12-inch cleaning path; 35-foot cord; 1-gallon tank
Bissell 1699-1 PowerSteamer Proheat Clearview Plus Powered Hand Tool Carpet Cleaner Description
Equipped with a heater for boosting performance, this upright machine deep-cleans carpets and rugs by forcing a warm solution of water and cleansing concentrate into fibers and vacuuming up the dirty solution. The 1440-watt machine also scrubs bare floors (but not hardwood floors) and cleans stairs, upholstery, auto interiors, and even mattresses with onboard tools that spray dirty surfaces and crevices with the cleaning solution. A powered hand-tool that either brushes or vacuums at the flick of a switch accompanies the machine and attaches to a flexible accessories hose. The heater's advantage over ordinary machines is that it increases the cleaning solution's temperature (up to but not exceeding 180 degrees F) and prevents the solution from cooling. Here's how the machine works: A plastic bottle for filling with Bissell's Fiber Cleansing Formula (not included) fits into the base. A removable 1-gallon tank contains a bladder to hold clean water for mixing with the cleansing concentrate. (Dirty water vacuumed by the machine collects around the bladder.) A dial offers three settings for various tasks: water-only, normal, and high traffic. A trigger on the machine's handle applies solution as desired. A flow-indicator spins when solution is applied and stops if the tank needs refilling. There's a switch for applying solution through the tools: tough-stain brush, upholstery tool, bare-floor head, crevice tool, pretreat wand. (The machine does not heat solution for tools.) The machine's 12-inch floating brush-roll automatically adjusts for carpet heights. Safe for virtually all carpets and upholstery fabrics, the deep-cleaning method can be turned off for dry-vacuuming delicate wool and Oriental rugs. The machine quickly assembles in five steps, using two bolts and nuts and two Phillips-head screws (all included). An especially understandable assembly/instruction booklet accompanies the machine, which carries a 1-year warranty against defects. --Fred Brack
Bissell 1699-1 PowerSteamer Proheat Clearview Plus Powered Hand Tool Carpet Cleaner Accessories
Bissell 1699-1 PowerSteamer Proheat Clearview Plus Powered Hand Tool Carpet Cleaner customer reviews:
Bad machine I wouldn't buy this machine if I were you. I like so many others have had the same problem, after one shampooing, it doesn't spray. I think a recall from Bissell is in order!!!!! If this keeps up, they will go out of business. Great Features. Cheap Manufacturing. I bought this machine because I have always owned Bissell products. I started to clean my carpets with it and it stopped dispensing the cleaner after about 30 minutes of use. I called Bissell who sent me a new dispenser, and that one never worked at all. I took the machine back to retailer and will not buy another Bissell again. Bissell wanted to keep sending me parts rather than have me take back my machine, lousy service. Also, I had to keep filling the bladder with water, it would use a ton of water on a very small amount of carpet. Bissell 1699-C Steam Cleaner No Spray As a few others have mentioned, when this unit is working, it works well. We have had this unit for about 2 years now. Have used it twice. No problems until the other day - no spray from the nozzles at the floor level when pulling the trigger - but the hand tool spray was working. The heater (located behind the on/off switch - 4 screws & 2 bolts/nuts) was plugged. I dug out the crap at the inlet port with a small nail & blew air until it flowed out the outlet port. Hooked it back up & now it's working well. I'm hesitant to use the heater though for fear of it clogging again, but at least I know what to do. Cleans great . . . but quits spraying on third use This machine worked very nice the first two times I used it. Then, like so many other customers, my unit quit spaying. Sure enough, I took mine apart like those before me, and the heater was plugged up with lime and calcium. Terrible design flaw. Rather than attempting to fix it, I bypassed the heater with a piece of my own tubing. It works great now, minus the "extra-hot" water. If you buy this, use ONLY distilled water in the one gallon tank. The manufacturer should have thought of this. One nice thing I will say about the 1699. . . it IS powerful and picks up a lot of deep down dirt. Recall Item I have hade the same problems as eveyone else, heater plugged up.I finally got to fixing it and will see how it does. Funny how its a discontinued model but they still on the shelf at walmart.
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