Customer Reviews

Swiffer Carpet Flick Carpet Sweeper Starter Kit , 1 kit

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4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

I am a big fan of Swiffer products. I use the Wet Jet and Dusters almost daily. When I saw this item at the store, I was skeptical. It didn't really look like it would work that good. But it was on sale, so I bought it. I put it together (pushing the pole together was kind of hard) fairly easily. I inserted the cartridge. (My house mainly has laminate hard wood floors and just a little carpet. I bought the Flick for in between vacuumings.) I rolled it along the carpet and it really didn't pick up that much. I tried it on the laminate though and it picked up all the dust and crumbs that my toddler had made during his recent snack. (Note: the box says not to use on hard wood or laminate floors.) It worked really well on the laminate, similar to a broom. The bottom has two small 'brushes' that would stop it from scratching the floor, so I am not sure why the box advises against using it on that type of flooring. Overall, this is not that great of a product for carpet. I like it for my other flooring though. If you have a broom and a vacuum though, I wouldn't waste any more money just to have the Flick.

When you buy this product, you have to be certain that your expectations are properly set. It is not a vacuum cleaner and won't pull dirt out of a carpet. It isn't even a traditional carpet sweeper with rotating brushes that lift hair and surface dirt into a chamber for emptying.

What the Carpet Flick is good at is picking up surface dirt and litter. It has no moving parts, so it depends on (1) rolling over litter that sticks up above the surface of the carpet, or (2) having litter that is light enough so that the small internal "breeze" that moving the unit back and forth causes is enough to flick the dirt into the upper container.

I have used this unit extensively since I purchased it. I can truthfully say that it does a wonderful job in cleaning up a tremendous amount of environmental "stuff." Compared to a small Casabella brand carpet sweeper which I had used before I bought this product, the Carpet Flick does a much better job.

I am very happy with the product, even though I recognize that it will not ever replace a good vacuum clearner (or even a well-built, full-sized carpet sweeper). So keep your eyes open and your expectations calibrated when you hit the "Buy" button with this product.

You're better off buying a roll of masking tape, putting it over your hand, and patting down the floor - That's all THIS Product does. Honestly, all it does it run a sticky pad over your carpet. I use it on a TINY dorm carpet, and the cartridges fill up in less than 15 seconds. Seriously, they do.

After buying this product, I think the CEO of Swiffer owes me an apology. Not only should he apologize to me, he should personally come to my dorm room and throw it away for me. It isn't even worth my time to walk to a trashcan.

I am a huge fan of the original Swiffer. So, I was really excited to try this out. We have just one area rug. The rest of our place is all hardwood floors, so I figured this would be good for cleaning the rug.
The Flik is basically a pretty orange plastic case on the outside and a tiny replaceable sticky pad on the inside. Angled bristles on the bottom are meant to 'flick' dirt up onto the sticky pad where it's supposed to stay. Sadly, it only picks up about half the dirt the first time over. On the next go it picks up some more and at the same time drops some of the stuff from the first round back on the floor. Yeah, it's only meant for 'in between' cleanings, but who is willing to pay money for a product that only picks up half the dirt? I ended up buying a big sticky roller. I have to use a ton of sheets of adhesive, but at least it works. Don't waste your money on the Flik!

Context:
1. I bought this CarpetFlick in the mind of cleaning the area rug in the living room of my hardwood floored apartment, between major vacuum tasks...
2. There's a coffee table on the area rug which the vacuum just CANNOT get under...
3. I have a litterbox in the living room and my cat is a big fan of digging... so i have litter everywhere 24/7
4. I'm a HATER of the vacuum noise and have trouble using a regular vacuum cuz i'm too petite.

Pros:
1. Picks up ALL the litter, BETTER than the vacuum, just in one go.
2. No need to bend down using this thing
3. No stupid electric cables
4. Totally Silent
5. Extremely light and manuverable
6. Can finally clean under the coffee table without lifting it and moving it to another place (it's a 6'x3' solid wood coffee table and i'm petite)
7. I actually had fun and felt wonderful gliding this thing on the rug and see the litter disappear!
8. As a bonus (out of my main buying purpose) it lifted so other junk (hair/food crumbs)on the carpet too!

Cons:
1. Cartiridges might be expensive (but totally worth it for the effort i save with the regular vacuum)
2. Seeing how good it is on the area rug on the first run, I went into the room and try to use it after my bf spray-dusted the insides of computers where black dust bunnies are lying around. nothing happened. (but i wasn't expecting it to anyways)

you go through so many of them bacause it's just sticky paper. like the type you would get on a roller to clean pet hair. I give it 3 stars at best.

Absolute junk! Cheaply made! If you're a pet owner, forget about this product; it comes nowhere near being able to handle picking up pet hair. The piece of "fly paper" inside quickly fills up, and all you end up with, as many reviewers have noted, is a pile of hair that will get pushed around the room. Save your money! Isn't it convenient for Swiffer that with all of their products, you have to continuously purchase some sort of a refill?

When I heard all about the great products that Swiffer had came up, I was definitely sure tthat it would be a great use for people who don't need the vacuum. Nevertheless, I was not really correct. The Swiffer Carpet Flick, the latest invention from the Swiffer line, is supposed to clean up your carpets without all the hastles of havy messes. Although it does a good job at removing pet hair and small pieces of glass, it doesn't really pick up as well as the advertisement claims to be, which I was dissapointed. Still, it is good if you use it when you don't feel you need the vacuum, but you're just better off letting that do the work than this would.

Price: C 1/2+

Convience: C

Overall: C

This is one of those products I'd put on my "must have" list if I had an elderly parent who couldn't handle a vaccumm and had some area rugs or runners near the front door or entrance to any room. For daily touch-ups, these things can't be beat. They are extremely light and get all the stuff that gets dragged into the house between deep vacuuming.
Of course, I really believe that a doormat at the front door will go a LONG way in keeping out a lot of the dust and debris. For the stuff that gets by that, use the Carpet Flick. I tend to shake out my runners and deep vaccum them regularly but I've noticed that some people who are elderly don't have the strength for that.
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Works very well. I have two birds and this thing picks up seed, pellets, and feathers. It does pick up lint and hair as well. The hair and lint either stick to the brush like things on the bottom or the pad. It's very nice to use this instead of a vaccuum for quick cleanups, especially since I have a bad back I use each pad as much as I can before replacing it. They do pick up a lot, but I would like them to pick up a little bit more. The price here is too high though, you can get them for about half the price at Targer or Wal-mart.