BISSELL Revolution HydroSteam Pet The Premium Carpet Cleaner

The Bissell Revolution HydroSteam Pet carpet cleaner is compared with the ProHeat 2x Revolution Pet Pro

It's Bissell's most advanced carpet cleaner yet with some useful features. 

Features

The big story here is the new steam function.

Steam has been used with professional carpet cleaners for a long time. But until now steam has not been available on consumer carpet cleaners like this. 

It works by adjusting the mode on the handle where you first set it to the steam pre-treatment mode which is confirmed on the LED panel. Bissell says that you go back and forth over the stain for 20 seconds in Steam mode and then switch it to carpet cleaning and steam mode. And use the carpet cleaner as normal.

Normal means that you use the trigger on the handle to dispense the water solution mix as you vacuum the carpet back and forth and then release the handle to use suction power only to suck up the water.

And we'll continue with the features it has a dual brush roll system like with the Bissell 2x Revolution. 

It has the same one-gallon capacity water tank as the Bissell 2x Revolution it has also the same 8-foot hose which you simply plug into the forehead. 

And use the sprayer trigger and scrub until the stain is vacuumed up. 

It comes with the same pet hair upholstery tool as with the 2x Revolution Pet Pro which can catch urine and other stains that you don't want to go into the machine. It also comes with a 6-inch tough stain tool which is my preferred way to clean stains and as we'll see later it worked pretty well. 

It has an easy-to-remove brush cover for easy cleaning which is often overlooked but a very useful feature.

It also has a quick dry mode which uses less water to make carpets dry faster. 

Bissell Revolution HydroSteam Pet

The only carpet cleaner with the power of HydroSteam Technology.

$349.0 on Amazon

Bench tests

We found that it had nearly identical suction power compared to the Bissell 2x Revolution Pet Pro which is a lot of suction. 

It does consume more power than the Bissell 2x Revolution according to its specs on the label. 

But we assume that's because of its steam heater. This is also why we assume that it's about four pounds heavier than the Bissell 2x Revolution.

Pickup tests

The first thing that needs to point out here was the heated water.

Because the Bissell Revolution HydroSteam Pet combines its steam function with the normal washing and scrubbing action. You get hotter water overall which is kind of a big deal.

Kind of like the previous Bissell ProHeat 2x Revolution but what they mean by that is that they will keep the warm water that you put into the tank warm. None of them as far as I know make cold water hot. I won't say it's misleading but the point is that the Bissell HydroSteam because of the steam function does this. 

In this test, it was started with hot water in the tanks and so the Bissell HydroSteam was clearly hotter than the Bissell 2x Revolution. 

But it's even more obvious when cold water is used in both tanks.

The Bissell HydroSteam is producing much warmer water. 

So consider this a big breakthrough for consumer carpet cleaners all by itself. 

As far as the steam pre-treatment it works without the brushes spinning you just move it back and forth as the steam comes out and saturates the stain. 

In the glow-in-the-dark tests, was found that the steam wash combination function was extremely effective at removing dried-on stains. 

And the wet stain removal tests also went really well. But there honestly wasn't a noticeable difference here between the previous version as they were both effective its handheld functionality was really easy to use and really efficient. It's basically like having a spot cleaner as well which increases its value significantly. 

One negative thing is that felt that it used more water than some of its predecessors do. And so it seems like it would take longer to dry. 

You could mitigate this by using the trigger less often or using it in its express clean mode. 

Conclusion

Overall you'll be extremely impressed and glad to see an effective steam function on a consumer-grade carpet cleaner without breaking the budget. And maybe it will probably set a trend in the coming years.

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