Product Description

Bissell 3574 Cleanview II Bagless Upright Vacuum - maximum power and convenience to thoroughly clean your home. This vacuum has lots of features including 7 height adjustments, bright headlight, easy empty dirt cup, HEPA media filter, wire reinforced hose, and a 27' power cord to name a few. There is also an extension wand, crevice tool, and multipurpose tool included for all those hard to reach areas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #106199 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Forest Green
• Brand: Bissell
• Model: 3574
• Dimensions: 10.10" h x 15.40" w x 31.00" l,

Features

• 12-amp upright vacuum with high-suction power for thorough cleaning
• Bagless technology with Easy Empty dirt container; HEPA media filter
• 7 height adjustments; dual-edge cleaning; 13-1/2-inch-wide cleaning path; headlight
• Stretch hose with extension wand; dusting brush, crevice tool, and multipurpose tool included
• Measures 12 by 13-1/2 by 42 inches; 1-year limited warranty

Customer Reviews

Dust be gone!
I've had this vacuum over a month now and it has done a great job of removing dust. The whole house feels a lot cleaner. The down side, however, is that the air filter needs to be cleaned often, which is messy due to all the fine dust. Other observations:

Pluses:
- powerful suction
- filters fine dust particles
- light weight
- bright headlamp
- great price!

Minuses:
- filter needs cleaning often
- rotating brush doesn't disengage when using hand tools
- hand tools are flimsy
- a bit loud

Works well but jams easily
When new this vacuum performed quite well, sucking quite a bit of dirt out of the carpet and the removable hose is very handy for picking up the larger stuff on the carpet and removing dust and spider webs from baseboards and the corners of the ceiling.

However, there are four design issues that have consistently caused problems.

First, the "knob" that adjusts the hight of the vacuum for the pile of carpet does not align properly making the height adjustment feature worthless. The wheel turns but the actual platform on the bottom of the vacuum never changes.

Second, the suction tube from the agitator area to where the removable hose fits into the base of the vacuum clogs. Be very careful about sucking up anything large (like a paper clip). These items can jam in the corrugated hose where hair and dust collect, eventually completely clogging the hose. The first time we noticed the complete loss of suction and attacked the clog with a hanger, we discovered a solid 7 inch tube of crud (noting really large, though) that had just packed into the tube over time. I've found that occasionally using the narrow hose attachment and sucking out the tube helps remove the stuck gunk.

Third, while called "bagless" there are so many filters in the vacuum, it can be a real pain to "empty" it. Sure, the main collection area is easy to remove, but there is a sponge style filer that has to be removed, washed and dried, along with a second smaller filter and then the HEPA filter.

Finally, the collection of hair on the agitator--a common problem with vacuums--is especially bad where there are indentations on the roller, especially where the suction intake exists. This might contribute to problem 2 above.

Overall, probably good value for your vacuum money, but be ready to perform household maintenance on it in order to keep it working. And if you suffer from problem 1, good luck getting the right amount of contact with your floor.

I swore I'd never buy another Bissell but so far so good...
We've had this vacuum since May '05 to replace another bissell (which only lasted 6 months). I was skeptical since we've had problems with bissell vacuums before burning up & eating rubber belts but so far, this one is holding up well & we use it at least 3x a week if not every other day (since we have 2 cats who shed a lot). It's pretty easy to dump the dust bin & clean the filters once you get the hang of it and I don't have any trouble with it being 'cumbersome' as one reviewer put it. I have to keep an eye on the roller-brush to make sure it doesn't get clogged up with hair & put strain on the belt like our old vacuum but no problems yet. Overall, a good vacuum with my one complaint being the hose attachment...the cleaning brush that attaches to the hose for cleaning furniture/upholstery has a strange design which makes it easy to turn & flip over to a non-bristled side. That would be fine if it would stay in place, but it has a tendency to flip over on its own if you aren't careful about keeping the bristle side down which can be annoying. I don't know why they designed it like that but since I don't use it very often it's not too annoying considering how cheap the vacuum is.