Bissell 20334 Featherweight Stick Vacuum Lightweight Bagless Vacuum, Purple

This is a great little vacuum, and it works excellently for its intended purpose, which is to vacuum up my cats’ litter. I use pellet litter that dissolves and turns into sawdust once wet, which sometimes my cats will track or kick out the sawdust or pellets before I get the chance to remove the sawdust from the boxes. The vacuum will pick up both the sawdust and smaller pellet pieces, effortlessly. This vacuum is about the size of a handheld car vac, but with the long handle. It was well worth the price and I love the size, lightweight design, and ease of use. I use this almost daily, and I’ve had no problems.

This vacuum is super lightweight and is an incredible value. I also like the color options. It works well and is easy to use. I love the different options with the attachments, it is very versatile. It is small and easy to store when not using. The vacuum is durable and has held up well.

This is a good vacuum if you are realistic about what you want from it. I have a full size corded vacuum and wanted to get this vacuum as something I could use daily to make my life easier and it works for that. It’s not going to give you the battery life or suction of something like a Dyson, but it is a $170 cordless vacuum that will clean up pet hair, your car, dust, etc. and make your life easier if you do not want to lug around a heavy corded vacuum and like to vacuum everyday. If you have pets and want this to be a daily vacuum but have a bigger one for big jobs, then I would say this is for you. If you are someone who only wants to vacuum 1x a week, I would say this is probably not a good choice because it’s not going to be able to pick everything up. This is good for a quick go around the house to keep things tidy daily.

I do not write reviews very often, but this is the exception. I hurt my shoulder a couple weeks ago and have been unable to use my heavy vacuum. I bought the Bissell because it seemed light weight and easy to use. I can’t recommend this thing enough. Assembly was a breeze. It’s very lightweight but durable. I like the way I can quickly convert from handheld to the stick vacuum. Just used it on my carpeted steps and could not believe how much dog hair and dirt this thing picked up. Very easy to clean without a lot of mess. I wish the cord was a little longer, but that is my single complaint.

I will say out right this little Bissel Stick Vac does and excellent job in cleaning and is much more vacuuming pick up power than I had figured on. The first day I used my Bissel Stick Vac it performed very well out of the box. I live in a 2 bedroom apartment, with a small living room and a kitchen with linoleum floor. It is an older-building constructed back in 1965 according property tax records. So the outside structure is failing apart. I live on the top floor of this 2 floor apartment complex with 19 units in total. The apartments are not enclosed so the upper concrete walk way has railings and covered by protective awnings but open air design still exposure to wind, rain, sunlight and other elements.Anyways the amount of dust and dirt the Bissel Vac picked up was amazing. The filter was literally caked with dust and dirty like a dirty snowball or Cotton Candy you find at a carnival vendor. Believe me I keep my apartment clean as a matter of principle, so I mop and clean on a daily basis so things do not accumulate. I could dust more but this unit I live in does NOT have central A/C or Heating. This apartment is cooled and heated by mounted wall units. The A/C unit is permanently mount half way from the inner wall to the outside ear my front door. It is an older model and NOT very energy efficient by todays standard. However it is closed end unit, meaning it only circulates air that is drawn from within the apartment itself and NOT in-taking Air directly from the outside of the apartment. The outside portion of the Wall A/C is mainly to house the compressor and cooling mechanism units where the refrigeration gases are stored. As well as provide for heat exhaust and exchange for the mechanism itself when in operation. (Sorry do not mean to get off the subject but I just wanted to give potential buyers for the Bissel Stick Vac an idea of the real world environment this product is performing in).The Bissel's motor and housing assembly also contain the detachable canister where the debris is collected, until the receptacle is cleaned out. The unit is light weight, so it is easy to maneuver in tight areas and is perfect for carpeted or hard floor steps. The Bissel also detaches and as 1 extra attachment a long straight non-flexible nozzle which is great for cleaning the edges of floorboards or hard to reach areas or tight corners that a normal vacuum may not reach. As far as cleaning under couch furniture cushions and around the bed areas where dust and dirt tends to collect around the post or caster feet of the frames or Chest of drawers it does a smash up job in quickly cleaning those hard to reach areas. However the straight non-flexible attachment is NOT very long just maybe 1 foot in length so you will not be able to reach areas that are more than an adults arm length to reach.I have lived nearly 2 years in this current apartment, and the edges of my matted carpet and floorboards have never been cleaner than after using the Bissel Stick Vac. The roommate I had before this was lazy and did not vacuum him self a all. So I inherited a rather dirty apartment by my standards , when he moved out earlier last year. I just hope I do not find any other "hidden" damage in the unit that he is responsible for before I moved in.To get to the point here my summary of the Bissel Stick Vac model 2033.PROS1. Very good value for the money2. For a small stick Vac it has incredible cleaning power, it truly picked up much of the dirt, dust that is ground into this carpet. (Obviously this carpet has not been shampooed in quite some time by the previous tenantswhich means not in the last 5-7 years give the tenant history of this unit.)3. Very Light weight unit, easy to use and get into tight or difficult areas where you may not be able to moveheavier furniture by yourself. (So it is perfect gift for perhaps older or senior or people with health issues whocan not use a heavier vacuum. As well as College Students who are always on the go or committed to theirstudies and have little time to spare. since it makes cleaning easier and will give students an incentive to NOTneglect their living areas and take 10- 15 mins just to tidy up on a daily basis.)4. This is my personal favorite feature. NO infamous rubber drive belt to worry about. Those Serpentinian drivebelts, which are on traditionally Upright vacuum rollers. Which if you have ever had to change a drive belt outit can be a messy and unpleasant chore; as well as expensive. Since many vacuum drive belts can be expensiveas well as difficult to find if the unit is older or the model has been discontinued.5. Easy storage , as the Bissel Stick Vac has a standard power cord which will roll up on the bracket handles andstore away easily in a coat closet which may many large heavy coats that make reaching into the back of thecloset difficult. It takes up very little space when you need to store it while not in use!6. Easy clean up and maintenance! The dirt container easily detaches from the mounting clips so you may access the small HEPA filter and dump all the Dirt ad Debris into the garbage. The unit is also good for picking smaller objects like paper clips or push pins or even small coins in the event you accidently knock over some from your office desk and do not want to throw the items away and they may have spilled all over the place. Since the Debris the vacuum picks up does not pass through the motor itself and NO moving parts like rollers near the vacuums nozzel so the will not jam and cause the motor to overheat or cause a short circuit because the motor has seized which is a definite fire hazard! The Dirty canister is placed in before the motor assembly and has a solid filter so no small debris like nuts, bolts, small screws or paperclips can enter into the vacuum's motor housing itself.CONS1). The dirt collection container ahs a small capacity so if you use it as the "main" vacuum cleaning tool, then you will need clean it out thoroughly depending on how dirty the floor is or what you are vacuuming up. As a general of thumb this vacuum is best suited for smaller apartments that have no more than 2-3 rooms with a matted or shallow carpet. I would NOT recommend this vacuum for high pyled, shag or very high-end expensive carpets. NOR would I recommend this vacuum as the main tool for houses with more than 3 rooms. Though it does a excellent job for small chores or detail work around difficult tight corners or heavier furniture;. You will want a more traditional vacuum with a 30 AMP motor or better if you live in a large home or have a carpet or floor that is notoriously harder to vacuum.2) The floor nozzle assembly does NOT have any special in-take or moving bristles to collect suborn dirty, dustor debris, which ironically lends itself to the light weight of the Bissel Stick Vac which allows the user tomaneuver the floor nozzle so the in-take can vacuum the dirt and debris up. You can also detach the unit fromthe handle and use it like a hand held dust buster like vacuum and use the nozzle attachment to get to thefloorboard edges and tight corners So if you are vacuuming in a flat straight line you will need to on an opencarpet or floor you will need to use a technique that will cover the smaller width of the active cleaning area ofthe floor nozzle when you do use the unit as it will NOT vacuum wide swaths of carpet or floor when thevacuum is in use. Which makes it a bit safer to use around plugged in power cords ad power strip-surgeprotectors in a home or small office settings. The power cords will not be entangled in power rollers whichcould cause severe damage to the vacuum the office equipment and a strong possibility of electrocution to theoperator.+++++++++++++++++++++ Summary of the Bissel Stick Vac Model 2033 ******************************I would recommend buying this product for small chores or if you live in building with a simple floor plan with no more than 3 bedrooms or does NOT have a plush, or expensive carpets like a real Perishing rug! That would be insane! That would be like using an SOS steel wool pad on a Rembrandt or Vincent Van Gogh painting! Which would be INSANE! It is a great cleaning tool for the money and an excellent value for the price I paid!

Overall the vacuum works well and does what it’s intended to do. Assembly is easy, and mounting the wall mount and charger is not hard. However, there are some common sense features that I wish were addressed or more clearly advertised before I purchased:1. The vacuum will not stand upright on its own. When I’m cleaning and need to move something out of the way, I have to lay the thing down across the floor because it’s too top heavy with the battery installed to hold itself upright. This literally made me laugh the first time it happened, and should have been considered by the design team I would think??2. The wall mount will NOT charge the battery while it’s still plugged into the sweeper. You have to take the battery off and put it on the charger separately while the sweeper just hangs there. I was really disappointed at this, it’s just one extra step of taking the battery off the charger and installing when you’re ready to clean again. I really wish the battery could stay on the sweeper and charge on the wall mount.3. The battery is quite short-lived and only gives 20 minutes of cleaning at normal speed, and 8 minutes at turbo speed. This was clearly advertised but I didn’t realize how short it is. I ended up buying a 3rd party battery with 6 amp hours that’s good to run this for an hour at normal speed and 30 minutes at turbo. My house is not big at all and it’s all hardwood/tile, but 20 minutes is just not enough time for a full clean.Overall 3 stars, product does exactly what it’s supposed to do and nothing more. Some “features” leave you wanting, others tick you off, but it gets to job done without dragging a cord around the house.