BISSELL Flip-!t Bare Floor Cleaner, 5200
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of BISSELL Flip-!t Bare Floor Cleaner, 5200
Customer Review: PIECE OF ABSOLUTE JUNK - DO NOT BUY THIS!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought my flip it just over a month ago and have since resorted to sweeping and scrubbing my floors the old fashioned way. The vacuum does not pick up anything - even the stuff that doesn't get blown away. I have just been trying to do my bathroom and AFTER having swept up most of the hair and dust with my swiffer, there is only small particles left but it won't even pick that up. When I try to use the dry vacuum on my hardwood floors it just blows around the dust. The only positive I can see is that I can use this to find the dust bunnies under the furniture! The wet vacuum might work better but you still have to change out the filter every time or you end up with dirty puddles. Overall I am very discouraged about this product and can't even get my money back because it's been used! I feel bad even trying to sell it in a garage sale. I bought it because I thought the two-in-one feature would save me time - now I wish I'd just gotten the two separate units. Save yourself a huge headache and frustration (and some money) and don't buy this product!Customer Review: no more mop and bucket!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm not crazy about the dry vacumm part of this (we have 2 pets and the filter area is small), but I have always used my carpet vacumm on my vinyl floor and I'll probably keep doing that, I get it out anyway for the carpet so that's not a big deal to me.<br />
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But once the dry matter is gone, this wins hands down over a mop and bucket!!! The cleaner has a fresh scent, it scrubs, squeeges, and sucks up that dirty water. If you hate mopping with a mop and bucket you'll love this. It takes a bit to get the technique just right and when I did I loved seeing that dirty water coming in. It doesn't do corners or close edges very well, but neither did my mop. I had a problem with the float getting sucked up prematurely so I called Bissell and found that part has been redesigned and they are sending me a replacement. So if you're having a problem, call Bissell.<br />
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I was torn between 3 and 4 stars but gave it 4 because I LOATH, HATE, DESPISE, mopping but I enjoyed using this inspite of it's limitations.Customer Review: Good 4 me!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I just bought this product and have used it in four rooms already w/tile flooring. I'm satisfied. I do wish some of the inground dirt by my front door would have came out better, but it did a lot better than anything else I've tried so far. I did not buy this item, my husband won it at work as a part of his reward program for great sale efforts. He was at the top of the line to pick through several items and this is the one everyone wanted he said. Mine picked up small crumbs and hair no problem! I'm a mommy of three... seven being the eldest and this thing is a prayer answered for me. I have some back problems and pushing a mop after sweeping the floor usually irritates it. This was light weight enough to push around w/no problems and didn't tire me out like scrubbing w/a mop does. It's convienient and I saw the water after finishing and said, "Ew!" I just used my swifer mop not even a week ago! I did feel a few sprinkles on my ankles when using the wet side but that is to be expected. Other than that I recommend it highly. :)Customer Review: Flip it right back into the box!!!!! What a lemon
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this item thinking wow what a time saving idea! I unpacked the machine and all that needed to be attached was the handle before use. It assembled quickly and I turned it on...it blew the dirt away from me instead of sucking it up, and then the float that is for determining the water level for the wet use stuck. There was no water in the dirty tank! I gave it a little longer to see how it perfomed, and as I used the wet side, water was blowing out of somewhere it shouldn't have been coming from! I was so disappointed! I thouhgt that maybe I had a lemon on my hands, so I exchanged it for another. Don't be fooled, it is just junk! The second didn't leak water everywhere, but it still blew the dirt away instead of cleaning it up. I spent more time trying to get this to function properly than I would have spent cleaning and mopping the old fashioned way. I am heading to target to return for the second time and try the Hoover Floormate! Good luck! My husband said "when it looks too good to be true, it probably is!"Customer Review: It's easier to use a bucket and mop!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I, too was excited to use my Bissell-Flip it after I received it as a Christmas present. All I have to say is that the people at Bissell must have been very eager to get a competing product out this Christmas season to match the Floormate. They should have waited. The dry side worked okay, but I had vacuumed with my Hoover upright a few hours before, so there wasn't much there. I wanted this thing more for the wet side, as I don't like how the Swiffer wet mop makes my Pergo floor look. Anyway, I couldn't get the water to even flow at first! After some tinkering, it started, but then it was pretty hard to push forward against the squeegee. Then the silly cloth pad got wet so one can only work backwards. After five minutes, I was so sick of water from the tank driping on my foot, fighting the squeegee and dealing with the LARGE amount of water that came out when the trigger was squeezed that I decided it was going back to Sears. I'm certainly going to look at reviews before I buy (or ask for) a product like this again!