Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet Pro Plus vs Bissell Revolution HydroSteam Pet

Analysis

A thorough examination of the differences between the ProHeat 2X Revolution and the HydroSteam Pet in six different categories.

Both models have lower measured suction than average.

Both models have the same suction measured suction at the hose (where a spot cleaning tool would attach to the hose).

The ProHeat 2x Revolution has more measured suction at the base and at the nozzle.

Winner: ProHeat 2X Revolution

The table above lists the number of passes it took to clean each stain.

A score higher than 10 indicates the stain wasn’t cleaned after 10 passes (we ended the test after 10 passes). The higher the score past 10, the darker the stain that was left behind.

As you can see in the table above, both models left behind a light tomato sauce stain after 10 passes, but only the ProHeat 2x Revolution also left behind a light peanut butter stain after 10 passes. The HydroSteam completely cleaned up the peanut butter stain in only 7 passes.

The HydroSteam also outperformed the ProHeat 2x Revolution cleaning up several other stains. It was an especially impressive performer cleaning up the syrup stains. It cleaned up the caramel syrup stain in 2 fewer passes than the ProHeat and it cleaned up the chocolate syrup stain in 3 fewer passes than the ProHeat.

Winner: HydroSteam, by a large margin

Both models left the carpet wetter than average after cleaning, though the HydroSteam left carpet even wetter than the ProHeat 2x Revolution.

Winner: ProHeat 2X Revolution

Both models have a very similar size clean water tank, but the HydroSteam uses slightly more water to clean, so it cleans a smaller area than the ProHeat before you need to refill its clean tank with soap and water.

The HydroSteam does have a significantly larger dirty water tank and so it can clean a larger area than the ProHeat before you need to empty its dirty water tank.

Winner: Tie – the ProHeat 2x Revolution can cover a larger area per clean tank. The HydroSteam can cover a larger area per dirty water tank.

You can take apart the dirty water tank of both models to clean these tanks very easily.

You can also remove the nozzle of both models to clean around their brushrolls fairly easily. There are slightly more parts to clean on the HydroSteam though.

Winner: ProHeat 2x Revolution

You can connect a hose to both models to use a spot cleaning tool.

Both models performed very similarly in our spot cleaning test.

Winner: Tie

Other Notes and Features

Both models have one unique defining feature.

The HydroSteam uses steam in addition to soap and water to clean. This feature made a big difference in our testing. Recall the HydroSteam was able to perform very well in our upright stain test despite having very low measured suction. We believe it was able to do so because it uses steam in addition to soap and water to clean.

The ProHeat 2x Revolution features CleanShot. Using CleanShot you can pre-spray stains. There’s a sprayer at the front right of the cleaner that activates when you step on a button on the back of the cleaner head. This particular feature didn’t really make much of a difference in our testing though. The ProHeat cleaned the stains slightly faster when pre-spraying, but only by a pass or two. If you count pre-spraying as an additional “pass” in our test, it really didn’t clean any faster at all when pre-spraying.

Winner: HydroSteam – because it’s steam cleaning feature actually made a difference in our testing.

Verdict

Our bottom line recommendations.

We generally recommend the Bissell HydroSteam over the ProHeat 2X Revolution, because it performed significantly better in our upright stain test.