Eliminate pet hair from your carpets, floors and upholstery with this versatile bagless upright vacuum that features pet turbo brush and contour tools to help get the job done. HEPA filtration helps remove airborne allergens for a thorough clean.
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I had a canister Kenmore vacuum for the last 4 years, but it never seemed to pick up my pet hair (german shepherd & long hair cat), but the saleslady at Sears said it would work for a house with pets/stairs. It never got my carpets clean & even after vacuuming, I'd sit on my carpets & get up covered in dog hair. You could still see it all over the floors.
I started researching new vacuums last week because I decided I needed 2 things: 1) Something that could get my carpets super clean 2) an upright bagless, because the canister was a pain to lug around & I was sick of buying bags. Well, the Dyson Animal was the first one I looked at, but at $500, a little expensive for me to justify.
Then I read a Consumer Reports review that said "don't get sucked into the expensive ones". It led me to this vacuum, and after reading the reviews I figured I had nothing to lose, so I ordered it and got it home today. OH WOW. My carpets were FILTHY!! All the dog hair, dust, and dander this thing picked up was amazing. I had to dump the cup 4 times for my living room alone! And I'm not a dirty person!
The previous reviewers who said their carpets looked professionally cleaned afterwards were NOT exaggerating, they look as beautiful as the day they were installed (3.5 years ago). After vacuuming, I laid down on the carpet with my kids and when I got up, not one dog or cat hair on me...and I'm wearing a black wool sweater today!
Other posters have said it's heavy, I did not find it to be too heavy (no worse than my canister) but I won't be using it on my stairs, since they are wood & I can use my light, cordless, stick vacuum on them instead.
I'm so happy....My house looks sooooo clean & I think it even smells better. Thank you Bissell, you ROCK!
What's great about it: Incredible suction, gets the pet hair!