Bissell 3990 Total Floors Velocity Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Bissell 3990 Total Floors Velocity Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner
Customer Review: Bissell 3990
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bissell 3990 has vaey good suction and is sooo much quieter than my old vaccuum. I'm happy with my purchase.Customer Review: Bissell 3990
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the Bissell 3990 Total Floors Vacuum because my older model bissell has about kicked the bucket. I have 2 very large dogs and 4 cats, all short haired. Also, I have a 2300 sq ft home which is half medium pile carpet and half hardwood floors. That being said, it isn't surprising that my priorities in a new vacuum included pet hair removal and multi-surface performance.
Strengths: Assembly is very easy, requiring only 1 long philips screwdriver and takes about 10 minutes.I found that this vacuum is almost unnervingly good at pulling hair, dirt, and other unknown substances from your carpet. I vacuumed the living room, hallway, and bedrooms in my house daily. With the new vacuum, I did just the living room and it pulled up an entire container full of stuff out of my carpet! I was astounded and also a bit disturbed, because I had no idea that my carpets where that bad. This vacuum really impressed me. That being said, It also does a fine job on hardwood floors. The ability to turn off the brush and use only suction is quite useful for not pushing around dirt.
The included TurboBrush is probably my favorite part of all. If you have ever tried vacuuming your couches with the wand attachments included with most vacuums you understand the PITA it can be. The Bissell includes a "turbo-brush" attachment with is basically a very small vacuum cleaner with a brush and suction enough that even the most tough pet hair is a breeze to get out. I love this attachment! It also works wonders on car interiors.
Weaknesses- Of course, as much as I like this unit, it has some weaknesses as well. The first is probably a byproduct of one of it's strengths. This unit gets so much dirt that you will probably find yourself emptying the "tray" more than once per usage. This may be a negative to some people, but I much prefer to empty the container than have a bag which accumulates material over time, degrading performance. Also, this unit is quite top heavy, as was my old Bissell. You will find yourself pulling it over while using the wand attachment if your not careful. Other than that, I couldn't find any other problems with this vacuum.
For the price, you'll not find a better vacuum. I'm very happy.
Customer Review: great product
Summary: 5 Stars
Light powerfull and easy to use. Had a Hoover upright self propelled and the Bissell is much easier to use.bCustomer Review: All-Around good vacuum cleaner
Summary: 5 Stars
This product arrived promptly, intact, was elementarily easy to assemble, isn't massively loud, filter and bagless container easy to clean out, the price was very reasonable(although I don't know what the competition is out there with vacuum cleaners), and bottom line an All-Around good vacuum cleaner.Customer Review: A Terrific Machine
Summary: 5 Stars
I just bought this vacuum and love it.
I bought a Bissel Momentum for my Dad (3910) a year ago and my mother has the even cheaper Bissel Powerforce Turbo (6596) . All are very good but this Bissel Velocity is the best by a significant margin.
Another reviewer stated that the dual cyclone feature lets more dust settle in the cup and less in the pre-motor foam filter (which needs to be cleaned regularly). This is ABSOLUTELY true! I felt I needed to clean the foam filter on the Momentum each time I used it. This one? About every 3rd or 4th cup filled with dirt & dust.
I'm morbidly fascinated with the amount of dirt this machine pulls out of my clean-looking carpets. Who needs a $400+ vacuum cleaner when this things does such an amazing job? I'm a single guy and I actually look forward to vacuuming now.
Downsides of this machine is weight (mine weighs 20lbs ... I checked) and you need to keep the area where the (large) cup slides in clean to make sure it fits and seals correctly. However, the inner `cyclone' cylinder twists out easily for washing and then this whole area is easy to clean with a sponge.
The turbo brush works well ... but you can't work it too hard or you will get the `melting' that others here complain about. Most of the complaints I see about this and other Bissels look like abuse or at least `operator-error' to me.