With two dogs in the house 24/7, we NEED a powerful carpet cleaner more often than we'd like to admit!
I can't tell you just how many times I've used our Bissell Pro Heat steam cleaner to clean up even the toughest of pet stains.
If you're wondering how it works, and whether or not it's worth the money, consider this...
We've used our Bissell Pro Heat steam cleaner to clean up "pet stains" including:
Not to mention how often we use it to clean up "people stains" including:
- strawberry smoothies
- grease
- Diet Coke
The best part:
Regardless of how long the stain has been there (...2 hours, 2 days, or 2 MONTHS!) the Bissell Proheat carpet shampooer cleans it up like a champ. I can personally vouge for this!
Here's how it works:
1. Choose Your Cleaner.
First, you fill up the liquid soap container...
My all-time favorite liquid cleaner for the Bissell Proheat is: Zep Extractor Carpet Shampoo.
It's what the professionals use. I get it from Home Depot.
I like it because:
- It's "low-foam", so it doesn't gunk up your carpet with soaps or sticky residue.
- It dries quickly.
- It smells good.
2. Load It With Water & Start Vacuuming!
Simply fill up the bladder with hot water, and from there -- it's like a typical vacuum cleaner. Just push & pull.
The Bissell Pro-heat works in such a way that every time you depress the trigger on the handle the perfect combination of cleaner and water are sprayed onto your carpet.
For the best effects, you PRESS the trigger as you're PUSHING the machine over a stain, then RELEASE the trigger as you're PULLING it back over the same stain. Whenever the Bissell Proheat is not dispensing liquid onto your carpet, it automatically sucks the liquid up from your carpet. It's really powerful too.
That's it!
Check Out The Duo-Water Container
The coolest thing about the Bissell Pro-Heat is the fact that the clean water and the dirty water are stored in the same container -- clean water remains in the bladder, dirty water surrounds the bladder.
To empty the water, you simply hold the duo water container upside down over the sink, bathtub, or toilet and both the clean and dirty water go right down the drain.
The best part is... regardless of what you're cleaning up, your hands never touch the yucky water.
Trivial sidenote: The amount of water you choose to start with largely affects the weight of the cleaning machine itself. Therefore, if you've just got a small job at hand, you could just fill the bladder partially full. (A great tip, if you plan to carry the Bissell up a flight of stairs or something.)
The photo on the right reveals the dirty water that resulted from this one small cleaning task (above).
The photo on the left shows the same spot moments after cleaning with the Bissell Proheat steam cleaner.
It's a very powerful cleaner. And your reward is the volume of murky dirty water that results after even small cleaning jobs!
Hop On-Board
While I typically use the entire vacuum cleaner-like machine itself for all stains -- large and small -- you can also use a number of onboard tools for cleaning up smaller stains, carpeted stairs, etc. The tools have their own small trigger which dispenses the proper amount of cleaning fluid and water, directly onto the spot.
Another great feature is the tiny red button on the back of the machine. It allows you to turn "on" or "off" the internal heating element. When it's on, you are using the hottest water possible to zap up stains. (Not sure why you'd ever want this to be "off"... it works amazingly with super-hot water.)
It's Not A Vacuum Cleaner
While the Bissell Pro-Heat Steam Cleaner looks like a normal vacuum cleaner, it is not anything like a vacuum cleaner and it cannot be used to sweep your carpet!Despite its very powerful suction underneath, it can only suck up LIQUIDS and no solids can get through the tiny holes. (Which is a good thing, since solids would clog the inner workings of this liquid cleaning machine.)
On a related note, you must thoroughly vacuum the area FIRST before you steam clean your carpet. Otherwise, dog fur and other "carpet goodies" will gather underneath and you'll have to manually wipe off the underside of the machine every few minutes.
The Best Carpet Cleaner In The World
I've had my Bissell Pro Heat steam cleaner for over 4 years now, and I wouldn't trade it for anything!
I probably use it for spot cleaning at least once a week (dogs!), and I give ALL of the carpet a complete cleaning every 2-3 months.
There hasn't been a stain that it couldn't pick up yet... and with 3 dogs, you never know what you might need to clean up next.
No doubt about it, the Bissell Pro Heat carpet cleaner is doggie-approved... it gets a 4-paws rating!
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I have had two of these. The first one lasted less than 2 hours of use and we returned it for a refund. We borrored another one and that had only been used three times. It burned up. Bissel means junk. Notice the number that have burned up. Is it UL listed?
My bissell is broke and Iam looking for somewhere to get it repaired here in Maryland any one with info would be appreciated
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I bought a Bissell pro heat and it cleaned wonderful while it worked. It's been less than a year and the motor burned up and the appliance repair man won't even put it back together, he told me to junk it. I'm really upset about this.
I disassembled my bissel proheat because it was not heating the the water nor spraying properly. What I discovered was that the heater had been by-passed either as a factory rebuild or repair shop "fix". The real problem is a kinked hose in two places where the hose goes up into the handle. Replacing this tubing with a non-kinking harder tube and reconnecting the heater solved the problems. Fortunately, I only paid $27.50 for the used unit and the new tubing was only $3.00. There are lots of screws and parts so be ready for somewhat of a project.
Hello folks,
I wanted to leave a follow up comment since I bought my Pro heat cleaner from Bissell.
My wife and I have used the machine 36 times since we bought it. Our floors are not only clean but now shimmer as if new (18' Porcelain tile floors). The wood floors also shimmer beyond clean. All the bathrooms are super clean including the Main bathroom. I wish we could attach pictures to show everyone all the results. People would think that the house is brand new with new floors. As far as the machine is concerned, we have had NO problems what so ever and it works like new each time we use it. If we can pass the white glove mother-in-law inspection, then I am happy. My Mother-in-law thinks we have the floors professionally cleaned and polished. My neighbors want our floor cleaner’s business card. Funny! Thank you Bissell.
I have had my bissell for 4 years. It cleans the carpet very well WHEN it is working right.
Since I have purchased it I have had a lot of trouble with the water spraying out. I would have to turn it off a few minutes then it would start spraying. Now It doesn't want to spray out anything, so needless to say I'm throwing it away and shopping for one that will work ALL of the time.