Other reviews have mentioned, this vacuum does not work well for cleaning pet hair off hard surfaces, and I can see where that can be the case, as the device is smallish and blows air out the sides, which could create havoc on hardwood stairs and similar surfaces.
However, I bought it specifically to clean a lot of hair from 2 cats off of the carpeted stairs in our 3-story townhome. For that, the vacuum works great. There was a lot of cat hair on the steps that my regular vac was too bulky to get, and even the accessories for my full-sized vac did a poor job of getting to most of the hair.
The pinkish nose on the Bissell vac, though, appears designed for just this job. Start at the 90 degree vertex angle of each step and slowly pull the vac toward you. Repeat until you've covered the width of the step, and then go back to the 90 degree vertex and move up to get the vertical side of the stair. It took me a while (which depends on the number of stairs and the amount of hair), but wow this thing pulled out a LOT of hair. Very impressive for its price range. It being corded was actually a good thing because no handheld vac would be able to have as much suction as this one and last as long as needed to clean the stairs.
If you're not using it for stairs, there's another nozzle for furniture. I haven't tried that one yet. HOWEVER, I should note that the circular spring button that holds the nozzle in place is very easy to dislodge. When I was using the vac on my second step and pulling it up the vertical side of the step, the button popped off and the nozzle fell off. For a minute I thought the darn thing had broken, but I was able to snap it back in place. This did, though, happen a half dozen more times, which was frustrating. I found the key to help prevent this is to move slowly and don't press against the step too hard when moving up against the vertical faces (pulling back against the horizontal faces doesn't have this issue).
But for that one caveat, this vac is perfect for its designed purpose- getting pet hair off carpet, especially for the low price. It also works well for carpet not on stairs, but it would take forever to vacuum a carpeted room floor; just use a standing vac for that. It works pretty well at getting cat hair off our carpeted cat towers as well.
One more thing- make sure you PULL the vac slowly back toward you. Pulling is how it's designed to snag and suck up the pet hair. I watched a youtube video of a clueless guy reviewing this product who was desperately trying to PUSH the vac against his carpet for several minutes to little success and then declaring it was too strenuous to operate. I immediately thought of those people who keep pushing at a door to no effect when the sign on the door says pull. PULL, don't push.
Overall, 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5.
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Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vac, 33A1
Keep your home clean with ease using the Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Hand Vac 33A1. It is a powerful and convenient way to give any mess a quick and easy clean-up. With a contour nozzle, it cleans up dirt and hair while also eliminating problem spots such as armrests, automobile interiors and upholstery. Its hard nozzle effectively picks up dry messes like kitty litter, pet food and more to save you time and energy during your cleanup. The pet hair vacuum cleaner is lightweight and has an easy on/off switch for simple operation. It also features an easy-grip handle to make it portable. Other highlights include a cord-wrap system so you can easily go from room to room and store it simply. With a multi-layer filtration system, it also works to keep your air cleaner and reduce allergens. The Bissell hand vac uses the Cyclonic Cleaning System.
- Surface Type: upholstery, auto, stairs.
- Power Rating: 4 amps.
- Filtration: multi-layer filtration.
- The Bissell hand vac uses the Cyclonic Cleaning System.
- Weighs 5 lbs.
- 16' power cord length.
- 1 Surface height setting.
- Bagless.
- Includes: contour nozzle and hard nozzle tools.
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| power source | Corded Electric | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Corded Electric |
| special feature | Bagless, Lightweight, Compact | Cordless, Portable | Lightweight, Bagless, Portable | Compact, Lightweight, Washable Filter | Portable, Lightweight, Compact | Lightweight, Portable, Bagless |
| surface suggestion | Hard Floor, Upholstery, Carpet | Multi-Surface | Carpet, Car, Upholstery | Carpet, Hard Floor, Upholstery | Hard Floor,Carpet,Upholstery | Multi-Surface |
| capacity | 0.28 liters | 0.6 liters | 21 ounces | 20.6 ounces | 0.7 liters | 0.18 gallons |
| voltage | 16 volts | 16 volts | 16 volts | 20 volts | 14.4 volts | 120 volts |
| noise level | 80 decibels | 70 decibels | 78 decibels | 80 decibels | 78 decibels | 72 decibels |
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EX-TERMMM-I-NAAAATE....hair!
Oh boy, do I have a lot to say about this thing and order in general. First things first, let's talk about the actual vacuum itself.Actual Product Review:As you can see in the pictures above, there are 2 before, 2 after and 2 showing the canister after. Keep in mind I have very low patience and that sheet covering his dog bed is a queen sized sheet, wrapped around it sloppily to kinda help keep the actual Serta dog bed I bought for my dog in as great of condition as possible. I say this because the sheet is very loose and it got very annoying trying to hold it down and tight to allow the vacuum to do it's thing. But any where it'd cooperate (and even where it wouldn't, for the most part), you can see that this thing worked and it worked pretty great if I do say so myself! I do feel like if I had continued, it would have had no issues getting a majority of what I left behind.Now I gotta play vacuum my floor with this little thing since it works so much better at picking up his dog hair then my actual vacuum does. Will probably look into getting a better one of those sometime too!Nice little thing to note is the dog is terrified of my floor vacuum, after all, he's a dog - right? This I had him get off his bed and he actually came over while I was vacuuming it to see what was going on. He was scared, but at the same time he was more curious as to what was happening to his bed and/or maybe if I was getting hurt by this thing. Kept coming up and "nose bumping" me which is his thing to get my attention and/or wake me up to let me know it's potty time.I'd totally recommend this based off of my limited time with it and hoping it lasts at least a year. I feel at the price point, I'd be happy getting at least that out of it, anything longer would be icing on the cake. Of course I'll come back and update if I have any issues with it.Review of Delivery/Packaging:I order off of Amazon a lot and I gotta say I've never had an experience as I did today in regards to the delivery. I get notified that my item was delivered, so I go to the front door to get it. La la la, open the door and no package! I think that maybe it's at my side/carport door, so I check there. No package?! I then walk from there to the front door and notice something brown in the middle of my drive way, near the sidewalk and a good 20+ feet from where 100% of all my other packages have ever been delivered. It was my Amazon package! The delivery person basically got out of their vehicle and just placed it at the end of my drive way, out in the open for anyone to easily steal. NEVER had that happen before!I do the little "how was your delivery" thing and they don't give an option to explain what happened, so I hit up live chat. Just told them of my experience because obviously if the delivery person did this to me, he's probably done it before or will do it before. Not like there were any obstructions or anything to warrant that kind of delivery. They notate it and I go on my merry way...so I thought.I end up opening the package a little while after and while I bought it from their Warehouse (used), it stated it was "Condition: Used - Like New - Item will come in original packaging.". I took that as ya know, having original packaging and probably having everything that came with it, or at least the extra little grey nozzle this is supposed to come with at the very least. I mean, doesn't state it does, but doesn't state it doesn't neither, so I felt it was pretty safe to assume what I assumed. I open it up and there's nothing "original" about it. The vacuum and the cord that's attached to it are in a "sealed" bag. No packaging. No other nozzle. No paperwork. Nada.Not sure if this is my first time dealing with a "Warehouse" item; I wanna say it isn't? But this is the first time I've ever had it so blatantly falsely advertised that it's making me skeptical of ever risking it again. Images provided for this as well.I will say that Amazon Customer Service is the tops and more than made sure that the over all situation was rectified and I felt like a valued customer. It's one of the main reasons I shop here and would be the only reason I'd risk a "Warehouse" buy again.
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