* Bissell SPOTCLEAN Pet Pro Review 2024

Bissell SpotClean Pro is a portable spot cleaner with a robust and simple design. The features include two cleaning tanks, the larger tank for cleaning and the smaller one for rinsing, an easy-to-fill, large capacity water tank which holds up to 14 litres of water to provide ample time to clean your carpet without interruption, and an indicator light that tells you when it’s time to empty the dirty water tank.

Our Review on the Bissell Spot Clean Pro

There is no doubt that the Bissell Spot Clean Pro is an amazing product. However, it seems to cost a little too much for a portable carpet cleaner. Asides from this, it is very efficient and delivers very high performance.

Pros of the Spot Clean Pro

• Great on the stairs.
• Efficient with car seats and upholstery pieces.
• Powerful suction.
• Stores easily.
• Long power cord.
• Large tanks.

Cons of the Spot Clean Pro

• Short hose.
• Filling the tanks is tricky and difficult.
• Not great with cleaning a whole carpet.

Design and Features of the Bissell Spot Clean Pro

How do you feel when you see an old stain on your carpet? You must have tried everything that you can to get the stain off but it doesn’t seem to fade one bit. That must be very frustrating. One way to get such stubborn stains off is by using a portable carpet cleaner like the Bissell Spot Clean Pro.

Just so you know, there are several products in this same class on the market. So what exactly makes the Bissell Spot Clean Pro special? The first thing that you will notice with this cleaner is that it sacrifices the floor head to achieve powerful performance. When you compare this cleaner to the regular upright cleaners, it is far smaller in size.

Because of its size, this cleaner is very easy to store away so it doesn’t take up much real estate. Its size also means that it is very easy to set up and maneuver. This comes in handy when there is an emergency stain that you need to clean up urgently.

Many people will look down on this cleaner’s ability to deliver top-notch performance because of its size. This is a good point to sound a warning to you, this petite machine comes with a very powerful motor. It has a 750-watt motor, add this to its 2.5-liter tank and you have a machine that ranks with the top guns. Let’s not leave out the huge waste tank that has enough room to handle dirt.

What this means is that you don’t have to make too many trips to change the water in the tank during use. It also means that you wouldn’t need to empty the waste tank frequently when cleaning your carpet. One of the major reasons why people rate this cleaner so high is the operation.

Operating the Bissell Spot Clean Pro is probably easier than a stroll in the park. All you need to do is add some clean water to the tank and some warm detergent mix. Spray this over the stain and trigger up the wand. This agitates the solution straight into your carpet using a brush. It then vacuums up the dirty moisture via the nozzle. Simple, right?

Weight is always a point of discussion when choosing portable carpet cleaners. If you want to buy a portable cleaner, then it should be very portable. The Bissell Spot Clean Pro ticks this box comfortably as it weighs a little less than 6kg. This is including one of the accessories and the cable fitted.

The cleaner comes with a handle that is mounted right at the center. This smoothly contoured piece makes it easy for anyone to lift the cleaner and move it around. Even when the tank, which weighs 2.5kg when full, is attached, this cleaner still weighs less than 8.5kg. This still fits the description of portable. You don’t have to fill up the tank most times since this cleaner is mostly for cleaning small stains.

To ensure that the cable and hose are stored up properly, there are pegs on the two sides of the cleaner. There is a rotating clip that keeps the hose wand in place while there is a molded cable clip to hold the plug. With both mechanisms in place, you will find it easy to store this machine away without worry.

Cable length is also another important talking point when choosing a portable cleaner. Since it is a portable cleaner, you don’t expect it to have an excessively long power cable. However, it should be long enough to allow you some freedom when cleaning. The cable on this portable cleaner is 6.6 meters long. This is a sensible length as it isn’t too long or short, it is just perfect.

Where we have a little problem is the hose. While it stores easily because it is short, it affects your work when cleaning. It is just 1.3 meters long and will increase by a few centimeters when you add an accessory. This means that the cleaning reach is very short and you may need to bend most of the time. That’s more stress and extended cleaning periods for you.

Not to worry, the Bissell Spot Clean Pro creates a good balance between storage convenience and weight and performance. What this cleaner lacks in hose length, it makes up for with its performance.

Usually, vacuum cleaners that are designed to look like cylinders come with wheels. This cleaner has a different design and has no wheels. Instead, it sits on the floor or stairs solidly. While this may be a disadvantage, it makes it easier for you to use the cleaner on the stairs.

If you are looking for a sturdy build, the Bissell Spot Clean Pro is solid in this area. However, it doesn’t have much built-in storage space. The cleaner comes with two cleaning accessories but has accommodation for just one. You have to put the other accessory somewhere in your storage cupboard.

Accessories of the Bissell Spot Clean Pro

What’s a carpet cleaner without the necessary accessories to go with? One of the important factors to watch out for when choosing a carpet cleaner is the accessories. The Bissell Spot Clean Pro doesn’t do so much when it comes to accessories, to be frank. Nonetheless, there are a few that we must discuss in this review.

It comes with a 2.5-liter clean tank. While some folks don’t consider this an accessory, the size does it for us. This tank presents you with more than enough fluid to clean up an annoying stain or spot. You can even use this to clean up care seats and a whole sofa to make them fresher.

What else comes with the package? There is a sample bottle of the professional cleaning fluid from Bissell. It only contains 236ml of the fluid so you will need to get another one very soon. We rate the cleaning fluid very highly because asides from its performance, it is also lightly perfumed. A full tank requires about 50ml of this solution and double of this for very tough stains.

The cleaner doesn’t come with a measuring cup in the package. As a result, if you have to use less than a full tank, you must calculate by yourself. A regular kitchen scale might come in handy for this. Filling up the clean tank is very easy, except that you need to negotiate the lock ring and pull out the tube. You are most likely going to spill a lot of fluid while doing this.

It is even more difficult to deal with the dirty water tank. There is no filler cap so it relies on a pair of downward-facing open slots sitting on top of the tank. This means that you need to tilt the tank and rotate it just to get rid of wastewater. It is almost impossible to achieve this without getting yourself dirty in the process.

Performance of the Bissell Spot Clean Pro

One of the key factors to watch out for when considering the performance of carpet cleaners is the noise. Some cleaners make a lot of noise that cleaning becomes unbearable. That’s not the case with the Bissell Spot Clean Pro. It produces just 82dB so it isn’t too noisy instead, it delivers top-notch suction power.

You should be wary of squeezing the trigger too tight though. This is because of the wide arc of the spray. With a one-second burst, you’ll have a huge amount of fluid pouring out. This could flood your carpet if you are not careful, causing you more harm than good. You’ll have to practice a little when you just purchase this cleaner so that you can get used to the operation.

There are two brushes in the package that look very identical. They are only different in their sizes. Both come with stiff bristles, a vacuum slot, and a spray nozzle. The vacuum slot is designed with plastic and it runs all through the front end of the tool. The only challenge with these pieces is that while they are easy to rinse, removing them is very difficult.

Nonetheless, the brushes are very efficient with agitating the fibers of carpets and getting out stains. The suction power is compressed into a very small slot in the tool so that it can pull up dirt and moisture easily. One thing that users are assured of with this cleaner is that it cleans very efficiently.

How The Bissell Spot Clean Pro Works

It may look basic but this spot cleaner is great for various household uses such as cleaning carpets, furniture, and floors. It also has a wide cleaning pad which means you can clean the corners and edges of the carpet without wasting water. You can use it to wash dogs, puppies, and pet hair from your car, window screens, and walls. You can even use it to clean lavatories and defrost vents.

Since it is a portable spot cleaner, Bissell SpotClean Pro has a compact design which means you can easily carry it with you and bring it everywhere you go. It has two rear casters for easy mobility and comes with a convenient handle located on the top and side of the cleaner for extra support. Its design also makes it conveniently storable without taking up much space.

The handle can be extended to make it possible to clean hard-to-reach areas such as under the beds, sofa, upholstery, and behind furniture. It also comes with a built-in hose for cleaning corners of your home and car. The hose is detachable so you don’t have to worry about it getting clogged during a cleaning session. The one thing I love about this spot cleaner is that the water tank has a large capacity which removes the need for frequent refilling of the water tank.

Bissell SpotClean Pro is an economical yet powerful portable spot cleaner with a robust and simple design. The features include two cleaning tanks, the larger tank for cleaning and the smaller one for rinsing, an easy-to-fill, large capacity water tank which holds up to 14 liters of water to provide ample time to clean your carpet without interruption and an indicator light that tells you when it’s time to empty the dirty water tank.

It may look basic but this spot cleaner is great for various household uses such as cleaning carpets, furniture, and floors. It also has a wide cleaning pad which means you can clean the corners and edges of the carpet without wasting water. You can use it to wash dogs, puppies and pet hair from your car, window screens and walls. You can even use it to clean lavatories and defrost vents.

Since it is a portable spot cleaner, Bissell SpotClean Pro has a compact design which means you can easily carry it with you and bring it everywhere you go. It has two rear casters for easy mobility and comes with a convenient handle located on the top and side of the cleaner for extra support. Its design also makes it conveniently storable without taking up much space.

The handle can be extended to make it possible to clean hard-to-reach areas such as under the beds, sofa, upholstery, and behind furniture. It also comes with a built-in hose for cleaning corners of your home and car. The hose is detachable so you don’t have to worry about it getting clogged during a cleaning session. The one thing I love about this spot cleaner is that the water tank has a large capacity which removes the need for frequent refilling of the water tank.

Why You Should Buy the Bissell Spot Clean Pro

Like we have stated over and over in this review, the Bissell Spot Clean Pro is a very portable device. While it is very portable, it is designed to deliver top-notch performance on each use. With this cleaner, you can easily get rid of both emergency and old stains and spots on your carpet.

Like we have told you earlier, it has a very short hose so cleaning might be a little too stressful. However, it makes up for this with the power that the motor delivers. This means that you don’t have to expend too much effort cleaning up stains or spots.

The cleaner delivers a generous spray of liquid upon squeezing the trigger. This means that you need to be careful when squeezing the trigger so that you don’t flood your carpet. The Bissell Spot Clean Pro is not just a carpet cleaner. It is also great for upholstery pieces and car seats. Storing up this cleaner is just a delight as it doesn’t consume so much storage space.

How to Use Bissell Spot Clean Pro Effectively

Cleaning up pet stains and other messes with the Bissell SpotClean Pro is a breeze. It might look like a machine, but it’s really just an advanced hand vac with a detachable water reservoir, powered by steam.

The first step is to fill the water reservoir with clean water. Don’t use tap water; distilled or demineralized water will leave no residue on surfaces and is available at your favorite convenience store. Fill the detergent cup with high-quality pet stain cleaner and attach the cup to the unit’s handle.

Also, make sure the unit is unplugged and the steam dial is in the downward position. Inserting the wand into a power outlet can cause an electrical shock to you or damage to your home.

Your next step is to gather your cleaning supplies and take them outside preferably in a well-ventilated area. Hold down the SpotClean Pro’s trigger for about 3-4 seconds until hot steam begins to come out of the nozzle. The unit will emit a loud beep during this time.

Working with the spot cleaner is similar to using a regular hand vacuum. Simply apply gentle force to the stain and move in one direction. The machine will work on its own, but you can also turn it on and adjust the steam level by twisting the steam dial. Soak up any remaining moisture from the surface, detach the cup and wash it out with water.

When finished, simply empty all of your cleaning supplies through the bottom opening.

How to Empty the Bissell Spot Clean Pro

The two-step process for emptying the inside of your Spot Clean Pro cleaner is actually pretty simple: empty the contents of the clean and dirty water tanks, empty the dry particulate filter in the machine, and wipe down the inside of your plastic bin. That’s it! Follow these steps and you’ll be up to date with your Spot Clean Pro maintenance in no time:

1. Empty the dirty water tank first by pulling out the dirty tank handle. Then, disconnect the dirty tank from the wall and empty both dirty and clean water into a bucket.
2. to unlock the dirty tank lid, rotate the handle over the back of the tank. Remove lid and pour out dirty water. Rinse out the dirty tank to remove any debris.
3. Empty The Dirty Particulate Filter. To remove the dry particulate filter, take out the plug located on top of your Spot Clean Pro cleaner. After you’ve removed it, swipe your Bissell Spot Clean Pro over the filter’s metal housing to remove any remaining dry particulate. Then, use a clean tool to remove any dirt or dust particles that might have fallen through onto the filter’s rubber surface. You’ll be surprised at how much dirt & dust is usually trapped in the rubber surface of the dirty particulate filter.
4. Empty The Dry Particulate Filter. After you’ve removed any trapped dirt & dust particles, it’s time to give the inside of your plastic bin a good cleaning. Take off your dirty particulate filter and empty its contents into a bucket. Then, use warm water to clean off all visible dirt from inside the plastic bin. Be sure not to use any chemicals as these could damage your device.
5. Remove and rinse the tools in clean, running water. dry and replace in the tool storage provided.