It has a crevice tool with an LED light to help you clean dark and difficult-to-reach places more efficiently. However, it struggles more to clean hair as well as debris on bare floors, and it doesn’t have a long range either, making it a little bit more difficult to clean stairs. It’s also somewhat difficult to maintain, and there are frequent recurring costs, depending on how often you use your vacuum. You can even use a unique Febreze-scented pre-motor vacuum filter, which the manufacturer advertises to help eliminate odors as you clean. The small, lightweight Aeroslim 2986 (sometimes branded as the Turboslim) is far less powerful than other vacuums we’ve tested. But it makes up for it with its 14-minute battery life and convenient USB-C charging, which lets you charge it just about anywhere these days—in your car, on your laptop, with your phone charger.
BISSELL has a diverse lineup of vacuums, and their naming convention can sometimes be confusing. While its cord length is fairly long, its hose length falls short of the advertised 2.1m, especially as when you stretch the hose, it can pull and tip over the vacuum. The BISSELL Pet Hair Eraser Turbo Plus bissell vacuum cleaner isn’t designed for workshop cleaning. It’s likely to be damaged when dealing with workshop debris like wood or metal shavings. I recently took my dog to the vet and I asked her if she had ever used the Little Green machine. Her eyes widened and she exclaimed, “Oh my God, I couldn’t live without it!
You can also purchase this filter with or without the Febreze scent separately whenever you need to replace your foam filter. As you may have gathered, we found this Bissell upright to be an amazing budget upright vacuum that has a lot of value. There are many features that we usually don’t find on uprights in this price range. More importantly, the CleanView Swivel Pet proved itself to us, performing well on both hard floors and carpets.
Carolyn Forté brings more than 40 years of experience as a consumer products expert to her role as executive director of the Good Housekeeping Institute’s Home Care and Cleaning Lab. She holds a bachelor’s degree in family and consumer sciences from Queens College, City University of New York. Some clearance product and price points may not be available at all locations.
There’s a soft bristle brush that you can also use to clean upholstery. The crevice tool also has an LED light on the end so you can better see what you’re cleaning in dark and dusty areas. The Shark Rotator Powered Lift-Away is a more well-rounded vacuum than the BISSELL Pet Hair Eraser Turbo Plus.
The litter mat was the trickiest to clean because it’s designed to trap litter, and that only took about five minutes. I’ve been cleaning my home with the Bissell Pet Hair Eraser for a year now, and it’s still the tool I reach for on a weekly basis. The battery power remains consistent, and though the motorized brush attachment has accumulated some hair buildup, I haven’t noticed any weakening in the suction power. Once again, the pattern from the drive belt is immediately apparent, so you’ll need to clean the same area more than once to fully clear away any messes. It also pushes around a small amount of larger debris, like rice or cereal, from the front of its floorhead. The BISSELL Pet Hair Eraser Turbo Plus and BISSELL CrossWave Pet Pro are for different uses.
“This vacuum’s combination of features and tools was ideal for picking up the hair of both small and large pets,” said one impressed tester. Bagged or bagless has no meaningful or direct impact on how much hair a vacuum can pick up. However, if you have several very hairy pets, bagless vacuums, particularly cordless stick vacs, tend to fill up more quickly. Bagless vacuums have lower operating costs (new bags can be expensive), but they expose you to dust, hair, and dander when you empty them. Generally, bagged models have better filtration than bagless models. Of the robot vacuums we tested, the Roborock Q5 was one of the quietest and most thorough cleaners, picking up more debris than some costlier models.