Bissell Little Green

Usually, when a product is hovering around 4 stars, I skim the bad reviews and assume those were from defective products or grumpy users, but its true; this thing has terrible suction. I bought this to… spot clean my cream microfiber sofa which had a lot of very simple dirt stains. The spray is very wide, but that was actually good for going over cushions quickly. The water it did pick up was nasty and dirty, so the brush/solution combo is doing something, but the problem is that it picked up less than 1/5 of the water/solution that went down. I went through the manual and there is a section on troubleshooting poor suction. I tried everything recommended with no dice - I removed and tightened everything I could find on the dirty tank, but that did not help either. I tried several different angles and levels of pressure with the wand to no avail, and I finally had to go get my big wet vac. I will be looking for another machine.

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I bought this before I read the reviews, and I agree, the spray area is much wider than the actual brush, which is kind of odd. I so far just tried to clean a small area on a cheap wool area rug that I… have. I thought it worked great. I did not have any problem with the water not being sucked up. Maybe it is not so good for installed carpet that has padding on it. But I found it worked great on my area rug. My spot is dry even if I step on it, and only after several hours. I'm overall excited about this product. It's great to find something with earth-friendly cleaning solutions. I sit on the floor a lot, and of course, my baby does as well. I'm pretty concerned about what I wash it with.

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I have four pets two of which sometimes bring home pets of their own. One of the mice died in the house before I could find it. What a stench. I used my Little Green Machine with the pet odor shampoo and… no more mousie smell. I have a large steamer which I use when I clean the entire carpet but this little machine does the job for the smaller stuff. I'm satisfied. And it's sort of cute. It looks as little space alien might appear.

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