Bissell CleanView Compact Turbo Upright Vacuum with Quick Release Wand, Full Size Power, Compact Size for Apartments & Dorms, 3437F

I have two kids and two dogs, so the amount of dirt and dog hair that I must deal with is massive. The hose of my older and bigger Bissell broke after about 4 years of heavy use, so I decided to downside to this model to save money. This product is very good and will be my default option for small apartments.PROS:• Price – This vacuum cleaner is inexpensive (not cheap)• Small Size – easy to storage everywhere• Weight – Super light, easy to carry around (it won’t hurt your back when lifting) kids will love to help (do their chores) with this item!• Suction - no compromises here, this vacuum cleaner can suck up dirt like their bigger brothers.• Agile, because of its smaller size, it can reach smaller spaces easier, like underneath chairs, stairs, or your carCONS• The canister is too small; it fills up quickly and need to be emptied more often. Again, this product is ideal for spaces up to 1200 sf, you might want to go with a bigger product if your house is larger than that.

This compact vac is light weight, easy to handle and has a good suction for its size. One of the important factor for meis that this vac has only one washable filter, thus being simpler to maintain. In the past, many bag-less vacuum cleanersI used to have had 3 or 4 filters that you had to clean regularly in order to maintain optimal function. Being bag-less wasconvenient but having to wash out 3 or 4 filter was so annoying that I ended up switching back to vacs with disposablefilters. This design is better in that regard. It is perfect for residential use in smaller dwellings.

Even smaller than I thought. Single person in a two bedroom townhouse with two cats. It worked great but it did fill pretty fast with its small container, so I had to keep stopping to dump it out. It's really easy to do though. You push one button to pop it off and carry it to the trash, pop another button and then get the center part out, dump, and wipe off the filter that will have a ring of dust and hair attached to it, then pop it back on. Love paperless vacuums like this.I like its small size, actually. It is lightweight and easy to bring up stairs as you are vacuuming them with its brush attachment. I do wish it had a long handled brush attachment to clean stairs with, so you don't have to bend down or sit on the steps as you clean if you have a bad back and don't want to lean as you walk upstairs the whole time. Also, the hose is really, really short. I would buy a longer hose that fits this model if I were you. It as impossible to use the hand attachment to vacuum a cat tower.What I love most is that it is a compact vacuum WITH a hair roller. It was hard to find one that had a hair roller to catch hair with. And it seems like it won't be hard to clean once hair gets stuck along it over time. A little tip to people who don't know but vacuums without a hair roller don't pick up anything well at all. I don't know why they make them without one just to save manufacturer costs. They are definitely necessary, especially if you have pets. Overall, it is worth the price point, in my opinion. It has powerful suction power for its size. A reliable brand.

Love this vacuum! My pet vacuum died and really planned on just buying the same one. However this came up as a similar item so I looked it over. It has 2 things my vaccuum didn't have (a floor surface adjustment and what looked like a great brush for getting pet hair off of furniture) and it was on sale for cheaper than my old one so I bought it. The pet brush didn't work as well as I thought it would but questioning owner error or if I got a defective one. It has a spinning wheel with a brush on it but it doesn't move to aid in fur removal once attached. Haven't had time to really look into why it didn't work as my service dog had emergency surgery within days of purchasing this and has a lengthy recovery.That said, this little vacuum is so powerful!! I no longer have to go over areas several time to get every lasy bit of fur off the carpet as well as anything else down in the fibers! It works on my hard floor areas like a dream, getting the caught in the crevices stuff that I used to have to do by hand. It is very lightweight which is a must for me as I'm disabled and very easy to empty and clean. The cord is so long I can clean my whole apartment with only changing the outlet once. My old vacuum which was a top brand I had to change outlet 4 times to vacuum the whole space. The floor type adjustment is on the front on top of the base and can be changed easily with my foot. For the first time in my 50+ years I am in love with a vacuum cleaner LOL Will buy again if its available when this one goes.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Price and brand.

Extremely useful if you have a cat or pet that sheds a lot! I didn't realize how beneficial a vacuum could be with hard floors. This particular vacuum has the quick release wand that is extremely useful to vacuum between plugs and wires and various nooks and cranny's all over the house. It's fairly lightweight. Doesn't make too much noise. Well designed. A lot of easy quick release features that allow quick transitions---and to empty the dusk can. I have a lot of pet gloves and brushes. and I stopped using them because of all the caked-up hair on all of them. This vacuum easily sucked ALL those hairs out easily, now I can groom my cat again! For about 70 bucks it seems like a good deal as long as it holds up.