Bissell CleanView Rewind Pet Bagless Vacuum with Automatic Cord Rewind, Active Extension Wand for Hard-to-Reach Areas, Powerful Suction & Multi-Surface Cleaning, 3534

Yes. Suction on the 3534 is strong, and it often lifts a surprising amount of settled dust and dirt out of carpet that looked clean. Bissell's OnePass brushes are built to do the job on the first pass. On hard floors, the Scatter-Free design is meant to catch debris rather than push it around.

For most homes, yes. It's the feature that comes up most: one press pulls the 25-foot cord back into the 3534, and some say they wouldn't go back to wrapping a cord by hand. It turns putting the vacuum away into a few seconds' job.

Mostly, yes. It gets fur up from carpet even with large, heavy shedders, and the TurboBrush tool handles hair on stairs and upholstery. The catch is the 1-liter tank: with a shedding pet it fills quickly, so expect to empty the 3534 partway through a whole-house clean.

It's mixed. Several find the 3534 fairly quiet, with no high-pitched whine, while at least one calls it on the loud side. Bissell doesn't publish a decibel figure, so if noise matters a lot, expect an ordinary corded upright.

Well. The hose and Active Extension Wand, which reaches up to 10 feet, get regular use on stairs, vents, blinds and ledges. One complaint is that the 3534's hose is a bit stiff, so it can take some wrestling around tight corners.

A HEPA filter, and Bissell says the filters are washable.