Bissell 5770 Healthy Home Upright Cleaner

I saw the mixed reviews and was nervous about whether this would be the right vacuum for us. Our house is on the market so we really need a good dependable vacuum that does the job quickly. Consumer reports helped me make that choice. They have Bissell upright vacuums rated high on their scale for dependability and reliability. Overall the Bissell upright vacuum lines that were rated, rated highest on some of the important functions that were tested, some were rated better than Dyson. Although this one was not one they tested the number of positive reviews made this vacuum worth trying. We had a $460 Amway allergy vacuum before this and because that broke I needed to find one that did just as well to keep the peace in our home. This one is much better than what we had.
The power of suction on this Bissell is awesome! This picks up a lot of dust, dirt and animal hair very well from both carpet and hardwood floors! It is a bit heavy so with the brushes going it acts like it is self-propelled and takes a little muscle. It cleans quickly,when someone is coming by to look at the house on a moments notice. With the touch of a button to turn off the brushes we go from carpet to hardwood floors without stopping. The debris is picked up from the hardwood floors without blowing it around so I don't have to waist time chasing dirt. The micro ban feature also reduces my sneezing once I have gone over the floors. The turbo tool works awesome on our stairs but with the extension no more back bending like before. Also the extension cord is long enough to go from room to room without stopping.
I have allergies but I have tested many vacuums to find a canister vacuum that works well enough not to use a bag vacuum.I had to shake out the bundles of hair from other canister vacuums,this one is no different, however, it is by far the cleanest and easiest to empty. I have carpal tunnel and it is nice to not have to turn the canister over to dump and shake. The easy button open also reduces the amount of dust that is kicked up from dumping, the dust falls first and the pet fluffy dirt that doesn't dump as quickly takes just a few little shakes. I have had many Hoovers, Kirby, dirt devil, fantom, rainbow, Eureka and a few others I cannot remember the names to now, and this is by far the easiest to empty the canister for. The best I have experienced in cleaning stairs,the best in picking up bird down feathers, pet hair and dust that like to float and elude you and the quickest at doing its job. I don't think I have ever seen a vacuum by pure suction alone pick up a 6-inch piece of string from a foot away before so I am impressed. I have gone over the poor reviews for this vacuum and I would recommend that if people have those difficulties listed that the vacuum be returned. I do not think that those problems listed are the vacuum itself as much as they are that these people unfortunately got a lemon, which happens with any product. Even so, as I stated before Bissell rates higher on their reliability and dependability on Consumer Reports than many others.

Why did I choose this over a dyson? We have older carpets that are shag and our shag carpet fuzz ended up in the dyson vacuum cleaner. It screamed carpet replacement to me if I keep this up (That is more money on the house, no thanks). For that reason I would not recomend the dyson on older carpets. The suction on this is just as good without the damage to the carpets or the noise,and all of the att