Whoaa that was intense! I just fired up my Bissell Cleanview II Special Edition vacuum cleaner for the very first time. This shiny red plastic beast comes with a million and one attachments, includes a Hepa filter, has a wide cleaning path, a turbo brush, and dual edge cleaning (?? I have know idea what this means). Oh and get this, it has a headlight on it, yes a headlight, so you can see all the clumps of dust in those dark dusky corners under your bed.

The slogan on the box says 'We mean clean'. And clean it did, but not without waking the whole of Manhattan. It's about 10:30pm here, which isn't THAT late for a city that never sleeps, so I while I had the motivation to clean I thought I'd better ride that wave.

Well, if you've ever wondered what it feels like to hold a jackhammer, wonder no more. Just buy the Bissell Cleanview II Special Edition. It vibrated through my floor like a mad little Energizer bunny. I'm sure the neighbours downstairs were cursing my name for a good 10 minutes straight. This thing was so loud it sounded like a Mac truck ran through my apartment.

Oh lookie here, I found these comments about it on the net:

'Heavy, loud, high maintenance, terrible performance'
'Cons: too many to mention'
'Cons: parts break down and melt ruining the entire vacuum'
'Worse cleaner I have ever owned'

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, given its $60 price tag, but I definitely got $60 worth of laughs tonight, and come to think of it.... I would pay $60 just for that headlight.

This vacuum sucks, and not in a good way.