Great carpet cleaner (Bissell 8910E)

Member Name: pebbles29

Product:	Bissell 8910E
Date:	09/06/09 (69 review reads)
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Advantages: Cleans superbly

Disadvantages: Tools get in the way

I purchased this cleaner from Argos purely to keep clean a beige carpet in my hallway and lounge.

It came in a nice big box and the only assembly is to screw the tools casing at the back and connect all the hoses. This is quite simple to do. It will clean hard floors, carpet and upholstery. The attachments allow you to clean upholstery and for stubborn stains on the carpet.

It has two types of cleaning fluid, one for carpets and one for hard floors. These can be purchased from Argos or direct from the Bissell website. Cleaning fluid costs £13-£15. I find on my carpets this will do three cleans of 30sq metres a time.

You will a container with water - this will clean aprox. 10 square metres. You switch it on, leave it to heat up and then away you go. A trigger on the handle releases the soap and the suction sucks up all the water leaving the carpet fairly dry.

It is an excellent cleaner and will take up all bar the most grimed in stains.

I did have a problem with it. I rang the helpline (number provided on machine). They talked me through several options as to what it could be to no avail. They then picked it up two days later, fixed and returned it five days after that. I have not had any problems since other than the belt going which again, rang the helpline and they sent me a new one (at a cost). Support for the product is the best I have ever encountered.

My only other complaint is the hose and attachments shown on the left of the picture are annoying and can get in the way or often fall off. I would however put up with this just to have its cleaning ability.

Summary: Overall highly rated as a carpet cleaner

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