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In this guide
Forty dollars does not buy much vacuum, so the useful question about Bissell's FeatherWeight 2033 is what it leaves out to get there. The answer, read straight from Bissell's spec accordion: a battery, a hose, a cord rewind, a swivel head, a filter indicator and any second stage of filtration. What remains is a 2 amp corded motor on a stick, a 9.5 inch floor nozzle, a 0.67 liter cup and a crevice tool, at $39.99 direct.
Bissell sells its cordless Pet Hair Eraser hand vacuum, model 2390, for $89.99, and that gap frames the FeatherWeight fairly. The 2033 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, and this review takes them at their word.
Our verdict
A reasonable $39.99 second vacuum for hard floors, stairs and small rooms, provided you accept a wall outlet every 15 feet, a dirt cup that fills fast and a filter that needs shaking out after most sessions.
- A good fit for
- An apartment, dorm or upstairs hallway with mostly bare floors or low-pile rugs, where a full-size vacuum is overkill and a cordless one costs three times as much.
- We would skip it if
- You have deep carpet, pets that shed, rooms far from outlets, or you expect a filter indicator, a swivel head or edge cleaning; not one 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's normal-wear clause about batteries simply does not apply
- 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 liter cup: the user guide's own troubleshooting table lists a clogged or dirty filter as the cause of low suction and dust blowing from the vent
- The 15 foot cord has no rewind, only wrap hooks, and the page copy calls the 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 badge; Bissell does not say which one includes the wand and nozzle
What we have not verified: Suction, noise, how quickly the cup fills and how the filter holds up over months were not measured for this article; every number here is Bissell's, and the $39.99 price was checked on September 11, 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 2033 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 foot cord with wrap hooks sets the range, the 0.67 liter 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 September 11, 2026. Retailer prices can change.Bissell lists two weights, and the difference is a wand and a nozzle
The spec accordion under Other Specs gives 2.6 lb. The summary badge near the price and the FAQ answer both give 2.9 lb. Neither figure says what is attached. The user guide's parts diagram shows a hand vacuum body, a removable extension wand and a removable floor nozzle, so the most plausible reading is that one number is the hand unit and the other the assembled stick, but Bissell does not say so and this article did not weigh either configuration.
For a buyer the gap hardly matters; a three-pound stick is light by any standard, and either number supports Bissell's stairs-and-small-rooms pitch. What the discrepancy does show is that the page was assembled from more than one data source, which is a reason to trust the accordion's hard specs, cord length, cup volume, amperage, 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 user guide has a polarized plug and cord-wrap hooks. Corded is right.
Fifteen feet of cord, no rewind, and a 9.5 inch head with one setting
Power Cord Length is 15 feet, Automatic Cord Rewind is No, and the guide's after-cleaning steps end with looping the cord around the two 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. The 2 amp rating is modest, and Bissell publishes no suction or airflow figure, so the only performance claim on the page is the phrase strong suction, which was not tested here.
The floor nozzle is 9.5 inches wide with one height setting, no swivel and no edge cleaning, per the accordion. The surface list runs to low pile carpet, carpet, 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, brushless nozzle on a 2 amp motor is a hard-floor and thin-rug tool, and deep pile will slow it down and fill the cup with fibers.
The 0.67 liter cup and the one filter set the maintenance rhythm
Bissell rates the dirt cup at 0.67 liters, bagless, with a latch at the top of the hand grip. The guide's emptying procedure is to hold the vacuum vertical, press the latch, pull the tank, lift the filter out, tip the tank into a bin and tap it, then refit filter and tank. Filter Type is listed as 1 Stage and Clean Filter Indicator as No, so there is one filter, it sits inside the tank, and nothing on the machine tells you it is dirty.
The guide's troubleshooting table does that job instead. Low suction or dust blowing out of the vent is attributed to a filter that is clogged, wet or dirty, to a clogged tank, or to a filter not seated in its frame. The prescribed care is to shake and tap the filter over a bin after use and, after heavy use, wash it by hand in warm water with mild detergent, rinse, and let it dry completely before refitting; the guide warns against running the vacuum with a damp filter or without one, and says to replace it if torn. The warranty document 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
The box holds four pieces: the hand vacuum, the extension wand, the foot assembly and a crevice tool. Stick mode is wand plus foot; hand mode is the body alone, or the body with the foot or the crevice tool attached for stairs and above-floor work. Bissell's page 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, released to pull the wand.
Bissell's warranty on the 2033 runs one year with the usual limits, counted from purchase or delivery, whichever is later, valid only in the US and its territories, and not transferable. It covers defects that existed at purchase, with Bissell choosing whether to repair the unit or replace it, and paying the shipping to send the unit in. It excludes commercial use, filters and other routine-maintenance parts, normal wear, and damage from misuse; the user guide adds that commercial use voids it outright. The terms also route disputes to arbitration with a class waiver, with an opt-out via Bissell's terms page or phone line.
Skip it for carpet, pets, or any room the cord cannot reach
The 2033 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 with no brush roll. A shedding dog or cat will pack the single filter and the 0.67 liter cup within a room, and the machine has nothing motorized to lift embedded hair. A house with long hallways or few outlets turns the 15 foot cord into a constant replugging exercise. In any of those homes a bigger corded upright or a proper cordless is cheaper in time than the $39.99 is in money.
The in-house alternative shows where the money goes. Bissell's cordless Pet Hair Eraser 2390 costs $89.99, carries a motorized brush and a lithium-ion battery, and gives up the floor-cleaning stick entirely. Someone with a pet and upholstery is better served there; someone with a studio apartment, a tiled kitchen and a flight of stairs is the FeatherWeight's customer, and gets a lot of convenience for the price as long as the filter gets shaken out on schedule.
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: FeatherWeight Lightweight Stick Vacuum 2033 (opens in a new tab)
- Bissell: FeatherWeight Stick Vacuum 2033 Series user guide (PDF, part 1646583) (opens in a new tab)
- Bissell: Limited warranty document, one year (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
- Bissell: Pet Hair Eraser Lithium Ion Cordless Pet Hand Vacuum 2390 (opens in a new tab)
