Bissell 1770 Quicksteamer Lightweight Upright Deep Cleaner Carpet Cleaner
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Bissell 1770 Quicksteamer Lightweight Upright Deep Cleaner Carpet Cleaner
Customer Review: It sucks!
Summary: 4 Stars
Things I like about this:
Sucks alot of water out, carpet is nearly dry by the time I am done.
Lightweight, not too big, easy to store and easy to empty the container with no confusing parts to mess with.
A quality build, I've had mine for more than 2 years, which is some kind of a record for a cleaning device made for the mass retail market in my experiance.
Though the list of dislikes is longer than the list of likes, I only wanted it to suck the moisture out of the carpet, and that it does (for the most part!).
Things I don't like:
Doesn't suck water right up to the .5th of an inch edge of the carpet where it meets the wall, when cleaning cat urine stains I had to try to sop it up with a rag, not fun.
Doesn't actually heat the water, but you can use hot water in it- manual style.
Water gets sloshed around in the lower compartment as it gets full, and due to it's design it can leak or spash on you, leading to alot of very gross moments and emergency laundry situations.
Hair can get clogged in the main compartment so make sure you have a good vaccum to get it all up beforehand.
I have a Koblens floor cleaner that scrubs my floors, I doubt the static floor cleaning bristles on this device could do the job. But for just pure extraction, it's the way to go! I'm blown away how somthing so cheap could work so well. I wish it soaked up all the urine in one pass, as it is I have to empty it several times... but for only 2 times what it costs to rent an extractor I can spare the time.
I also use this to soak up the water on my tile bathroom floors after I clean them. Works like a charm, barley leaves any moisture behind.
Buy it!! Perfection won't be had for less than $300 bucks for this kind of machine, I can almost guarantee that.
Customer Review: Better than Oreck
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this item to replace an Oreck 'steam cleaner' with which I was fed up. The Oreck costs a fortune AND it's heavy, hard to use and very troublesome to clean . Add to that the fact that, despite it's price, the Oreck is NOT a steam cleaner--it relies on hot tap water like every other brand.
HOWEVER, this little Bissel had it's maiden voyage today, and I'm happy to report that it's easy to use and lightweight, yet it picks up just as much dirty water as my old horrible Oreck.
The clean water and dirty water tanks on the Bissel are separate, unlike Oreck. SO the Bissel tanks are so much easier to remove and re-insert.
There's virtually no assembly required (one screw). And one additional 'plus' is that you can use any cleaning solution you want. (Oreck's design forces you to use their brand only.) I wanted a hypo-allergenic solution which Bissel sells.
The bottom line is that, so far as I can research, no carpet 'steamer' sold for home use actually produces real steam. So don't waste your money on expensive models.
This one does the job even in my household of multiple cats, dogs and sometimes muddy garden. You won't break your arm pushing it around and you won't make up excuses to procrastinate the carpet cleaning chore.
If it REALLY produced steam, I would give it five stars.
Customer Review: This thing is AMAZING--my water was BLACK
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my first review on Amazon. I never reviewed anything in the past, but this thing is truly amazing, and I had to submit my review!!
I cleaned two 15x15 rooms, and it took me maybe 45 minutes to do. The water that came out after each time was a thick dark brown/black color, and was DISGUSTING. My floors look like new.
Small, lightweight, and amazing.
Customer Review: Amazingly easy-from box-to-very clean-carpeting
Summary: 5 Stars
Ordered Sat - rec'd Tuesday July 29th - Assembles in 10 min or less -
At 69 I wasn't into anything mechanical - Found the directions easier than a cake recipe. 3 screws - Fired up - All carpet is Cream - did Lrm paths and 2 pet accidents - then onto the worst for a real test - Cream floor area carpet in Den - NOT protected by a mat at desk. 4 Yrs wear and matted down - wheeled chair - short nap carpet - 20 minutes later this area under chair matches the original - The extractor function leaves it nearly dry - and A very pleasant scent to cleaner also.
Only one thing to watch - 1st time opening to fill solution tank /the black screw cap to the fill tank was in two pcs. so a little 'talking to' removed it the first time. After that, it is fine. More than met my expectations in Bissell Quality and performance.
And the Free shipping a real selling point.
Customer Review: Bissell 1770 Quicksteamer
Summary: 3 Stars
I was looking for an upright spot remover so I didn't have to crawl around my house to clean the stains on the carpet. I thought that the Bissell 1770 upright,lightweight and at a good price could do the job. Thanks to the reviews, I read the instructions carefully and had no assembling or leakeage problems; nevertheless, I repackaged the Bissell cleaner to return it tomorrow. The carpet section I worked looks cleaner, but I had to keep spraying and moving the machine back and forth (more than reasonable) in order to take the dark spot out. I bent and look at the brush, and realized that the brush doesn't rotate and that the brush hairs are not sturdy enough for the job. After reading more reviews I will probably try another Bissell model, which has a rotating brush and still be lighweight to do the cleaning job I want.
Grafton Olivera