BISSELL Total Floors Complete Bagless Upright Vacuum, 52C2

Great features, really helped get my house cleaner
The Bissell Total Floors Complete vacuum exceeded my expectations! The vacuum is powerful and did a fantastic job on every task I've tried so far. This model comes with added features that I've not had in other vacuums I've owned, and they really made a difference in how clean my house was after using it.

First of all, the vacuum has plenty of suction and did a great job on my floors. I have a mix of carpet, rugs, and hardwood in my home. The vac did a great job all around. Even my dark rugs looked much better. The on and off switch for the brush was very handy when vacuuming hard floors. I was able to easily turn off the brush so it didn't just knock the dirt around when I cleaned the hardwood floors. It was interesting to see how quickly the dirt accumulated in the clear dirt cup as I worked.

This vacuum offers deep suction from the edge of the vac, so it can clean up anything along the baseboard. I was a bit skeptical of this, but it really did a great...

Good on medium pile carpets, so-so on the rest
I received this vacuum as part of the Amazon Vine review program. I have 3 dogs, a teenage daughter who never looks down, and a husband who never wipes his feet. I vacuum daily and look for machines which are easy to use, and work well on hair and dirt. I do use crevice tools and hoses to grab dust bunnies under the bed and snatch cobwebs from the corners of the room, but for the most part I'm most interested in 'not too heavy' and 'great suction' in a vacuum.

That being said, the BISSELL Totla Floors Complete Bagless Upright Vacuum was just 'OK' (3 out of 5 stars) because while it did a great job on medium length high-low carpet, it neeeded to be set to the bare floors setting to do so. When used on Berber carpet on the bare floors setting, it did an OK job, but I didn't feel like it got the deep doown fine dirt pulled out by other vacuums I own (Hoover Windtunnel and Dyson upright). The edge cleaning port (directs suction to the edge of the vacuum) is very good for tile...

Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program
I was able to give this a thorough workout during a pre-winter cleaning after getting fake Christmas tree needles everywhere. I am most familiar with my very old hand-me-down Panasonic upright and the newer Panasonic canister vacuums, which set my comparison points. Here are my findings:

1) I quickly noticed that the Bissell Total Floors Complete sported some features I thought were ONLY available in canister style vacuums, specifically the fact that you can turn off the spin-brush to make it safe on wood floors and that it had the turbo-brush attachment. This made me realize why uprights are still in the game: combine all the attachment features (and the edge-cleaner that I never saw before) with the simplicity of the upright, and you have a real contender.

The other attachments work well, specifically the upholstery cleaner for my couch, and the other brush on the baseboards. The duster is a good idea as well, although in most cases I'm not sure it's...

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