Bissell Easy Sweep Compact Carpet & Floor Sweeper, 2484A, Teal

I had a cordless charged sweeper but there was a problem with the motor. I wanted the old fashion sweeper that my mother use to have in her closet. I was surprise they still made them but even better. It does what it does for "quickie" clean up. You don't need to plug anything. Just throw away the dirt when it's full. It's light and small enough to store in small areas. The quality of the sweeper was better than my mother's. So speed depends on you. I like to take my time. Be sure to check the bristles of tangled hair so that it performs well. It picks up when you reverse the motion but only when the dirt is in front. So the down side is it doesn't pick up dirt in the corners or edges of a floor. It does make a noise but not too loud than a vacuum cleaner. It does pick up dirt, hay, and guinea pig poop. I mainly use it in the room where my guineas are. I haven't tried it in the other rooms yet. I really, really like this because our vacuum cleaner is bulky, heavy and I have to plug in the wall. This is what I need for the pet room or if i just want a quick clean up. I picked the color blue to match my vacuum cleaner. I almost got another cordless charged sweeper but I found out that sometimes, they break quickly because things get stuck and burnt out the motor. It was nice for a while but you to have to continue to charge. High maintenance.

I was looking for an old-fashioned, non-electric sweeper for quick clean-ups and this works as expected. It picks up leaves the pets track in, and even does okay on kitty litter spills and some shedding fur. Of course, it's not a vacuum, so isn't good for deep dirt, but it does a nice quick clean when someone tracks in leaves/grass after you've already vacuumed and don't want to drag out the heavy machine again.

my two long-haired black cats Bill and Ted are my babies!!! I love them so much and I love their long, fine, soft and silky fur. what i DONT love are the free floating cat hair dust bunnies that settle onto and into the fibers of our area rugs. I wanted a cleaning appliance that i could use regularly without needing to unwind or plug in cords, or disturb the cats with the extreme noise of a vacuum. this sweeper is an absolute game changer!! I've added some before and after photos to show how effective the sweeper sweeps. these were taken about 4 minutes apart!! knocked a star off because the brush roll does need to be cleaned pretty often and the handle could be sturdier. but definitely worth the money for my needs!! if you're looking for a solution to shedding pet hair, this could be it!

I bought this to clean and maintain a delicate hand-woven rug I was given as a gift. This works great without pulling or snagging fibers. I have a short-haired dog so I am able to visibly see the hair and dander it picks up when I open it. Also great to use on other rugs if you just don't have the energy (or noise tolerance on a certain day) to use an electric vacuum. I would think maybe it could also prolong the life of high-pile plush rugs too since it seems much less aggressive than an electric vacuum bristle.

It does an okay job picking up leaf litter and similar stuff, but I wanted it for cleaning up little balls of dog toy stuffing between vacuuming. For some reason I don’t really understand, it won’t pick up fluff.

1. Make sure the logo is pointing the right direction, (forward) or it won't pick up anything at all. Inform all users (20+) that it will only work if the word "Bissell" is away from the user's feet. An arrow and a helpful word like "front" would save everyone a lot of aggravation when using. Instead, each person forgets, gets frustrated when "it's not working!", berates me, and then remembers this rule, only to promptly forget it again.2. The plastic handle top piece (on ours) won't attach to the metal pole, and we all gave it a go. The 3 metal pieces of the pole went together easily, but the top plastic handle shouldn't take 20+ people screwing their wrists off to attach. It's still not attached, but each person can't believe the other 20+ people didn't mess it up, and has to try it for him/her/themself. Because the plastic handle won't attach to the metal pole, we cannot hang it in our storage room as intended. Instead, we now enjoy it's festive teal presence in our breakroom. We love to eat lunch with floor cleaning tools close to hand.3. The plastic handle also prevents the metal pole from digging into one's palms when using, so without securely fastening to the metal, it falls off-a lot, which all of us find very annoying (see picture of handle on floor.)4. It picks up about 1/3 of anything one tries to sweep up, so one ends up using 3x the force to fully sweep up debris-on a hard surface floor. (see picture of small debris on floor in front of sweeper) I can't even imagine what it won't do on a carpet. A dustpan and broom would be less effort, but would not be a single, contained unit. My team seems to lose dustpans, so the sweeper appeared to be a solution for this problem.5. Finally, to empty the canister, one must use 2 hands to push open the bottom indentations (which are dirty/dusty), and there are two levers (one on each side) to empty. I believe a better design would allow a user to empty the sweeper one-handed, and without having to get so up-close and handsy with a dirty item.In short, this item is a lot more work to use than it should be. It's great for people who really feel like pushing a sweeper vigorously is accomplishing something. It does pick up some things (but not all the things). It can also provide a brisk workout and allow frustrated people to blow of steam, benefits which are not mentioned in the product description.