Bissell CleanView 9595 with OnePass

The number of upright vacuum options from Bissell is overwhelming, and it’s hard to tell which model is better than the other, so we aim to inform you about the design and vacuuming performance of each model.

The CleanView vacuums are uprights with a broad price range that increases with the features available on each model.  One thing to note is that the CleanView vacuums do not have the Lift-Off feature which allows you to detach the vacuum body and use the attachment tools to clean places that your vacuum’s hose won’t reach.

So where does the CleanView 9595a stand?  It’s an entry-level model with basic features and accessories like a crevice tool at a very affordable price.  It’s a strong performer on low to medium-pile carpet found in most homes but lacks the features to be able to handle bare floor, such as hardwood floors or tile, since you can’t control the brushroll.

The CleanView 9595 with OnePass technology is a solid choice for homes with primarily low to medium-pile carpeted floors, stairs, a few pets, and no special needs for HEPA (or greater) filtration.

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Design

The CleanView 9595 with OnePass technology and innovative brush design comes in three different colors, green (95957), purple (9595a), teal (95956), and orange (95953).  There’s no difference between the different models, and you get the same attachments and vacuum with different accents of color.

Here are a few highlights:

• 5 Floor Type Settings that adjust the height of the cleaner head
• Foam filter (washable)
• Hose stretches comfortably to 6 feet (reaching roughly 7.5 feet from the ground)
• Crevice Tool, Extension Hose, Turbo Brush Tool

 

Specifications

Cleaner Head

The belt that drives the brush roll on the Cleanview 9595 with OnePass technology is under the vertical green plastic that extends down to the rear wheels in the picture below.  The brush roll is reasonably easy to access for cleaning by removing the 7 screws holding the green cover plate in place.  We’ve seen much more accessible brush rolls on other vacuums, such as the Shark ION P50 cordless upright, which you can simply pop off the top cover by pushing a button.

The downside to this vacuum’s cleaner head is that the belt blocks off the portion of the brush roll that extends to the right of the belt in the picture above.  There is no suction in that area, and the brush roll spins so fast that it acts as a fan and will blow surface debris like pet hair around when on bare flooring. 

This is one of the reasons we don’t recommend this vacuum on bare floors.  It’s not an issue at all on carpet except for the smaller active suction area, but we found it to not affect our satisfaction with the vacuum on low-pile and medium-pile carpet.

About the 5 Floor Settings

On the initial pass with the vacuum, one of the first things I tried to do is see what the floor settings do by turning the knob while the vacuum is turned on.  Unfortunately, there is no function to slow down or stop the brush roll, and the different floor settings only raise and lower the cleaner head.

On bare floors, the cleaner head is lowered nearly flush with the floor to maximize the effectiveness of the suction (the cyclonic system also ensures no loss of suction).  However, the CleanView 9595 failed our bare floor test and still threw smaller debris like dog hair behind the vacuum.  Check out the details of the test in the Performance section below.

 

The CleanView 9595 is not going to be able to go very far under most furniture and wouldn’t be considered “low profile.”  The front of the cleaner head is roughly 3″ tall but slopes upward toward the back of the vacuum to about 4″.  The vacuum’s body can’t lean back very far so don’t expect to vacuum under a bed or couch.

The floor setting knob has grooves at different depths that adjust the height of the vacuum’s cleaner head by changing the height of the front wheels shown below.

The underside of the cleaner head is pictured above with the green plate removed, which exposes the belt that drives the innovative brush and you can see the pivoting front wheel plate that adjusts the height of the brush roll.

As you might expect when the knob is turned to high carpet the corresponding notch on the underside of the knob raises the cleaner head, while the bare floor setting lowers it.

Dustbin

The CleanView vacuum has a typical bagless dirt tank that allows you to empty dirt at the bottom and easily pops on and off the vacuum body. The 9595 has a 2-liter dirt tank, which is larger than your average bagless upright. When manufacturers add on fancy features one of the first things to get cut is dustbin size, so there is some advantage to the simplistic design of the 9595.

Filtration

The filter system on the CleanView 9595 is a washable foam filter with an additional exhaust filter for catching super-fine debris such as pet hair (thereby satisfying pet owners), and reducing household allergens. It’s not HEPA quality and isn’t ideal if you have serious allergy problems or have respiratory problems.

Both filters are easy to access.  You’ll find the washable foam tank filter in the top of the dirt tank and the exhaust filter in a slide-out tray just below where the dustbin attaches to the vacuum body.  The holes on the green plate where the dustbin rests are where the vacuum’s air is exhausted.

The foam tank filter takes the majority of the dust from the air flowing through the vacuum, so you will need to check it regularly. Cleaning it once every week or two is advised, or earlier if you notice poor suction power.

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Performance

We made an initial pass with the CleanView 95957 on four types of flooring: bare floor (tile or concrete), low-pile carpet, medium-pile carpet, and high-pile carpet.

Most homes will have some amount of bare flooring, such as hardwood floors or tile, and medium-pile carpet with an area rug.  We are most concerned with how the upright vacuum performs on a high-pile carpet in both picking up debris and dealing with the carpet thickness, as well as bare flooring which often leads to pet hair getting thrown behind the vacuum if it is ill-equipped.  

The CleanView 9595 has no way to turn off the brush roll, and the 5-floor settings only raise and lower the cleaner head.  This is a sign that this upright vacuum isn’t meant for vacuuming bare flooring, and indeed in our tests, it was a complete disaster.  Check it out below.

Test Debris

Bare Floor Test

The bare floor test is where many vacuums fail. To succeed at the bare floor test, you must have the ability to decrease the speed of the brushroll, stop the brushroll completely, or have a cleaner head designed with bare floors in mind.

The CleanView 9595 is a simple upright and doesn’t have much in terms of features for handling different floor types.  Just being able to raises and lower the cleaner head is not enough.  That’s why it failed spectacularly with all debris types like cat hair on a bare floor.

Now, the best way to handle larger debris with an upright like this is to simply use the hose with the wand extension and pick up the larger pieces.  For the smaller debris like pet hair, you either need to just get a broom or get a vacuum that is meant for bare floors.

Uprights aren’t as versatile as stick vacuums or canister vacuums since the cleaner head is permanently integrated into the vacuum, and the most you can do is use an attachment on the hose.  Stick vacuums, such as the Shark ION F80 or Dyson V10, come with cleaner heads designed for bare floors and you can swap them out for other attachments.  The Shark ION F80 has a unique cleaner head that includes two brushrolls and can seamlessly switch between carpet and bare floors.

If you’re concerned about vacuuming bare floors, here are a few Bissell vacuums that have brushroll controls.

Low-pile Carpet Test

Low-pile carpet offers enough resistance for the suction to prevail over the brushroll flinging debris behind the vacuum.  In this test, the vacuum did not throw any of the rice or oats behind it.  The CleanView 9595 easily picked up the smaller debris on the initial pass, and we can certainly recommend it for this type of carpet.

We also tried raising the height of the cleaner head by switching to the high carpet setting to see if we could pick up the larger debris, but this caused the vacuum to throw rice behind the vacuum.  The further away, the cleaner head is from the floor, the less effective the suction is, and the brushroll easily overpowers it.

In the end, the best way to deal with larger debris is to just use the hose along with the wand extension.  Overall this test went better than expected after the messy bare floor test, and we think this vacuum is an excellent budget choice if you’ve got low-pile carpet.

Medium-pile Carpet Test

This is what this cleaning system seems to be made for.  Medium-pile carpet is found in most homes and we’re confident you won’t be disappointed in the performance of this vacuum if this is the primary floor type you’ll be vacuuming with it.

There was no issue with pushing the dog food forward like we saw in other tests.  This just seems to be a sweet spot for the cleaner head height and pile height of the carpet.  We’re confident in recommending this vacuum for this type of carpet. 

High-pile Carpet Test

Pushing and pulling the vacuum cleaner was uncomfortable and we don’t recommend using this vacuum on anything with a higher pile height, such as shag area rugs.  The pain point seems to be not being able to control the brushroll speed as it dug into the carpet.

In general, you want the brushroll to spin faster on carpet than on bare floors, but there’s a point where it becomes too much when the carpet is thick and slowing down the brushroll would help if you’ve exhausted the height adjustments.

The test was done on the high carpet setting and this still was not enough to make it easy to push and pull the vacuum.

As you can see, the vacuum was able to pick up roughly half the dog food on the initial pass before pushing it into a pile toward the edge of the frame.  You could continue to vacuum and push the larger debris around and finally suction up all of the dog food, and that’s why we give this a partial pass. 

While this vacuum was able to handle this high-pile carpet test, we can’t recommend it as a good solution for vacuuming this type of carpet. The brushroll speed could potentially damage soft high-pile carpet and certainly will strain the brushroll belt.

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