How loud is it really?

Loud enough that it's the most common owner complaint — a high, rattly note rather than a deep hum, and pets typically leave the room. It's tolerable for normal cleaning sessions but you won't have a conversation over it. If noise matters, the Shark NV360 is somewhat better and a Miele canister is in a different league entirely.

Is it okay for someone with allergies?

No — this is the one clear disqualifier. The foam filter stack isn't a sealed system, testing found fine particles escaping back into the air, and there's no HEPA filter. Owners with dust or dander allergies consistently report it makes symptoms worse, not better. Spend up to a sealed Shark or a bagged Kenmore Intuition instead.

How do I deal with hair wrapped around the brushroll?

Plan on regular scissor sessions — long hair and long pet fur wrap quickly, and the support bars around the roll make snipping the strands out fiddlier than on vacuums with removable brushrolls. Owners in long-haired households do it every week or two. A seam ripper works better than scissors for getting under tight wraps.

How long should I expect it to last?

Owner reports cluster in the 3-5 year range with heavy pet use, and 4-year multi-pet households still going strong are common in owner discussions. The plastics and hose are the usual failure points, not the motor. At the price, most owners consider replacing it every few years an acceptable cost — but it's not an heirloom machine.

How is it on hard floors?

Adequate but not its strength. There's no brushroll shutoff, so the spinning brush can fling larger debris despite the scatter-free duct, and fine dust pickup trails vacuums with a soft roller or shutoff switch. Mixed-floor homes manage fine; mostly-hardwood homes should pick something with a brushroll switch like the Shark NV360.

CleanView Swivel Pet vs Shark Navigator NV360 — which one?

The Bissell is $40-50 cheaper, 2 lbs lighter, and matches the Shark on surface pet hair. The Shark counters with sealed HEPA filtration, a brushroll shutoff for bare floors, the Lift-Away pod for stairs, and a 5-year warranty versus 3. Owner consensus: tightest budgets and no allergies, take the Bissell; everyone else stretches to the Shark.

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Upright

~$110

Bissell

Bissell CleanView Swivel Pet

Name: Bissell CleanView Swivel Pet
Brand: Bissell
Price: 110 USD
Availability: InStock

The cheapest vacuum on this list is also one of the most-purchased vacuums in America, with a six-figure review count and a simple pitch: real pet-hair pickup for about a hundred bucks. The Triple Action brushroll and 13.5-inch cleaning path chew through surface pet hair on carpet impressively for the price, swivel steering makes it easy to drive, and at 12.5 pounds it's lighter than most of the uprights above it. Bissell's scatter-free tech mostly keeps litter and kibble from ricocheting on hard floors. You're giving things up to hit this price, and owners are clear about what: it's loud, there's no brushroll shutoff so bare-floor performance is just okay, the filtration is a washable foam stack rather than a sealed HEPA system (allergy households should spend more), long hair does wrap the brushroll, and the plastics feel like the price. Expect it to work hard for three to five years rather than a decade. As a first vacuum, a rental-house vacuum, or a dedicated upstairs machine, it's the obvious pick.

Approx. price

~$110

Filtration

Multi-level filtration with washable filter

Best For

First-apartment and budget pet households

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Specifications

Not disclosed

Corded

Multi-level filtration with washable filter

Bagged

Type

Upright

Dustbin Capacity

1 L

Weight

12.5 lbs

Warranty

3 years

Model

2252

Highlights

Real pet-hair pickup for about $110Triple Action brushroll, 13.5 in pathLight at 12.5 lbs

Pros

✓Unbeatable price-to-performance on carpet and pet hair
✓Swivel steering and low 12.5 lb weight make it easy to drive
✓Scatter-free tech keeps litter from ricocheting on hard floors
✓1 L tank with bottom-empty door
✓Washable filter — minimal running costs
✓Includes Pet TurboEraser and crevice/upholstery tools

Cons

✗Loud in operation
✗No brushroll shutoff — mediocre on bare floors and scatters fine debris
✗Foam filtration, not a sealed HEPA system — not for allergy sufferers
✗Long hair wraps the brushroll and needs regular scissor cleanup
✗Build quality matches the price — plastics flex and hose reach is short

Owner Insights(260 discussions)

The CleanView Swivel Pet is the people's vacuum — one of the best-selling uprights in America, with over 65,000 Amazon reviews averaging 4.6 stars, and an owner base that talks about it the way people talk about a dependable old truck. The pitch is simple: real pet-hair pickup on carpet for about $110, in a 12.5 lb package that's easier to drive than any of the heavyweight uprights above it. Multi-pet households report four-plus years of daily service, which at this price works out to pennies per week.

Living with it means accepting exactly what the price implies. It's loud — the single most repeated complaint — and the filtration is honestly the weakest in its class: a washable foam stack rather than a sealed HEPA system, with testing showing fine particles escaping back into the air. Hair wraps the brushroll fast, and the bars around the roll make scissor cleanup more annoying than it should be. There's no brushroll shutoff, so bare floors get an okay-not-great clean, and the short hose limits above-floor work. None of these are surprises to owners; they're the understood terms of the deal.

Buy it as a first vacuum, a rental-house vacuum, or a dedicated upstairs machine for a pet household on a budget — nothing under $120 matches it, and the Shark Navigator NV360 at $40-50 more is its only real rival (better filtration and a lift-away pod, slightly heavier). Skip it if anyone in the house has allergies: the NV360's sealed HEPA system or the bagged Kenmore Intuition is worth the stretch. For everyone else, 65,000 reviewers have already run the experiment.

Pros

+Durability outruns the price: a four-year owner running three corgi-mixes, a lab mix, and two cats reports theirs still going strong — typical of the 'it just keeps working' testimony behind its 65,000+ Amazon reviews
+Surface pet-hair pickup on carpet is the headline — owners consistently call it the best cleaning-per-dollar in the sub-$120 bracket, and it holds a 4.6-star average at that enormous review volume
+At 12.5 lbs with swivel steering it's notably lighter and easier to drive than the 16-17 lb Sharks and Dysons above it
+Scatter-free tech mostly keeps litter and kibble from ricocheting on hard floors, a rarity at this price
+Washable foam filter means effectively zero running costs
+The included Pet TurboEraser and crevice tools are genuinely useful rather than drawer filler, and the bottom-empty 1 L tank keeps hands out of the dirt

Cons

−It is loud — the most repeated complaint across owner reviews, in a rattly register that sends pets out of the room
−Filtration is the weak point: testing found it releases fine airborne particles, and owners with allergies or dander sensitivity are consistently warned off — there's no sealed system and no HEPA
−Hair wraps the brushroll quickly, and obstructive bars around the roll make cutting tangled strands out a genuine hassle
−No brushroll shutoff, so bare-floor performance is mediocre and fine debris can scatter despite the scatter-free duct
−Plasticky build quality matches the price — owners treat it as a 3-5 year machine, not a decade machine
−Short hose reach limits above-floor cleaning, and there's no lift-away option for stairs