The Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution carpet cleaner, model number 1548, is designed to be a home carpet cleaner. It is both a carpet cleaner and shampooer, intended to scrub out and essentially wash carpets as it works. It is intended to allow the residential user to remove pet stains like pee and poop. This is in addition to acting as a stain remover for more mundane cases like spilled grape juice by the kids or wine by one of your guests. What are the pros and cons of this carpet cleaner / shampooer? What does it do best, and where is it lacking? And what information about the Bissell Pro Heat Revolution Pet Carpet Cleaner would a potential buyer want to know, though these details aren’t clear points for or against the carpet cleaner?
Pros of the Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution Carpet Cleaner
You can switch between a deep cleaning mode for pet stains and where the baby spit up or express clean for less severe stains.
This carpet cleaner has a relatively low profile so that it can get under mid-height tables and recliners.
You can use the hose and tools to clean upholstery with this carpet cleaner. Note that the hand tools don’t have as much suction as the main unit, but most carpet cleaners don’t have these tools at all or charge extra for them.
This carpet cleaner is light enough for almost anyone to use, unlike some of the heavy duty carpet cleaners that take a professional lug to push around.
The unit is easy to assemble.
The ProHeat 2X Revolution carpet cleaner / shampooer has a long cord.
Cons of the Bissell Carpet Cleaner, Model 1548
While this unit can double as a standard dry vacuum cleaner, its performance in that area is mediocre.
While the vacuum / carpet shampooer can pick up hurled chunks, solid poop pieces and so forth, the relatively narrow vacuum hoses are so prone to clogs that the vacuum comes with a tool to unclog them. If the vacuum channels clog, it ends up spitting the now damp gunk back on the floor. So if you use this carpet shampooer to clean up a gooey mess like where the cat threw up, know you’ll want to clean out the intake half way through the job to prevent a bigger mess and that you have to do that before you make a separate pass with carpet cleaner to remove all traces of the mess.
Emptying the dirty water tank can be a hassle.
Observations about the Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution
If you like the pet stain and deep cleaning formulas, know that additional 60 ounce bottles cost around $20 each.
When you use the upholstery tools, the bristles on the carpet cleaner keep going, so don’t let it sit on hard wood floors while you clean the couch or else you’ll ruin the wood floors while cleaning the furniture.
This vacuum cleaner / carpet shampooer at its high setting leaves a lot of moisture in the carpet that it doesn’t remove it even if you make a repeated pass with the unit as a vacuum cleaner. The low moisture setting that reduces this issue is not as effective at cleaning the carpet as the normal one.
The carpet cleaner produces a mist, not hot steam, though it will keep water you add that is already hot warm for a while. This unit will not thoroughly sterilize your carpets, if that is what you were hoping the ProHeat name meant.
Summary
This is an affordable and maneuverable carpet cleaner and shampooer. This is the best carpet cleaner for people who need to clean up the occasional biological mess, whether due to pets or little children. For major nasty jobs, know you’ll need to put in some elbow grease to clean the unit and floors to get everything up, but you will remove it from your carpet faster if you have this compact carpet shampooer in your closet to whip out as soon as the incident occurs.
