BISSELL CleanView Max Tangle-Free Rewind with LED Headlights, Tangle-Free Brush Roll, Automatic Cord Rewind, Included pet Tools, 4073L by Bissell

This works decently. It has a powerful motor and decent suction, and the floor/rug height settings work well. The lowest setting really creates a lot of suction. The canister comes off and snaps back in fine. The handle with tube snaps out well with the push of the button for crevice cleaning, etc, and clicks back in well. It’s been working ok for a few months so far. Not top of the line, but a good value for the price. The design drawbacks: * The roller doesn’t stop when you put the unit upright. If you put it upright to pause to pick something off the floor the roller keeps going while still touching the carpet. * The lower back plastic panel piece closest to the floor between the wheels is not high enough so when the unit is upright and you tilt to roll it backwards or forwards for relocation, the tilt causes that piece to dig into the carpet and you have to force pull it along (This doesn’t happen on hard floors). * Love the retracting cord but the button to retract it is awkwardly high for using your foot to press it while also holding the cord to keep it from tangling while retracting, requiring quite the balancing act. So I have to kneel and use both hands to operate it – one hand to press the retract button and the other to guide the cord to prevent tangling. Mind you, I’d still rather do this than have to wrap the cord manually onto the unit for storage. These flaws are only convenience related, the unit as a whole still has good suction and does the job.

With a minimum of 5 cats in the house at any point in my marriage, my wife and I have invested in several Bissell carpet cleaners over the years. With 5 cats, it is inevitable. There will be accidents. Bissell’s Clean Green machines have been awesome for us by helping us wash or shampoo the affected area, and then suck up all the dirty water. We figured that if Bissell’s carpet cleaner was so powerful that a Bissell vacuum would be high quality as well.

We decided to purchase this Bissell CleanView Max vacuum. There were several reasons we chose to go this route. One was the effectiveness at picking up pet hair, another was the retractable cord, and the other was the headlights. Bissell as a company really is invested in pets’ well-being and creates products that help keep the home clean for pet owners. The suction of this vacuum picks up most of the cat hair, but when you attach the pet tools onto the vacuum’s wand, it picks up the rest of the hair that was missed. As a side note, there is a Bissell Pet Foundation that has been given over $28M from the parent company Bissell – and that is only from 2011. This is amazing. What is even more amazing is that the Bissell Pet Foundation has saved over 939k pet lives to date. Truly remarkable.

The retractable cord is another great feature of this vacuum. I cannot even think of how many times in the past I have left a vacuum plugged in and then almost tripped on the cord in the middle of the night. Plus a power cord bunched up or spread out all over the floor clutters up a room and just looks bad. Also, stepping on the plug can be very painful, that may or may not have happened more times than I want to admit. With this Bissell, when you are finished vacuuming, press the gray button on the lower back of the vacuum, and the cord will wind itself back up to be inside the vacuum. It is a great feature, and I am surprised that other vacuums have not done this before.

The LED headlights are probably my favorite feature. As pet owners know, pet hair can be virtually invisible if the light from the windows is hitting it at a certain angle. With these headlights, you will see the otherwise stealth hair clumps. Plus if you are on hardwoods, these lights will show every crumb or speck of dirt that you missed too. The swivel steering also helps because you are not forced to just vacuum in straight lines.

This vacuum is a pleasure to use. It is easy to assemble, and with the pet tools and features I mentioned, it will help you win the never-ending pet hair battle. The price at the time of this review is $135, which is a great value for the money. You will be pleasantly surprised with the powerful suction as well.

BISSELL CleanView Max Tangle-Free Rewind with LED Headlights, Tangle-Free Brush Roll, Automatic Cord Rewind, Included pet Tools, 4073L

Light and easy to use