Bissell 17251 Little Green ProHeat Carpet Cleaner with Turbo Brush

by Bissell

Product Features

• Spot-cleans carpets with hot water, cleaning concentrate
• Portable, lightweight: perfect for stairs, upholstery, auto interiors
• Built-in heater heats hot tap water and maintains temperature for effectiveness
• Powered hand-tool and cleaning tool/brush included (both 4 inches wide)
• Measures 12 inches wide, 16 inches high, 10-1/2 inches deep

Product Details

Product Manual [472kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 18 x 16 x 14 inches ; 11.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 17.3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005NWX8
• Item model number: 17251
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #904,513 in Home & Garden (See Top 100 in Home & Garden)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Perfect for spot-cleaning carpets and for stairs, upholstery, auto interiors, and even mattresses, this portable machine deep-cleans by forcing a warm solution of water and cleansing concentrate into fibers and vacuuming up the dirty solution. The 1200-watt machine has a water heater for boosting performance by increasing the cleaning solution's temperature (up to but not exceeding 180 degrees F) and preventing the solution from cooling. At the flick of a switch, the machine's powered hand-tool with a 4-inch-wide brush roll attached to a flexible hose either brushes with a spray of cleaning solution or vacuums. A separate 4-inch cleaning tool/brush without a powered brush roll also is included. It's intended for upholstery and mattresses. Here's how the machine works: On its front is a removable plastic tank into which goes a mixture of hot tap water and Bissell's Little Green Formula (8 ounces included). Next to this tank is a removable tank for collecting dirty water. A trigger on the hand-tool's handle applies solution as desired. The machine measures 12 inches wide, 16 inches high, and 10-1/2 inches deep. It has cord (20 feet long) and hose storage and carries a 1-year warranty against defects. --Fred Brack

Product Description

This Little Green TurboBrush is perfect for carpet and stairs, upholstery, and even auto interiors. It includes the Turbo Brush which has powerful rotating brushes for loosening deeply embedded dirt. A 20' power cord and a 5'6" cleaning hose guarantees you'll reach your stain.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Convenient, March 26, 2002

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Lisa Johnson (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bissell 17251 Little Green ProHeat Carpet Cleaner with Turbo Brush (Kitchen)

This was the best purchase I have made in a long time. It works so much better than I had expected. I have two young kids (4 years, 7 months) and a Golden Retriever, so you can imagine how many spills take place at my house. The Turbo Brush really works great on muddy paw prints and spilled juice. I also use it to clean all the accidents that happen in my car. It is very easy to use (just add cleaning solution to the clean water and you're ready to go). It also heats the water/cleaning solution for better cleaning. This is a must have for everyone with kids or pets. I have owned other brands of cleaners before, but from here on out - I am a Bissell Buyer!

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I would not buy it again, April 27, 2003

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Sung Kim (san francisco, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bissell 17251 Little Green ProHeat Carpet Cleaner with Turbo Brush (Kitchen)

The brush works pretty well but the vaccum is weak. However, my main problem is that the sprayer stopped working after about 6 months.

When I researched for possible solutions, I found that other users (from epinion reviews) had similiar problems with Bissell cleaners. Apparently the spraying units are poorly designed which means that the users need to run clean water through the sprayer after every use so that the cleaning fluids do not gum up the spraying mechanism. This information is not on the manual and was apparently given by a service repair technian.

The repair cost is about what this unit costs new.

I really wish that I did my research before I bought this unit as it's now useless.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ineffective, November 10, 2002

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Andrea (Janesville, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bissell 17251 Little Green ProHeat Carpet Cleaner with Turbo Brush (Kitchen)

This vacuum is poorly designed for cleaning up the spills I encounter. The cleaning solution gets out the stains pretty well, but the suction of the vacuum is not powerful enough to remove the liquid from the carpet effectively. Also, the opening of the vacuum is small, so small particles of dirt, hair, etc get stuck and make the suction even worse. The attachments are not very useful and the machine is heavy to lug around. The vacuum is considerably loud as well, which gets irritating when it takes five or ten minutes to clean up the smallest spot.

Cleaning the machine itself is also difficult. Particles stuck at the opening of the vacuum can be cleaned by removing a plastic part, but this part is hard to remove and there are grooves the dirt gets caught in that makes them hard to remove. It is a challenge to really clean out the dirty water tank--the design makes it very hard to scrub the sides and bottom, where dirt tends to collect.

A paper towel and some seltzer water is almost always more effective and faster than this vacuum. This machine has become just another item in my donate pile.