Weight: 4.3kgWater tank capability: 0.53lCordless (25 minutes run-time, 4 hours charging time)
Reviewed by Kulwinder Rai
Moist and dry vacuums are a comparatively new factor, but when anybody is aware of find out how to do it proper it’s carpet-cleaning specialists Bissell. The very first thing you discover is that the enterprise finish of the light-weight HF3 seems to be like a paint curler. Its foam brush-head is fed a relentless stream of diluted cleansing fluid whereas it spins round, amassing filth and dirt out of your ground earlier than depositing it within the (small-ish) soiled water tank.
Energy comes from an in-built, non-replaceable battery which supplies 25 minutes working time however requires a prolonged 4 hours to recharge. Being self-propelled, like a vacuum, the HF3 is pretty power-hungry.
Additionally, you will must spend a good period of time cleansing it. There’s a sanitation mode that spins and cleans the comb roll at high-speed whereas in its dock however, in an effort to keep away from clogging and streaking whereas cleansing, you’ll nonetheless recurrently have to take away particles from the curler and filter. On the finish of a session, you’ll completely have to clean and dry the roll, in addition to the soiled water tank and filters, to keep away from residual pong.
In motion, the HF3 is a whizz at selecting up pet hair, free crumbs and cleansing up gentle espresso and tea stains, however dislodging critically dried-in foodstuffs and dust is past it, even when the upper of the 2 auto-cleaning settings is engaged.
What it does do – extraordinarily effectively – is to provide your laborious flooring a swift freshen-up, efficiently lifting mud and lighter soiling whereas abandoning little or no water on the floor. In consequence, drying occasions are amazingly fast. Sure, it has some limitations – I’d actually wish to put money into a spare curler – however I believe anybody with laborious flooring will respect the HF3’s explicit skill-set.
