After having had the Bissel turbo clean for a year or two, I am extremely impressed with it. Cleans very well on tough pet urine/gross gross and all else really well. Size is great, easy to clean and refill/empty without a mess. Downsides: -On mine at least, the green twist lock for the telescopic handle does not lock it down so you can pick up the cleaner in the retracted position. Not too big of deal. - Biggest and only other flaw is that if you put more than the allotted cleaning solution and or move the cleaner around too much, the dirty water tank can slosh around or foam up and spit out some bubbles and drops and then you have to wipe up whatever it spurts on. You should be going slow anyway for a good clean, so it does not happen often. While this is annoying in the rare circumstance it happens, it's worth it to keep the cleaner and just modify the exhaust port. I will be hot gluing a pipe or surface near the exhaust so it hits into that and then falls back into the dirty tank. - If you have the money and space, I would recommend going for the proheat version without a doubt though. Seems to clean better from Vacuum wars reviews, doesn't have the exhaust spurting issue, and most of all it has the hose attachment which I would really like for furniture. Hope this helps someone!
Walmart has hoover on sale for 88 bucks- plus it had way better reviews..AND.. it looks like the Hoover could get under stuff with the flat frontal footprint, where the bissell is bulky all the way to the front edge.. he said the bissell won mainly cause it was easier to maintain. I wanted one for the quality of cleaning my rugs and carpets. So I went with the Hoover!
I have the Hoover. You don't need to disassemble it every time you want to clean the nozzle. I unplug mine turn it on the side in the shower and use the shower to spray inside the nozzle to remove all collected dirt around the circular brush (turning it as needed with my fingers), then I let it dry.
Thank you for concise no fluff reviews. It is so refreshing! I hate reviews that are 15 to 20 minutes of extraneous unnecessary talking before they get to the meat of what a consumer wants to know. Keep up the good work and thank you!
Thanks for all the good info! A suggestion - in the future, try mustard as one of your stains. An old friend is an interior designer and she tells me that mustard is the single worst stain to remove from carpet or upholstery.
I have the Hoover and love it. Wish it were bigger. I cleaned my whole house with mine, but the trick is to clean two rooms at a time with one tank (spray the cleaner first pass, scrub and suck up the cleaner/water second pass). And use diagonal strokes for large areas. But this thing is so lightweight, cleaning with it is a cinch!
Dang, I hear the Hover has better agitation and suction. but then I also hear that the Bissell is way easier to clean and has better solutions. I'm torn.
Edit, I ended up going with the Bissell Pet full sized upright. (Not turboclean) Their Solutions are very expensive but I'm very happy. Has been working the machine pretty hard and it hasn't clogged or broke down yet!
@@ikon8275 this is 💯 true! I bought the bissell and the suction isn't as strong at all. My carpet was wet a whole day later. I'm not sure which machine to go with now.
I have a big green bissel. It cleaned good but was a whole day process and it is heavy. I love my new hoover . On Friday nights I clean my carpets and it’s dry sat morning. My carpets got way cleaner with that then my big bissel. Not sure why. Finally clean carpets! Cleans up my dogs accident too .
Great video! Thanks! I just purchased the Hoover. Really like it and works amazing. I have 2 dogs a Chihuahua and a Dachshund and the one sometimes has accidents on the carpet and my large hoover scrubber was 7 years old and used weekly plus I did my whole place of work twice, the lady’s house I sat for several times, relatives homes and more and still worked but was getting kinda shabby looking. So I wanted sumin new and since my Hoover was so good I decided to go with another Hoover but wanted a lighter easier to use one and not have to carry one so heavy up and down my steps. I use mine for my whole house bu each of my rooms are hard wood with large area rugs (5x7 to 12x14) and I can do 2 rooms with this for a quickie but a deep clean its 1 fill and empty per room wish is fine with me I love how easy it is to use and carry. I have used my bathtub sprayer to clean out inside my bristles and sucker bar and am careful and it gets it spotless. Bissell seems very nice too, this was an awesome video thank you!
Just ordered the Hoover and having it sent to me in Japan...more than doubled the price with shipping but still worth it. I've had too many Bissell's stop working or parts break that I just can't trust them anymore. Any recommendations for self-made cleaning solution? Maybe a review of DIY recipes compared to store-bought would be interesting. Thanks for making me disturbingly interested in vacuums, talking to people about them and constantly buying new ones...my wife hates you.
Thank you! I actually don't have an opinion on a self-made solution. I try to keep with what the manufacturer recommends so that my tests stay pretty standard. I'd be interested to see what works for people though.
This is so funny ! My husband and I are looking to buy one of these and we narrowed it down to these two and found your video and we couldn’t believe it ! Your a gem !
I so appreciate your videos. and as I am again in the looking mode for 2 more vacs it has become an invaluable resource for me. love "just the facts" way of doing your vids. thank you. i'll just add, I don't even know if you ever tested this carpet cleaner, but I have the smaller hoover one, hoover power scrub Deluxe Carpet Cleaner, FH50150 (kept fully loaded in a closet ready for night time messes w/autism). it's so nice to have a smaller cleaner these days for those little patches instead of getting on your knees. I have digressed at little, but wanted to add that the one thing I truly do love about my smaller hoover (not the one above) is that there are 2 containers, one for the shampoo and one just for water. I use mostly water as I don't like soap residue. having the option of using just a quick squirt of shampoo is wonderful and I wouldn't have it any other way. usually I pretreat, and then rinse. so much easier to do it that way than going over and over and over a carpet to actually "clean" out the shampoo you just put down. a major problem w/my hoover tho is that it really leaks after being turned off. so like i'll put it on a reg floor and even let it run a bit before turning off....no matter, there is major water drippage...bummer. thanks again for all your hard work. oh p.s., you almost had me w/the tineco cordless, but no way am I gonna have a vac where I am carrying the weight around w/the motor up at the hand...i'm getting old... so off to the new 1984 you did in January. and one more thing...while I sure like the new duo stuff you speak of....man it seems that the customer service of shark really gives one pause as to whether or not to buy the thing. wll this was wordy...been watching waaaay to many of your vids and have so much swirling around in my head ;-D
I have a very senior dog and I need to clean up after him a couple times a day now. There’s no sense in cleaning the entire carpets at this point in time so the lightweight spot cleaners work great for now. But I’m done with the Hoover power dash pet. Cleaning the brush is way too hard when it needs to be done every other time I use it. I bought one cleaner but have ended up being on my third one now due to broken parts/returns. And now even on my third one, finally the nozzle on the cleaning solution tank broke and the brush broke, my 3rd broken brush in 2 years of use just for spot cleaning. Great service from Hoover. Brush =$34 and I’m not finding the nozzle anywhere but eBay $25-$35 to replace. Ever since DirtDevil bought Hoover, the quality has gone down. Still innovative but just not made with quality materials. Bissel-next.
I had the Hoover one but returned since all I have is area thin area rugs and got the Bissell crosswave since it can do my rugs and floors too. The Hoover I find it easy to clean just take it outside and spray the brush roll with a garden hose and it’s clean.
Amazing video and review as always!!!!! I’ve seen these little carpet shampooers in the shops and online so many times, I really think they’re a really good idea to have a compact version, because my VAX Dual V is a heavy beast! Your reviews are awesome as always.
I've owned a Bissell and I just purchased the Hoover. I have 30 year old carpet. The Hoover out-did the Bissell by leaps and bounds because, when I was finished, my carpet was dry and cleaner than I've ever been able to get it with any other carpet cleaner, and I've owned five. The Hoover did more cleaning and sucking up the dirt in my carpet than any carpet cleaner I have ever used. Five stars and thumbs up for the Hoover if you want your carpet really clean and DRY after you've finished cleaning it.
@@Angelcake1371 This one cleaned my 30 year old carpet. There's another one for people in small living areas like apartments that works, too. I love this one and it will never be advertised on TV because one will never need another one. It is a commercial carpet cleaner and better than any I have owned. Home Depot online: Hoover Commercial SteamVac Upright Carpet Cleaner , Model # C3820, Store SKU # 1000394603, $226.62
@@gaylestevenson1877 Hoover Commercial SteamVac Upright Carpet Cleaner , Model # C3820, Store SKU # 1000394603 thats the one you have and you used in an apartment size home?
@@gaylestevenson1877 i have been iffy about the bissell pet one due to some having great reviews and a lot complaining of leakage.... btw does this do a good job of sucking up the water?
@@Angelcake1371 It sucks up water better than any machine I've owned and I've owned several. Also, there's a feature that cuts off the brushes so the machine can just suck and not brush the carpet so the carpet does not get more worn out from going back and forth so much. I highly recommend this product for old carpet. I think, because it's a commercial carpet cleaner, it is made better and has better features than a "home" machine.
I have the hoover and your review is spot on. We live in a 2 bdrm apartment so this was pretty perfect for our little space but the cleaning Is indeed a headache! Also, ours has been leaking somewhere whenever we're done using it and set it aside there would be a wet spot there after a few minutes which is so weird! The cleaning is the most annoying part. I was hoping there was some easier way to clean this thing and that's how I found your review but I see ain't much I can do about the difficulty of cleaning it 😩
Hey is this the PowerBrush PowerClean 3071? Do you know About Bissell TurboClean DualPro 3067? How is it different from this PowerClean PowerBrush 3071? It looks like they're the same Both Size and Performance... ?
Great review!!! I don't feel so bad spending the money especially during this time with the covid-virsus... plus now I have something to do as I stay home!!!
Some thoughts: you really need to use the exact same solution in BOTH machines to get a fair result. Otherwise it’s biased towards the cleaning solution and not the actual machines... Also test vacuum suction power which is important for water extraction in your carpets or when you are using the attachments. Then measure the amount of water they are able to extract vs what they put down. Example: put 2 cups of water on a carpet and suck it up and then measure how much of that water put down was able to be extracted. Another suggestion is to take in customer feedback. If one machine gets poorer reviews and people report failing units, then I think that’s something to consider. I wouldn’t personally recommend a machine that seems to have a lot issues over a machine that gets favorable reviews but doesn’t clean quite as well.
Is the Bissell a direct air deep cleaner? I used a Bissell very much like the one in the video, and it seemed like the motor would slow down a little bit when picking up a lot of water.
Wow that's impressive that the carpet cleaners got the carpets clean and yes I do agree that the bissell is the winner because it's harder on the hoover to remove several screws and it's better to have one screw so you don't have to worry about looking for so many screws
@@YR7A Yep, and I think that's the point. I have a power dash coming to me tomorrow, and while I'm sure to wish for a bigger tank while I'm cleaning, I need a small machine because I have so little space but I also didn't want to be scrubbing on my hands and knees. So, I get it. :)
Personally i just bought the bissell and its much better then i expected. Cleans really good, sucks out dirt and picks up stains. You dont need to wait 24hrs for carpet to dry if you take your time and go slow to get up as much water as you can and use a fan when your done like i did. Took about 6 hours to dry for me
I have had 2 Hoovers. Both cleaned well but neither one lasted 6 mos. before they burned up. I smelled a burn smell and turned them off right away but they would not turn back on. So, I don't recommend the Hoover.
Thank you, but since they are both pet-related cleaners, it would have been helpful to shown how a pet stain is cleaned. I do appreciate your showing how to clean each unit, and I will purchase the easier to clean Bissell as a result.
