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77 of 79 people found the following review helpful:
A "must have"
This is easy to use and very light weight. It was just what I needed between weekly visits from the wonderful person who actually vacuums for me (I HATE vacuuming with a passion).
I have a cat and a dog and I garden (sloppily) so I needed something like this that I'd actually use. I took it out of the box, assembled it in about a minute (without even...
Published on May 27, 2005 by N. Silver
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234 of 243 people found the following review helpful:
A cheap quick fix
I wanted a lightweight, compact vacuum to use every evening after dinner on the kitchen floor. Our regular vac was too bulky to pull out for quick jobs, and we didn't have a spot to charge a cordless. I settled on the Featherweight because it was small enough to hang from my mop rack and only cost $20.
This vac is ideal for picking up dust and pet hair on...
Published on July 23, 2005 by Morgan's Mom
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234 of 243 people found the following review helpful:
A cheap quick fix, July 23, 2005
This review is from: Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum (Kitchen)
I wanted a lightweight, compact vacuum to use every evening after dinner on the kitchen floor. Our regular vac was too bulky to pull out for quick jobs, and we didn't have a spot to charge a cordless. I settled on the Featherweight because it was small enough to hang from my mop rack and only cost $20.
This vac is ideal for picking up dust and pet hair on wood or tile floors. However, I've found that with larger, heavier items (such as spilled dog food), the vac often has to be lifted up over the item and placed right down on top of it in order to pick it up; if I just push the vacuum over dog food, it often just pushes the dog food in front of the vacuum head instead of sucking it up. Removing the vac head and using this as a hand vac works much better for picking up dog food and the like.
I've also found that items about the size of a marble (again, spilled dog food) get jammed right behind the plastic shield covering the intake opening of the vac. To remove them I need to jam a stick back there, loosen the item and then pry it out. This is a pain in the neck that I really don't need.
Finally, there's no way to clean the dust off the filter without using your bare hands; this vac really needed just a tiny brush that attached to the unit to make dusting off the filter easier and neater. As it is, after every use I need to pull clumps of dog fur off the filter with my bare fingers - yuck!
I think that once this breaks (as I'm sure it will - it's made of quite junky plastic and doesn't seem all that durable) I'll go out and spend a bit more money on a higher quality stick vac. However, for $20 this little cheapie picks up the messes and doesn't take up too much space.
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77 of 79 people found the following review helpful:
A "must have", May 27, 2005
This review is from: Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum (Kitchen)
This is easy to use and very light weight. It was just what I needed between weekly visits from the wonderful person who actually vacuums for me (I HATE vacuuming with a passion).
I have a cat and a dog and I garden (sloppily) so I needed something like this that I'd actually use. I took it out of the box, assembled it in about a minute (without even having to read the directions) and I cleaned up my kitchen. It pulled up an amazing amout of fur, etc. Now I'm looking for things to clean.
It took me a few trys to get the emptying part down, but it's easy. Just remove the main unit from the "stick" and empty it over a trash can or empty it over a piece of newspaper on the floor. Since the body is plastic a bit of the fine dust may cling to the outer case, so have a damp paper towel handy to give it a quick exterior wipe. No big deal.
The price is so incredibly reasonable that I bought another one to keep next to the kitty litter box.
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105 of 112 people found the following review helpful:
It's Great, August 15, 2004
This review is from: Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum (Kitchen)
Just what I needed! I've been struggling with a handheld vaccuum that cost twice as much that jammed everytime it reached a pile of dirt.
This little vac got up years worth of dust from the corners, cleaned up all my bare floors, scooped up old leaves around the plants, got into tough corners behind stuff
I snapped it together in 30 seconds and away I went!
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
Still a great vac if not for two issues, December 28, 2004
This review is from: Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum (Kitchen)
I was excited to purchase a new stick vac after lots of research and I bought this stick vac for three reasons: (1) I have two toddlers who drop crumbs and food and such in our kitchen every hour of every day in every corner, (2) the price was awfully right and (3) I have rarely seen a 5-star item on this site. The reviews for this Bissell are right on the money -- it is perfect for bare floors, has impressive suction and is lightweight for the quick everyday clean-up. Goodbye broom. Rest easy big and heavy upright. Unfortunately, two issues arose. It is still a hand vac in that the clean-up of the cup (or nose cone) is still a bit messy. When you first open it, the filter is right there -- with the lint, hair etc. dangling from it and some pieces static-clinging to the unit. (My current hand vac has the filter tucked inside so that when you first open it, this doesn't happen.) This vac must be opened over or in a wide mouth garbage can, and I can see trying to hold on to the handle, motor-and-filter with one hand and the nose cone with the other and trying to get all the dirt in the garbage being a bit cumbersome in the long run as the filter gets dirtier. The second issue was storage. I thought that the base would at least bend to 90-degrees. It does not and therefore needs to be propped up in the corner (hard to do on bare floors because it will slide) or hung on the wall with a device to grab the handle. I can understand why this item got 5 stars, but I will be returning mine to LNT ($15) for a new generation stick vac that stands up and has a less messy removable cup.
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
Not Much, there are better choices as cheap, July 9, 2006
This review is from: Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum (Kitchen)
What a disappointment!!!! This little vac has a stingy cord making it suitable for bathroom sized rooms only. How much would another 5 feet of cord cost the manufacturer? It hasn't much suction unless you have pet hair or feathers or sawdust mess or ants. There is a much better choice: the Eureka, cordless Quick Up 96 D sometimes sold as Boss quick up for around $35. The Eureka has 5x the suction, a powered roller brush for carpet and is cordless/battery powered so goes anywhere. I bought the Bissell as a second vacuum, what a disappointment. Now I'm searching for another Eureka Quick Up. Give this one (the Bissell) to a kid... it is a toy. No I don't work for Eureka.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
GREAT LITTLE VACUUM, July 3, 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum (Kitchen)
This is the perfect little vacuum cleaner for apartments with hardwood floors, and it's astonishingly inexpensive. It is very small, lightweight, quiet, and powerful for it's size. I was looking around for awhile for something like this. I looked at the Shark vacuums,which seemed flimsy. There is only the tiniest problem with this vacuum, which is that the handle clip doesn't stay firmly attached- so I just put a piece of tape on it and now it's fine, and everything else about it is so good that this is minor.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
Perfect!, February 16, 2006
This review is from: Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum (Kitchen)
Note- my unit says it's a Bissell 3Way Lightweight vacuum, but it looks like this picture and was $19.99, so I believe it is the same product. I LOVE it!!!
I have two small children who seem to be increasing their crumb-dropping habit recently. I sweep crumbs into the corner of the kitchen and dining room (both hardwood) every day, but don't always have the chance to use the dustpan right away, plus you can't pick up every last speck that way. I am sick of sweeping and stooping!
So I found this little beauty and it is soooo much better than I expected! For $20, I figured I was taking a chance... but it works REALLY well! I leave on the roller head (as shown in pic) for floors and it's so light I pick it up and roll it across the dinner table as well! I slip the roller head off to get in the tighter corners, I use the crevice tool for the space between the carpet and walls in the halls. It's like a dustbuster on a stick, but since it plugs in, it's more powerful. It fits between my fridge and the wall with that sad, lonely old broom!
It is not a replacement for a big vac... I use my big, heavy Hoover for the plush carpet, but it's great for little touch-ups on the carpet. It does not, however, do great at picking up fuzzy carpet balls that are stuck to the carpet. It picks up beads better than my big vac (which sometimes spits them back out), it picks up crumbs, pieces of cereal, it even picked up an intact teddy graham with no problem.
The motor sounds very tight, smooth, like it will last. But I have not had it long, I will post again when I have more info on longevity. My only complaint is the plug isn't tight in the socket -- any pressure at all pulls the plug right out. I suppose if it's too annoying I can bend one prong slightly. I do wish it was easier to wrap and unwrap the cord since I'm using it so much! A retractable cord would be perfect. But for $20, I'm more than thrilled with this product.
Buy it, you'll like it!
REVIEW UPDATE SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
Okay, we've moved twice and this baby is no longer crammed between the fridge and the wall but it's still going strong! I have quite a bit more floor space now and I still love this little vacuum. I did bend one prong to keep it plugged in tight and that has worked fine for however many years I've now had it. This may be the best twenty bucks I ever spent!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Terrific for light cleaning jobs!, October 6, 2006
This review is from: Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum (Kitchen)
After reading the reviews I thought I'd give it a try--got my Bissell at Linens 'N Things (online) with a 20% off coupon for $15.99. Very easy to use, picks up what I need it to, mainly dust and very small crumbs, etc. For those who complain about a short cord, just add an extension cord and keep it with the vacuum--worked for me! Like others, I wish it had a small brush attachment. But it was great for vacuuming my stairs, I simply took off the long handle--MUCH easier than lugging out my canister vac.
I really like it NOT being cordless, having to worry about running down the charge.
Very happy with this lightweight vacuum for keeping my hardwood floors, linoleum, and very flat area rugs free of dust, crumbs, and other small debris.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Great "extra" vacuum, July 5, 2004
By A Customer
This review is from: Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum (Kitchen)
This vacuum is a pleasant surprise, considering it is light weight and so affordable. It is great for quick cleaning of crumbs, pet hair, and dust/dirt from hard floors. It is easy to assemble, plugs right into the wall, and begins picking up all of that annoying dirt off the kitchen floor. I use it every day to touch up my kitchen, foyer, and bathroom floors. It doesn't have any bags to change - the bottom of the vacuum acts as a dirt cup that you empty. There is also a filter that can be hand-rinsed if it gets too dirty. I recommend that you hold the vacuum over a trash can when you empty it, since some of the dirt seems to fall out as you open it. Please remember, this machine is not a full-size vacuum and will not clean like a regular upright or canister machine. If you have a large area or carpeted floors, you will need a regular vacuum in addition to this one. It might be satisfactory as an "only" vacuum in a small apartment or dorm room, as long as the floors aren't carpeted. It is basically a dustbuster-type hand vacuum on a longer stick, with accessories. If you're like me and you get a lot of crumbs, dirt, dust, leaves, fur, etc on your hard floors, and you hate to drag out your heavy vacuum cleaner for these little touch-ups, then you need a Bissell Featherweight. Lots of cleaning power, no annoying batteries to charge, easy to store, and so lightweight that you can just grab it, clean up, and be done!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Nice handy vacuum cleaner~!, October 31, 2005
This review is from: Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum (Kitchen)
I bought this vacuum cleaner for my dorm and it's great! It works well and it's super light. I am very glad I bought it.
It is so thin that it fits anywhere: in the closet, under the bed, etc.
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