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I’ll admit it — I’m pretty new to the carpet life. Having spent most of my adulthood in apartment buildings, I just accepted laminate and tile as ways of life. Now that I live in a house, though, I have a couple of new surfaces to worry about. I have rugs from room to room and carpet throughout my living area, and I’ve quickly learned that a weekly pass with a vacuum is like trying to fight a fire with a teacup.
So, I decided it was time to venture into the wide world of carpet cleaners. I started where everyone does, with a Bissell Big Green. After all, it was a name I grew up knowing and always seemed like the best in the business. At least, it was until I got to try Tineco’s CARPET ONE Cruiser and learned how much more I could get out of a carpet cleaner. Here’s how I put the two to the test.
Heavy? Or heavy duty?
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I’ll be honest — if I lived entirely alone, I don’t know if I ever would have ditched my Bissell Big Green. It’s a perfectly fine carpet cleaner that gets the job done, so I probably would have just rolled along none the wiser. However, as a proud dad of two cats, I tend to shy away from anything that stresses out my kids. And, when I’m fumbling to pull a 40-pound carpet cleaner out of my closet, it tends to send them scurrying.
So, when I first saw Tineco’s cleaning lineup back at CES 2025, I was intrigued by the idea of something a little more portable. At just 9.98 kilograms, the CARPET ONE Cruiser weighs about half of the Big Green, and I don’t feel like I’m stumbling to get it out and set up nearly as much.
I realized how much of a difference a little careful design can make as I unboxed the two cleaners and found myself straining to pull out the Big Green compared to the CARPET ONE Cruiser. Sure, the Big Green is a little easier to put together since it only has one removable part — the hose — but I’m not sure simplicity is always best. I greatly appreciate that I can pop the CARPET ONE Cruiser into pieces, making it much easier to clean or unjam if something goes through the brushes and the filters.
Power and precision in one
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