New Vacuum: Bissell Pet Hair Eraser 3920 Review
Matt | May 22, 2008Update 12/16/09
We have owned this vacuum for about a year and a half. I posted this review with no idea about the amount of traffic it would attract. It seems a lot of people need a vacuum for pet hair! Well I’m sorry to say that I just got word from Best Buy that my third (yes, third) replacement is ready. When this vacuum works, it’s amazing. However, there is an issue with the beater brush motor and I’ve had the same problem on two different machines now where the beater brush stops spinning with any resistance. Thankfully I got the Best Buy repair plan when I bought the vacuum. I can no longer recommend the vacuum due to this big issue. There are two critical elements to successfully picking up dirt: suction and disruption. Without the beater brush the vacuum is extremely inefficient at picking up anything, let alone pet hair. The search is still on for the perfect vacuum and it seems a few commentors have been pleased with their Dyson. I’m still struggling with the price, but I’m a lot closer to spending $500 than I was a year and a half ago.
Jennifer and I have been using the same, inexpensive vacuum since we moved into this house four years ago. The carpet has since been replaced so there shouldn’t be too much dirt in the carpets, right? Well, we have two long-haired cats with dark gray fur. They like to chase each other around and pull out clumps of fur all over the house. The old vacuum was good at getting most of the surface level stuff, but we could tell it wasn’t doing a great job. Jacob will be playing on the floor soon and I don’t want a bunch of dust and dirt in our carpet. We finally decided it was time to get a new vacuum this week.



















