- Heavy (10.2kg)
- Excessive energy (1,300W)
- 3.8l clear water tank, 1.9l soiled water tank
- SteamWash MAX/Steam Pretreat/Fast Dry Modes
- 3-in-1 stair device, 8cm device and three trial bottles of cleaner
Examined by Kulwinder Rai
Steam mops for laborious flooring are a well-recognized idea however the Bissell Revolution HydroSteam, the world’s first moist, upright shopper carpet cleaner with an built-in steam operate, breaks actually new floor. It performs its headline occasion trick by forcing steam into soiled carpets through a financial institution of 27 steam nozzles, situated in entrance of, and beneath, its fastened, dual-brush roll meeting.
Beefing up the electronics to ship this steam functionality has added a few kilograms to the general weight in comparison with their (additionally wonderful) Pet Professional, under. Whereas manoeuvrability hasn’t been noticeably compromised, a visit up a flight of stairs does requires some further bicep motion. In associated information, it’s price noting the steam performance doesn’t lengthen to the provided accent instruments, one thing that will have positively helped in the case of cleansing runners and so forth.
Operation is simplicity itself. There’s a quick, two-minute watch for the steam operate to energy up, after which you might have three decisions. The primary is to go straight to the primary occasion and use the SteamWash Max mode, activated by pulling a set off to dispense steam, water and cleansing formulation. It takes eight hours to completely dry.
Choice two permits you soften up deeply embedded stains by passing over them whereas in Pretreat (steam-only) mode. Lastly, there’s additionally a quicker, water + formulation ‘Fast Dry’ cleansing mode for coping with on a regular basis, mild staining. With this, carpets dry in round half-hour.
Whereas this machine chews via noticeably extra cleansing formulation than most competing carpet cleaners, I don’t assume house owners will thoughts one jot. Put bluntly, the HydroSteam – on its SteamWash MAX setting – positively scythed via completely all however the very hardest of carpet stains after simply a few passes.
Even deeply embedded, dried-in blood and wine stains succumbed to its ministrations, as soon as given a few passes of pure steam pre-treatment. In bald efficiency phrases, this machine categorically outperforms each different consumer-grade moist carpet cleaner I’ve examined, no imply feat.
Make no mistake, you’re at present paying a premium to be an early-adopter with this machine however it’s a suitable one for a machine that represents the present state-of-the-art in moist carpet cleansing. Color me impressed.