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In this guide
Forty dollars does not buy much vacuum, so the useful question about the Bissell FeatherWeight 2033X is what it leaves out to get there. Read straight from Bissell's spec accordion: no battery, no cord rewind, no swivel head, no filter indicator and no second stage of filtration. What remains is a corded stick with a 0.67 L cup, a floor nozzle and a crevice tool, at $39.99 in Canadian dollars from Bissell's Canadian store.
The nearest step up on that site is the FeatherWeight Turbo Stick 2610E at $79.99, which adds a rotating brush and automatic height adjustment and costs twice as much. The 2033X is the cheap, plug-in answer for bare floors and stairs in a small space. It is not a whole-house machine, and it is not for pet hair on carpet; the spec list and the user guide both say so in their own ways.
Our verdict
A reasonable $39.99 second vacuum for hard floors, stairs and small rooms, if you accept an outlet every 15 feet, a cup that fills fast and a single filter that needs shaking out after most sessions.
- A good fit for
- An apartment, residence room or upstairs hallway with mostly bare floors or low-pile rugs, where a full-size vacuum is overkill and a cordless one costs twice as much.
- We would skip it if
- You have deep carpet, shedding pets or rooms far from outlets, or you expect a filter indicator, a swivel head or edge cleaning; none of those are on this machine.
Reasons to consider it
- Under three pounds by either of Bissell's figures, with a quick-release handle that turns the stick into a hand vacuum for stairs and upholstery
- Corded operation means no battery to age out, and the warranty has no battery clause to worry about
- The dirt cup lifts off the grip and the filter can be washed by hand, so running costs are close to zero
The compromises
- One-stage filtration and a 0.67 L cup: the user guide's troubleshooting table blames a clogged or dirty filter for weak suction and dust blowing from the vent
- The 15 ft cord has no rewind, only wrap hooks, and the page copy calls hand mode a cordless solution in one sentence while the spec says corded
- The listed weight is 2.6 lb in the spec accordion and 2.9 lb in the FAQ and the summary figure; Bissell does not say which one includes the handle and floor nozzle
What we have not verified: Suction, noise, how quickly the cup fills and how the filter holds up over months were not measured; every figure is Bissell's, and the $39.99 price was read on Bissell's Canadian site on October 16, 2026.
The things in this guide
A closer look at the products, who they may suit, and what to check before buying.
FeatherWeight Lightweight Stick Vacuum · 2033
For $39.99 the 2033X gives a light corded stick that splits into a hand vacuum, a washable filter, a lift-off dirt cup and one year of warranty cover, with no battery to replace and no consumables beyond the filter itself.
Before you buy: A 15 ft cord with wrap hooks sets the range, the 0.67 L cup and single filter need frequent attention, there is one height setting and no swivel, and Bissell's pages disagree on whether it weighs 2.6 or 2.9 lb.
Price checked October 16, 2026. Retailer prices can change.Bissell lists two weights, and the difference is a handle and a nozzle
The spec accordion under Other Specs gives 2.6 lb. The figure beside the price and the FAQ answer both give 2.9 lb. Neither says what is attached. The user guide's parts list shows a hand vacuum body, a quick-release handle and a removable floor nozzle, so the likeliest reading is that one number is the hand unit and the other the assembled stick, but Bissell does not say so.
For a buyer the gap hardly matters; under three pounds is light by any standard, and either number supports the stairs-and-small-rooms pitch. What it does show is that the page draws on more than one data source, a reason to trust the accordion's hard specs, cord length and cup volume, over the marketing paragraphs. One of those paragraphs calls the hand mode a cordless solution; the accordion's Power Source line says Corded, and the guide has a polarized plug and cord-wrap hooks. Corded is right.
Fifteen feet of cord, no rewind, and one height setting
Power Cord Length is 15 ft, Automatic Cord Rewind is No, and the guide's storage steps end with looping the cord around the wrap hooks on the handle and clipping the plug to it. Fifteen feet covers a bedroom or a landing from one outlet and a small living room from two; it does not cover a hallway run without replugging. Bissell publishes no suction or airflow figure for the 2033X, so the only performance claim on the page is the phrase strong suction.
The accordion lists one surface height setting, no swivel head and no edge cleaning. Its surface list runs from low-pile carpet and carpet to stairs, bare floors, sealed hard floors and countertops, and the FAQ narrows that to low-pile carpets, area rugs and hard floors. Read the FAQ as the honest version: a fixed-height nozzle on a stick this light is a hard-floor and thin-rug tool, and deep pile will slow it down and fill the cup with fibres.
The 0.67 L cup and the one filter set the maintenance rhythm
Dirty Tank Capacity is 0.67 L, bagless, with a release latch at the hand grip. The guide's emptying steps are to hold the vacuum vertical, press the latch, pull the dirt container, lift the filter out, empty both into a bin and refit them. Filter Type is 1 Stage and Clean Filter Indicator is No, so there is one filter inside the cup and nothing on the machine tells you it is dirty.
The guide's troubleshooting table does that job instead. Weak suction and dust blowing from the vent are traced to a filter that is clogged, wet or dirty, to a clogged container, or to a filter not seated in its frame. The prescribed care is to shake the filter out over a bin and, after heavy use, wash it by hand in warm water with mild dish detergent, rinse, and let it dry completely before refitting. The guide warns against running it with a damp filter, says to use only Bissell replacement filters, and the warranty excludes filters as routine-maintenance parts, so a worn filter is a purchase, not a claim.
What the 3-in-1 label covers, and what the one-year warranty does
Stick mode is the hand vacuum with the handle and floor nozzle fitted. Hand mode is the body alone, or the body with the floor nozzle or the crevice tool attached for stairs and above-floor work; the page's What's in the box block lists the crevice tool. Bissell's heading counts that as 3-in-1, and its FAQ answers yes to whether it is a 2-in-1, which is the same configuration counted differently. Conversion is a latch at the top of the hand unit that releases the handle.
Bissell Canada's warranty runs one year from the original purchase date, covers personal use only, and has Bissell repair or replace a defective part at its option, including with refurbished or remanufactured components. It excludes fans and routine-maintenance parts such as filters, bags, belts and brushes, plus damage from negligence, abuse or unauthorized repair, and it is valid only where the product was sold. Bissell's liability is capped at the purchase price. Quebec buyers also get a notice that Bissell does not guarantee the availability of replacement parts or repair services.
Skip it for carpet, pets, or any room the cord cannot reach
The 2033X is a small-space, hard-floor machine, and the case against it is the same list read the other way. Deep carpet defeats a fixed-height nozzle. A shedding dog or cat will pack the single filter and the 0.67 L cup within a room. A house with long hallways or few outlets turns the 15 ft cord into constant replugging. In any of those homes a bigger corded upright or a proper cordless is cheaper in time than $39.99 is in money.
Bissell's own step up shows where the money goes. The FeatherWeight Turbo Stick 2610E is $79.99, weighs 4.35 lb against the 2033X's 2.6 or 2.9, and adds auto height adjustment and a rotating brush system; it keeps the 15 ft cord, the 1-stage filter and the roughly 0.7 L cup. Someone with carpet in the main living area should price that one. Someone with a studio apartment, a tiled kitchen and a flight of stairs is the FeatherWeight 2033X's customer.
How we put this together
Built from the product pages and listings below, without test scores or results we have not measured. Specifications and prices change, so check the original page for the exact model, current price, delivery, and returns.
- Bissell Canada: FeatherWeight Lightweight Stick Vacuum 2033X (opens in a new tab)
- Bissell: FeatherWeight 2033 Series user guide (PDF, English and French) (opens in a new tab)
- Bissell Canada: One Year Limited Warranty (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
- Bissell Canada: FeatherWeight Turbo Stick Vacuum 2610E (opens in a new tab)
