31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good deal for the money..., November 3, 2004
This review is from: Remanufactured BISSELL 3750R Lift-Off Bagless Vacuum, Red (Kitchen)
I just received mine last night. The product looks perfect - no obvious marks or defects. My previous vac. a Kenmore Progressive upright that is about 7 years old. It still works, but I've know it has been losing power for awhile now. I decided to do "the challenge" and vac. with the old one, and then with the new Bissell.
Well, I cleaned only my small living room, and had to empty the Bissell dirt container 4 times. On the fifth time I got smart and started dumping it all in a big Ziploc bag to show everybody else (sort of the car-crash theory). It seems to work VERY well on my cat's long hair, but also, it picked up dust specks so fine, it looked like gray powered sugar. I did my whole house and the more I used it, the more it pulled up. This is especially wonderful (but a gross) discovery of how poorly my old vac. was working as I have young children in my house and need to vac. every day. Also: I've shampooed these carpets 2X in the past 3 months. I really thought I was getting the floors clean until I used this machine.
Do I think it is the "world's best"? No. It has some flaws: It is VERY tippy. The handle doesn't "click" upright back into place, so once when I thought it had locked into place, it came crashing down at me. That's scarey with small kids around. It is fairly loud, but if that means more powerful suction, I don't mind. The onboard tools included are just basic. The manual says you can order more, but I think it should have at least included a bare floor brush. I'm going to see if my old ones will fit before I order more from Bissell.
But if you are looking for just an easy-to-use, powerful vac. to do routine cleaning, I think you'll be happy. For less than $100, it was a steal (I don't mind buying re-manuf. items since the warranty still applies). But I wouldn't have spent the $250 or so that my local Sears store wanted.
Suggestions on how this product could have been improved: Less tippy, less noisy, include an on-board dirt indicator, better hand tools. And, oh,yeah, keep it at this price. Sorry if I mention money too much, but I'm on a SUPER tight budget, and I'm thrilled I could just afford ANY new vac. The fact that I could and it WORKS as well as it does - well, that's incredible to me!
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lift Off Love, October 22, 2004
This review is from: Remanufactured BISSELL 3750R Lift-Off Bagless Vacuum, Red (Kitchen)
The performance of this vacuum is great! Getting the refurbed one has been no problem at all. It looks and performs just as great as the one my mom purchased brand new. What more can you ask for.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
So far so good!, January 11, 2005
This review is from: Remanufactured BISSELL 3750R Lift-Off Bagless Vacuum, Red (Kitchen)
I just received my new vacuum and so far I'm very happy with it. It went together very easily and wasn't missing anything. The suction was great, the dirt cup was easy to empty (my old Fantom dirt cup was a pain to empty), and I LOVE the detachable canister part. I already ordered the stair accessory from the Bissell website so I can vaccum my stairs at the same time I'm doing the rest of my floors. Another feature I like is that the beater brush turns off to do bare floors - lots of those in my new house.
My only 'complaint'? It's GREEN!!! I guess it doesn't matter, but I did think the candy apple red looked sharp. It actually matches my house a little better now - it's a very muted sage green - but I was a bit surprised when I opened the box since it says "red" right in my order. I e-mailed Amazon to make sure it's correct, but I'm assuming it's correct because all the features are right.
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