al ponerlo gira de maravilla pero al pasarlo por el sofá o lo que sea se detiene por completo. -La manguera para usar los accesorios es muy corta, al no poderla estirar mucho se te viene encima la aspiradora. -El cable es corto, en la misma habitación tengo que cambiarla de conexión. En general estoy muy satisfecha, sin duda volvería a comprar de ésta marca.

We received this product and I was very happy with how easy it was to put together however, I then tested the vacuum on a low pile rug and within 20 seconds the motor blew and flames appeared from the vacuum, burning and melting the plastic. I have been offered a refund as I believe it is a faulty motor however, the cost of posting the vacuum from Singapore to the USA is simply not worth it.

I just purchased this and it arrived last night. I put it together within 5-10 min and tried it out right away. I have always had DYSON PET-version vacuums for the past 15 years, so this was the first time I tried something much less expensive and non-Dyson. LOVE IT. The suction is way better than Dyson, even brand new out of the box. It is very lightweight and easy to maneuver, and I far prefer how the hose attachments stow and how easily they are put on the hose when needed. It’s very easy to empty the canister, and when emptying the debris falls out much more easily than it every did on my Dysons. Also, the powerhead seamlessly goes from hard floors to low-pile mats and even my Great Dane’s dog beds without having to change the setting (I kept it on 2 the whole time). And, the powerhead does a far better job of getting the edges clean than my Dyson did. The only downfall is that the cord length is about 10’ shorter than my Dyson, so I have to re-plug it in as I go through the house (the Dyson reached everywhere in my raised bungalow without unplugging it). That’s a minor inconvenience, easily fixed with an extension cord if I so choose, and not enough to lose any stars over. Obviously, longevity is an unknown. But, for the far more economical price I paid for this compared to any EXPENSIVE Dyson I’ve bought in the past, replacing it every few years if needed is no big deal.

This is my first adult vacuum, I've been using a cheap walmart stick vacuum for years. So obviously this thing has way more power than I've had before. It picked up an embarrassing about of hair and dirt from my floors and carpets, I'm almost truly ashamed with how the container looked after my first round of the apartment. I have 2 rabbits who produce a lot of hair, dust and there's a lot of small bits of hay and long bits of hay all over my place. This vacuum sucks it all up with no problem. It goes over all of my carpets and rugs with ease. Overall this vacuum is exactly what I had hoped for. The price is incredible for the quality and the results. This vacuum has ONE CON. The Hose attachment to get into hard to reach places is extremely stiff. I don't know if this will stretch over time and get easier to use but my first impressions of the hose is that it's hard to use, and when you pull on it to get closer to the destination it may tip the entire vacuum over. In all tho, I still give this vacuum a 5 star rating and would HIGHLY recommend it to pet owners.

My father recently asked me to pick out a new vacuum and requested that it had to have good suction for long cat hair. After researching many vacuums in this class, I liked the sound of this one so I ordered it. While waiting for delivery, I watched a video of someone complaining about this unit catching fire and the motor burning out and of course, this freaked me out. I started to look for a different make and model only to find out someone always complains about this exact problem on practically every vacuum cleaner. I'm not saying these people are wrong or mistaken and I will watch the belt closely every couple of weeks, plus I showed my father what to watch for. I see the concern as there is a very tight space where you can see the belt over the brush and debris can easily get caught in this tiny space. However, if you actually read the manual thoroughly, it tells you to keep an eye on this and how to remove a few screws to open it up. In my opinion, they should have made this part much more accessible and not require a screwdriver. I wanted to get this little rant out there so people are aware and make a better decision because these days you never know what reviews are truly honest, which ones are not and which ones are highly over exaggerated. On that note, we are very impressed with the suction! My father said he had vacuumed 2 days prior and when I went over his living room floor with this new one, we could not believe how much it pulled out of the carpet! This vacuum has power!! The accessories are typical but unfortunately, the Pet TurboEraser Tool is practically useless (this is definitely a justified complaint I kept reading about). You will not believe the amount of suction coming out of this when you insert the attachment but the moment you touch it to any material, the spinning brush instantly stops as it is not powered, it is strictly moving by the power of the suction. I tried multiple angles and still, it kept stopping and then I realized the suction is so strong it is lifting the material and creating a seal that stops the spinning brush. Then I tried it on the steps and had less issues since carpeting doesn't lift but you still need to drag it across the stairs lightly. Other than that, we are very impressed with this model and my dad loves how easily you can empty the bin and that all the parts in the bin are washable (no replacing non-washable filters). If we have issues with the belt, I will be sure to update my review.