What you can expect from the Bissell FlexClean
What testers say about the Bissell FlexClean
For anyone with a shedding dog and floors kept clear, the Bissell FlexClean does the carpet work well.
Flattened pet hair is where the Bissell FlexClean earned its keep at Vacuum Wars. The lab saw it lift 98% of the hair pressed into carpet, well above what it usually records, and none of the long strands wound round the brush. Its side brush swings out towards corners, which just 5% of the robots with a dust-collecting dock can do.
What it cannot do is see what lies on the floor. Vacuum Wars found no obstacle sensing at all and its score there is 0, where the lab's typical robot reaches 2.375 out of 5, so socks, cables and toys must come off the floor before it starts.
Dust goes into a reusable container at the dock, not a bag, which 13% of its peers share, and it lasts about 60 days between emptyings, the same as the others. The pad lifts 0.4 inches over a rug, but nothing washes it at the station, and the lab rated the mopping 2.46 out of 5, just under its 2.58 median.
