Bissell TurboClean PowerBrush Pet Carpet Cleaner, 2987

This carpet cleaner was easier to use than I thought. It got the carpet really clean.CLEANING FLUIDBissell makes several types of cleaning fluid. I used “Pet Pro Oxy Urine Eliminator”. Make sure you get the kind for upright carpet cleaners. (There is a similar fluid for spot cleaners.) It was about $22 at Walmart and seems like enough for about 4 rooms. It has a pleasant smell.There was a small sample size cleaning fluid included in the package with the carpet cleaner, but it will not be enough for what you need.INSTRUCTIONSThe carpet cleaner comes with a small booklet of instructions. This is good, but it’s even better to go to the website they specify in the booklet and watch the videos. The videos gave me confidence that I knew what to do.THE PROCESS1. As they tell you, you need to vacuum the carpet before you start cleaning.2. You fill the clean water tank with hot tap water and then put in some cleaning fluid. There are lines on the tank for the water and for the fluid.3. The cleaning is a lot like vacuuming. You make one pass holding the spray lever so it sprays the carpet. Then you make a pass without holding the lever, so the machine just sucks up the water into the dirty water tank. In the video it shows the person doing this 2 step process with every pass of the machine. But I found it a lot easier to do a whole row of “wet” swipes with the lever pressed, and then go over the whole row again with “dry” passes. That saves a lot of switching back and forth. I did the whole wet/dry thing twice with each section of carpet.Afterwards, I took the clean water tank off and just passed over everything dry to suck up more water. But I didn’t get a lot more water sucked up, so I don’t think this step is really necessary.4. As others mentioned, the machine does spit out some clumps of pet hair onto the carpet. But it was just a few big clumps that were easy to pick up with my hand. I didn’t really mind. It’s worth it for how easy the process was.5. The carpet was damp when done but not sopping wet. It was drier than I thought, and it probably will dry completely in a day or two.AREA RUGSI had 2 big area rugs on top of the carpet, and I was wondering how that would work. It went fine. They were washable rugs anyway. The rugs got clean. I don’t think the carpet underneath the area rugs got cleaned. I think you would have to remove the area rugs to clean the carpet underneath.The carpet under the area rugs did get a little damp, so I am not sure how well it will dry. I may have to pick up the area rugs a little to let the carpet dry underneath.TIPS1. If you are taking a break between rooms, put the carpet cleaner on a floor, not a rug. After taking a break, there was quite a wet spot under the cleaner. I guess I could have taken the water tanks off instead.2. Be sure to follow the instructions for cleaning the machine when you are done. It’s not hard, but you have to rinse the tanks and stuff and wipe off the pet hair. They don’t tell you this, but be sure to turn the machine over and wipe the pet hair off the bottom. Also wipe out the pet hair from the area where the brushes are.RESULTSI got a new dog that was not house-trained, so she peed on the carpet a lot at first. I did treat the stains with Nature’s Miracle, but there were still some stains and smell. I could see the stains with my black light flashlight. After cleaning, there was no more smell, and I could see hardly any stains with the black light. I did still see a couple, but I got close and smelled them and there was no smell. I’m sure future cleanings will get rid of the rest of the residue. Or maybe I should have done more than 2 passes. But I didn’t have the patience for more, and everything seems very clean. I am very happy with the results.This is a really good cleaner. It is lightweight and easy to use. The price is very reasonable. To me, it’s a lot better to have my own cleaner than to have to rent one or to get a professional carpet cleaning. This way, I can do it as often as I want. They really do make the whole process pretty easy.

This is a gem of a cleaner. Very light weight, easy to assemble and use. Yes, you do need to fill the clean take twice as often as the larger cleaners but for the ease of use I didn’t care. Did a great job on my wall to wall and area rugs. If you’re like me and just want to freshen up rugs a couple of times a year then this is the one for you. I would buy again.

Small, light weight,. Well designed. Brushes are very aggressive. Will pull some fibers from older carpets. Not much capacity. For small areas. at a time only. Afterwords it needs to be disassembled and cleaned however.I prefer a terry towel and a spray bottle of 50/50 water and ammonia! And nothing to clean up after!! But it is hands and Knees work.

I bought this Bissell on April 21, 2021. At the time I had a twenty year old Dalmatian and pointer hound mix(RIP my baby) , three cats that were in and out. I used this thing almost daily. It's gotten extremely heavy use. As long as you clean the machine, the scrubbing head, make sure to spray the sprayers with hot water as well, as to dislodge any solids that may form from the cleaning solutions, it'll last forever. I transitioned away from the store bought solution and started making my own, from a DIY site and it worked wonders. But it also killed my Bissell just now, because the oxiclean solidified in the sprayer lines. Don't use cheap oxiclean. But this thing scrubbed pet mistakes, messes, my son getting multiple stomach viruses at school, split wine, fruit juices, milk, you name it, it cleaned it.It does have some very stupid design flaws however. The tank doesn't last but a few minutes, so it's really more of a spot cleaner than designed to truly clean entire carpets. The tank that sucks up the dirty water, cuts the suction off when it's 1/4 of the way full. That's so aggravating. It cuts off before the cleaner tank is empty. So you're making stops and trips back and forth, to clean an area rug. There's a way to stop this by rigging it to not allow the float to rise in the tank, but it's still such a stupid design. Other than that, it's a great machine for the price. I don't know what I would've done without it. Seriously though, after EVERY SINGLE USE, clean it thoroughly. Throw it in your kitchen sink, pop off the "sucker" cover, and spray the crap out of everything. If you don't, then the hair that accumulates, gets substantial enough to make your next clean a waste of time. It's not actually scrubbing because the heads are clogged with hair. I regularly popped the head covers and belt cover off, cleaned inside there(don't get water into the motor!), because it would accumulate gunk and filth as well, because pets are messy and humans shed just as much hair. Seriously, I can't stress enough how important cleaning the machine thoroughly it's to it's function and longevity. After every single use it needs through cleaning or it'll be useless. I got to the point of using half water, half hydrogen peroxide for severe pet and bodily fluids, but only with my own solution, so there wasn't a chemical reaction, but that boils out urine, fecal, blood, and anything biological, as well as cleans the tank and moving parts sucking up the water.

Works GREAT! Small enough to where I can very easily get it up and down stairs and isn't so heavy that I get tired using it. Cord stretches pretty far, haven't had any issue with that. We have very think carpet and it still dries very quickly since the machine is good about getting all the water out. Very good suction, you can see when there isn't anymore liquid being picked up on the top of the machine so it's very easy to know when you've got it all.Great for pets! Get's they're many stains out very well, and we have old light grey carpet so that's not an easy task lol.

Powerful and great deep cleaning for a small lightweight cleaner. Smart design makes it easy to use and easy to maintain.

Good shampooer for the money. Easy to clean and attachments work well.