BISSELL vacuums tend to be affordably priced and use bagless designs that keep recurring costs down. Unfortunately, they aren’t usually the best choice for all-out cleaning performance and can feel cheaply made. K9 Magazine’s BISSELL ICON cordless vacuum cleaner review covers the pros and cons of using this vacuum from a pet owner’s perspective. We tested over a two month period to get as in-depth a view of the cleaner and its performance on pet hairs, dust and debris to help you choose your next vacuum cleaner with confidence. If you’ve ever used a Dyson vacuum , you’re probably not surprised to see that the Dyson V11 Animal came out on top.
Its floorhead has five levels of height adjustment, so you can adjust the brushroll quickly and easily, which is helpful if you have a wide mix of floor types in your home. It offers excellent overall solid debris pickup on carpet and performs impressively well on bare floors. It can easily handle hair on a wide variety of surfaces, ranging from bare floors to carpets, making it the best BISSELL vacuum for pet hair we’ve tested. Its bagless design and washable pre-motor filter keep recurring costs low, while its spacious dirt compartment won’t need emptying very often.
Replaced BISSELL Featherweight Stick 2033 with BISSELL CrossWave Pet Pro as ‘Best BISSELL Vacuum For Bare Floors’ category pick. Added BISSELL dyson pet vacuum Zing Bagged Canister as ‘Best BISSELL Canister Vacuum’. Added BISSELL CrossWave Cordless Max 2554 as ‘Best Cordless BISSELL Vacuum’.
Offers the ability to clean with and without a cord with 30 minutes of fade-free suction for upholstery, automobiles, stairs, and low-pile carpet. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled vacuums and contact BISSELL for a free battery pack replacement. I felt that I got the best results using the higher setting which meant I got maybe 25 hoover commercial vacuum minutes or so of cleaning time before needing to charge. That really allowed me to cover all of downstairs, spanning the lounge, kitchen and conservatory, the carpeted stairs leading upstairs and if I was lucky, maybe the upstairs hallway or bathroom. I needed a full charge, which took around four hours before I could go again and finish the job.
Unfortunately, we were not able to locate a replacement battery, which means once the battery dies, the unit may be dead for good. The Bolt, when in stick configuration, is able to bend in half, allowing you to get under and into those hard-to-reach places. From there, they also have the option of removing thehandheldportion of the bissell cordless vacuum unit to clean areas that are above the ground. Rice posed more of a problemfor the vacuum, as the debris dropped from 82% cleaned up to 76%. Although the difference is small, I would’ve liked to see the number stay the same or increase a tad. As we moved on, both kitty litter and sugar were cleaned up to a level of 91% or higher.
That means we are giving you more decision points to help you choose whether you want a stick vac or a full-sized vacuum. As a result of these changes, our pet hair tests are a bit more challenging and we now embed dirt in the carpeting instead of scattering it on the surface as we used to do. And for bare floor testing, instead of combining all the debris into a messy array of cereal, sand, and rice we vacuum up each type separately. All-in-all, we’ve made our stick vacuums better reflect real-world situations where it may be your only vacuum.