Bissell Turboclean Powerbrush Pet Upright Carpet Cleaner Machine and Carpet Shampooer, 2085

I've rented a lot of Rug Doctors etc. over the years. Heavy things, I'm beat after 2 or 3 hours of running them. Read some reviews on this, figured for the price, why not. I love it! Talk about light and easy to use! Yes, it has a narrower swath than the big machines. So what? It's so light, it's like running a vacuum -- a light one! -- back and forth, and it does clean! Does it clean as deep as the big machines? I don't know. Probably not. But I see spots disappear, dirt come up, and the carpet look and smell good once again. Nice thing is I can pull this thing out any time, run some hot tap water, throw in a half cup of soap, and run it for three minutes or whatever. Do the whole house, or just a section. No running to the store to rent a machine, hauling it back and forth. Without this machine, the stains sat there until I made the time to rent the machine, get it back in 24 hours, etc. You know the drill. I never have liked that drill. And big bonus is that after an hour of using this? I feel great! Just zero wear and tear on the body. Only thing you might try is going with half cup of soap, not a full cup. Given the conditions of our carpets, I did the full cap of soap in the water. Strong soap smell for two days. Used half a cap for the basement carpets, did the trick. Nice thing is, on heavy stains and such, you can run the machine -- so easily -- back and forth on it until the stains are gone. The brush continues to spin whether you're releasing water or not. Haven't found a stain that doesn't come up, and we had a few, what with dogs and basic living. Normally I don't write a long review. But I gotta say I love this little machine. Well worth the very affordable price.

I've used this now twice to clean my bedroom carpet. Its not a huge room but big for an apartment. I'm VERY glad I didn't get dissuaded by some of the reviews that complain about cleaning it, because it's really not that hard (I'll get to that). Suction: I found the suction to be more than adequate. I've used a lot of steam cleaners, many way more expensive and had it take days to dry the carpet. With this cleaner both times the carpet was dry the next day following the instructions doing two or so passes to suck up the water. Effectiveness: You can see by my image that it definitely gets up the dirt. I have two little elderly dogs, so on top of the normal dog dirtiness they also occasionally have accidents. It got up the dirt very well as you can see in the image, but it also got up the accidents, which is no small feat. They are male dogs so it has a particularly strong smell. Cleaning: I read all the reviews that stated you have to take it apart and unscrew to get it clean and about getting hair in the tank. Don't do what I did, and instead ignore those. You don't have to do that. To clean the tank, I found it quite effective to fill it water after use and dump it out in a way that directed all of the hair out or close enough to the hole to reach it with my finger to get it out. Rinsing it out and drying it between uses will also help the smell that was mentioned by other reviews. As far as it being awkward to dump out. I found that is true of every carpet cleaner I've ever used. My strategy is to set it in the tub to drain. If you are worried about the dog hair going in the drain, get a TubShroom. And if you aren't get a tubshroom anyways (it catches the hair above the drain). I don't work for them, I just have really long hair, and clumps of it comes out in the shower and I hated pulling it out of the drain. Cleaning the brush. Don't take the screws out, it's a pain to get them back in and you don't need to. I found I was able to get all the hair out with my finger, a small toothbrush would also work. They designed plenty of space in there to clean it out. Cleaning the rest of the machine. Just run water through it after you use it, which is recommended by the manufacturer anyways. I leave it to dry in the tub after I clean everything out before storing it. Size: This is the perfect size for an apartment, or if you only need to do spot cleaning but don't want to kill your back. It is super tiny so I can put it in my apartment closet, and it also fits in cleaning some of the tighter spaces which was an unexpected bonus. For cleaning my one room I had to empty out the dirty water tank 3 times. I doubt this was intentional, but you can tell when it's full because foam with spurt a little out the vent on the top of the tank, which was pretty handy. The downside of the size I could see the size of the tanks being annoying for cleaning multiple rooms or a large space. Longevity: I can't really speak to this since I've only used it twice. But I didn't notice a performance difference between the first and second uses. I did notice that when you take the tank out the bottom plastic flexes quite a bit. I'm hoping this is to accommodate slight floor bumps and not indication of the plastic breaking in the future, but only time will tell. Bottom line. If you are considering for a smaller space or spot cleaning, do it. The only con for my use case, my dog is TERRIFIED of it. It's so scary he hid behind the also scary vacuum.

I’ve had this Bissell carpet cleaner since 2020. It has shown true longevity. After reading the instructions it’s very easy to use. I’ll start with my but. The reservoir that holds the dirty water is difficult to fully clean once I’m done with it. I give my carpets a thorough vacuum with my Dyson vacuum but with 2 dogs in the house the suction power of this cleaner picks up hair my vacuum didn’t & gets stuck in the reservoir in places where it’s impossible to get out. I wish it was designed better to clean. After I let it sit & dry a lot of the hair will drop down where I can reach it but still some remains. That reflects my 4 star. I suppose that’s minor for the power this carpet cleaner has. Once I get started I have to lay down a fair amount of water to fully saturate the carpet. I use Bissell Professional Pet Urine Elimator with Oxy & Febreze Carpet Cleaner Shampoo. I’m not trying to eliminate urine primarily dirt but this cleaner does a thorough deep cleaning of my carpet. I always let the water set in the carpet for a few minutes before sucking it back up. My picture reflects my teenage Son’s bedroom where he insists on trying on his dirty sneakers with the outfits he wears to school. The scent of the cleaner isn’t overwhelming but a nice, fresh scent. Overall I’m very happy with this carpet cleaner. I’m happy I made the investment. For me, it’s truly deep cleaning but I need to slowly take my time sucking the water into the carpet cleaner to remove the dirt. I highly recommend.