Customer Reviews
Love my Bissell 
2008-07-02
Had a Dirt Devil that I took back for the Bissell. The dirt cup is larger and easier to see when full. This picks up great. Only problem I had is that when it arrived it came with a broken belt. Easy enough to fix. It does tip easy when using the hose but I had a Bissell before and this is a better machine than my last one.
Amazing suction! 2008-06-28
It works so well it sucks the dirt in front of it out! Totally awesome!
Working Perfectly For Me... 2008-06-27
Light, easy to use, all necessary attachments, good suction - it's an excellent vacuum for the price.
Definitely grease the canister ring before using - I did, and no dust ever escapes.
It is nice, some loose parts, and get what u pay for 
2008-06-22
I like others, read the reviews (and am still too cheap to buy the overpriced Dyson), and decided I was willing to make a gamble on a vaccuum that is only $99. It is okay - but do listen to the criticisms (sp?).
PROS-
-lightweight
-easy to manuever
-sucks up a lot of crud (even on the highest setting)
-minimal filters - (hated having to buy so many for my Hoover)
-large cup (in width)& is easy to rinse out and clean
-easy to put together
CONS-
-lightweight (can tip over easily)
-the design is kinda flawed because the cord seems to always be in your way when you vaccuum & where you tie up the cord is small, so it takes forever to tie it up
-large cup is not very deep (so will have to change out often, or the vaccuum stops sucking essentially - and makes an awful sound)
-connection of the hose to the vaccuum is not that sturdy (broke apart twice on my first time using it)
All in all, so far, I am happy with it. If I have to buy another one, I will try the Eureka (I just can't imagine paying so much for a Dyson).
Very good for the carpet 2008-06-22
We were very impressed with the amount of dirt it picked up the first time we used it. We had a stick vacuum before, and was no match for the cleaning power of the 'Momentum'. It still gives a very clean feel; its been about 4 months now. The dirt cup is big enough for my 3 bedroom apartment. Overall it is a great buy for the price.
It would have received 5 stars if not for some minor flaws:
1. There is no separate switch to turn off the carpet brush. This means that you need to be careful about other cables that can get chewed up by the brush when you are using attachments. This is especially true if you need to do stairs, with the turbo-brush.
2. The hose for attachments is smaller than I would have liked.
3. I never had much success with cleaning the hard-floors with this vacuum. Maybe my carpet-height adjustment is broken. The hard floor area in my apartment is small, and I clean it separately.
Bissell Cyclonic *nitemare* 
2008-07-25
Don't waste your time or money on this vacuum..I bought this with high hopes and all I got is a pain everytime I used this vacuum..It's so top heavy it falls over all the time, it has no suction, it never had a good suction..The burning smell it had when I turned it on never did go away..I finally gave up and bought a new vacuum..I bought a "Hoover WindTunnel Self Propelled" not bagless..It's wonderful...
Phenomenal Suction but... 2008-07-19
I purchased this Bissell in April of '07 and have been using it once or twice a day every day since. I have two toddlers and it seems as if Im cleaning all the time with them! I used to own a Dirt Devil Platinum and was happy with the suction on carpet and floor but emptying it out was disgusting as the filter was in the dirt cup. Plus pushing and pulling it over a large area was a full upper body workout. I was saving up for a Dyson and was about to purchase a refurbished one on Amazon when this caught my eye. Everything I need plus it was $100. The first one I got came broken since it has ALOT of plastic, but as usual Amazon was amazing and sent me out a new one the very next day. That one was perfect, it was a cinch to put together and once I vacuumed I was shocked! This thing has phenomenal suction! I ended up vacuuming the whole house and had to empty the dirt container three times! The Dirt Devil was banished forever! Now after a year of daily use I can say it's still going strong, i changed the post motor filter every six months and other than washing the premotor filter Ive had no maintaince to do to this vacuum. Ths suction is phenomenal and the cord winding is not an issue with me at all and I love the length of the cord. Now that Ive mentioned how much I love this creature comes the negatives: It is TERRIBLE on bare floors, I can't believe that after all this time they can't come up with a reasonably priced vacuum that works well on bare floors too. It scatters like anything, I've been reduced to using the hose for the bigger things like cheerios and using my Hoover floormate for the other general floor vacuuming. Secondly, parts of it are fragile, the step that holds the vacuum up and releases it for cleaning broke or is loose, now the vacuum wont stay up that doesnt help me at all when storing it. Ive finally broken down and retired this one to the upstairs of the house which is all carpet and have bought the velocity total floors for the downstairs. Maybe thats what I should have done to begin with instead of trying to save those 30 bucks. It has the same suction but is good on floors. Overall I would not personally move from this line of vacuum in the near future at all, theyre bagless, emptying is easy and mess free, and best of all they can SUCK, they are amazing at cleaning floors. The negatives havent stopped me from loving my vacuum any less though. If you have all carpet and very little bare floors then go with this one, otherwise, spend a little more and get the velocity and if it arrives broken then talk to Amazon, not Bissell.
Very Impressed 2008-07-14
I just bought this vacuum last night (on sale at KMart for $99). The one on display and in the ads was red, though the one we purchased is a dark grayish color which we like even better. We came home, took 5 minutes to put it together and OMG you wouldn't believe the stuff that came up out of my carpet! There was so much pet hair and dust and tiny dirt particles that my old Kenmore could never get. I got at least a full dirt cup out of just the living room. The hand held turbo brush did an excellent job removing stubborn pet hair from our recliner and I loved how well the side brushes cleaned so close to the baseboard. After shaking and cleaning and replacing old dirty filters from that Kenmore I knew I did not want a filter in the dirt cup ever again. The foam filter under the dirt cup on this Bissell is washable so that's great! I love the extra long cord, powerful suction, adjustable height settings and that great little turbo brush is awesome! I wasn't as pleased when I noticed that every time I remove and replace the dirt cup some dust falls down on the vacuum and floor. I believe this will probably stop after a few vacuums with this machine since the old one didn't get the deep down dust at all. The vacuum is noisy but what vacuum isn't? I gave it 4 stars because I can't really judge longevity since I just got it. I did purchase the 1 year extended warranty for an extra $8; seems worth it for a $100 purchase that I expect to last for quite a while.
Works great 2008-07-05
Only problem with it is the time it takes to set up the hoses to do by hand
It Sucks! 2008-07-03
This vacuum sucks, perhaps more than any other I have ever used. Setup was easy and when I ran it over the carpet it sucked. It sucked hard and it sucked long. Caution, this vaccum sucks. Hide small kids and furry animals because this thing sucks so hard.
