Bissell Featherweight Cordless Stick Vacuum, 3061

My old small vacuum died, so I purchased a replacement. The first replacement didn't do anything; it just redistributed the dirt. The second one, an Electrolux, I ordered new and what was shipped was refurbished. The noise extremely loud and when I went from a tiled floor to low pile carpeting the brush stopped working, again I returned this one. Then I found the Bissell. It works great, plenty of suction, light weight, and very maneuverable. My new best friend!

I bought this in September of 2025. It has worked great until now, January of 2026. Now when I charge the machine, only the hand vac portion charges. When I use the entire stick, it shuts off as soon as I turn it on. Only the hand vac works. In doing research on the Bissel site, it says that the stick/handle portion needs to be replaced, and that costs $48. I already paid $144 for the vacuum; I should not be required to shell out another $48 on a machine that I've only had for four months. I will be seeking a replacement stick/handle assembly from Bissel and hope that they honor my request. EDITED: I called Bissell and they were very helpful. He did a video call with me so I could show him what the vacuum was doing. He showed me how to pop out the brush and instructed me that the brush needs thorough cleaning often. He explained that there is a sensor which stops the vacuum from working if it senses a buildup of dirt or hair/fibers. Once the brush was thoroughly cleaned, the vacuum started working again. He is going to send me two more brushes since the vacuum is still under warranty, but he also advised that the brush be cleaned after every use. I'm very pleased with Bissell's customer service. As for the vacuum itself, the suction isn't extremely strong, but strong enough to clean the kitchen floor and do a light vacuuming on the large living/dining room rugs. The option to turn off the brush is good because the vacuum will shut down if loose fibers from area rugs clog it. I turn off the brush when going over those small rugs. I also like the ability to release the handle to vacuum under furniture. Overall, it's a good machine for light work.

Easily the best vacuum cleaner I had ever purchased! It's light weight, so I can carry and clean everywhere, including the stairs. We actually have another excellent Simplicity canister style vacuum that has a motor head and cleans very well. But it is so heavy that over the years I tried to postpone vacuuming as much as possible. This thing is light as a breeze. Intelligently designed. It's mid section disconnects easily and becomes a hand vacuum for those stairs and hard to reach places. Cleaning the filter is very easy too. Makes vacuuming quick and easy (almost a pleasure). Highly recommended, especially for the seniors and those with back problems who don't want to store and carry around heavy vacuums.

Fantastic. Works amazing. Easy to use. Light weight. Takes up very little storage space. Quick charging. Strong pickup. Easy to empty. Good value.

I’ve had this for nearly a year. I wanted to wait to write a review until after the shine wore off. This replaced another stick vacuum that worked great until part of the roller brush head broke and there was no way to replace it—that was the risk I ran with a no name company, so this time I spent a few more bucks on a name brand. The pros: - it is very easy to switch between the stick and the handheld. I will often pop the handheld “dust buster” off while I’m vacuuming to grab something that’s giving the roller brush head trouble (more in that in a minute) and it is very easy to pop out and back in one handed. - on easy surfaces, and until it fills up or clogs, the suction on the roller brush head is decent. Not stellar, but right off the charger, it does well. - charges relatively quickly. I have a small house (~1100 sq ft) and I can do a quick pass on one full charge, or a couple of rooms very diligently. Takes about an hour to get enough juice back to go anymore. - easy to clean dust cup. It is easy to pop the case off and get the filter out to dump it. Which is good, ‘cause I have to do that a lot. - the roller brush can be taken all the way out without too much trouble to cut off long hairs or strings that wind around it. It could be a LOT easier, but it’s still doable. - it is lightweight, and not very loud. You know you’re vacuuming, but it’s nowhere near the scream of the Dyson that used to live here. Cons: - the roller brush head does not do very well on uneven surfaces (like the edge of a low pile rug on a hard floor), or on edges. You have to get it *over* the debris—so, against walls, for example, be ready to pop the dust buster off. - there are two points where this things clogs on the REGULAR and the only way to know that’s happened is that the roller head starts throwing all the stuff on the floor out behind it as you go. The first is the “neck” that connects the roller brush head to the dust buster body. It’s ridged, so it can curve up from the head into the body of the thing, and I don’t know if the neck is too narrow, the ridges are too deep, the curve is too acute, or the suction just isn’t that great once it gets about half full—but mine clogs often. And there’s no way to unclog it unless you have something that can fit down into the narrow hole — I use a pipe cleaner type thing meant to clean bottles. I do hve long hair, and a short haired dog and cat, so the dust bunnies can get epic if I’m not on them, but a dust bunny shouldn’t clog a vacuum IMO. The other part that clogs even more often is the mouth of the dust buster body. There’s a flexible rubber flap that opens to let dirt in and then flaps closed to keep it from falling back out, but again, if it gets about half full, that flap easily gets wadded up with junk that the vacuum can’t pull in. You are still vacuuming because there’s zero indication it’s clogged, but the vacuum is just blowing the dirt out the back and behind you while you walk. - it’s got a “quick stop” feature that is probably a safety thing, where if the roller brush feels resistance, the vacuum stops and flashes a red light (why not when it is clogged, for heavens sake?!) this is good if you are regularly vacuuming over people or pets with long hairs, I guess, but otherwise it is just annoying in its fickleness. Sometimes the looped rugs in the bathroom and by the back door trip it up on every.single.pass and sometimes not at all. - once the dust cup is about half full, the suction on the roller brush head drops dramatically. Once you figure this out, and just dump it about every ten minutes, you’ll be okay—but there’s no indication it’s getting full so you won’t know it isn’t sucking unless the dirt you are rolling over is highly visible. - the last one of these I had included a charge percentage indicator. I really miss that. This one just flashes red while charging until it flashes green and while running it goes until it flashes red and then for only about two more minutes. - there is no edger attachment. I have a regular dust buster that has a long narrow piece that pulls out of the mouth of it, so there’s no piece to lose, and I wish this thing had something similar, or even a little attachment stuck to the stick handle, to get the corners and edges that the bulky body or roller head can’t manage. Overall, it’s about 75% good, for my uses. I have a shark robot vacuum that is probably handling about 50% of the hair, outdoor debris, and dust my country house accumulates at an impressive rate. If I follow behind with this, I get almost everything except the corners and edges. I have to get those with the dust buster. Luckily, I don’t ever really have to use all three at one time, unless I’ve let it go too long.