The Bissell Carpet Sweeper 2600 is nice to have around the house.
Written: Jan 28 '03
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Pros: This is a handy sweeper to have around the house. It can become a friend,indeed!
Cons: Not biggies at all.
The Bottom Line: If you're tired of dragging out your vacuum everytime there's clutter on the floor, get one of these little sweepers. You'll soon become good friends!
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| lorace's Full Review: Bissell Carpet Sweeper Model 2600 |
This will not be one of my long-winded, detailed reviews! You can relax because this little sweeper does not run on electricity, gas or anything but womanpower! Well, now and then, some manpower may take over, but basically the Bissell® Carpet Sweeper 2600 is a simple sweeper with many uses.
The Package
We bought this in Smart & Final and I really don’t remember how much it cost. Somewhere around $30.00, it seems to me. I trust the Bissell® name, it’s been around a long time, that’s why I chose this one.
The metal sweeper comes in a box and is simple to set up. The metal handle is in 4 sections that just slide together into a tapered joint, and finally, is screwed into the sweeper’s base.
Except for keeping the size of the box down, I don’t see any sense to this segmented handle, unless you’re very short, then 1 or 2 sections would be great for you! Lol. There’s a large hole at the end of the handle for hanging the sweeper up.
The Bissell® sweeper itself is a Forest Green color and is only 9 ½” x 11” x about 2” high. I don’t know its weight, but it’s not heavy for me and I’m not very strong.
On the underside of the cleaner, there are 2 large main roller brushes and each corner has a little straight brush. These corner brushes are to help you around mop boards. The large brushes are very full and large. Bissell® says the large brushes have 50% more tufts, and I think it must be true.
There are 3 large wheels on each side, plus 2 smaller wheels that are attached to the ends of the roller brushes. The wheels adjust to the different levels that you roll over.
There’s a dustpan on each end of the underside in which the dirt and lint get trapped. They are very simple to pull open to empty out the debris. You just hold the sweeper over a trash can, open a door at a time and empty them. You’ll be amazed at how full they can get.
What Good is it, you ask?
Good question. It sure wouldn’t take the place of your vacuum, because it’s not meant to. I think it’s meant for quick cleanups only, to keep you happy with your floor’s appearance until you get down to serious work on it.
But, say you look out the window and see unexpected company parking out front. Whoops! And you just spilled the contents of your hole puncher all over the carpet. Confetti all over the place. Too late to get out the vacuum.
Then grab this little green cleaner and push back and forth a few times, throw it back in the closet, and answer the door. They’ll never know that you did a major cleaning job in their honor, because the confetti is gone.
What I don’t like about the Bissell® 2600
The main thing I don’t care for is that the handle goes in only one direction, while a smaller one I used to have would swing both ways. But you do get used to it, and it’s so light that turning it around is not a problem.
Also, on thick carpets you need to put more pressure on it and go back and forth quite a bit. The traction on the wheels could be improved, I think.
What I do like about the Bissell® 2600 .
It’s great for quick cleanups, especially on tile floors. It’s great for picking up dog hair, too. Ask me how I know. I use the sweeper in my computer room where I’m always dropping paper clips or the above-mentioned confetti.
If you have a low weave carpet this will do an very good job between vacuuming sessions. On other carpets, it will easily pick up the surface specks that are so annoying at times.
Conclusions
This is one of the sturdiest carpet sweepers I’ve had. It’s a little heavier than most of the ones I’ve tried, meaning you don’t need to press down quite as hard. Yet I do have to press down on it, now and then,as I’m moving it back and forth. It doesn’t exactly swoop the dirt away without any effort..
The best way to get the most use out of one of these sweepers is to keep it clean. The rollers pick up rubber bands, hair, little candy wrappers, you name it! The rollers get hungry and eat the debris they find on the floor. But you must keep them clean, or they lose their appetite and you won’t get very good results.
A little comb (which I’ve lost) came in this package and if you don’t use it, you’ll find that the rollers mash down and become ineffective. I found an old comb and use it. If too much string gets wrapped around the rollers, just clip it with a seam ripper, then comb.
So, it’s up to the user how well this little BISSELL® 2600 works for him or her.
I’m glad I own one and as long as your expectations are not too high, you’ll be glad to have one, too. It’s pretty nice to have around.
Thanks for reading. I hope my Review has been helpful to you.
((((Lorace))))
Thanks to Pogomom our great Category Leader for getting this into the Database for me – and so Quickly! I appreciate it!
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Amount Paid (US$): 30.00
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