Not so great for carpet, but nice on hard floors
I am a big fan of Swiffer products. I use the Wet Jet and Dusters almost daily. When I saw this item at the store, I was skeptical. It didn't really look like it would work that good. But it was on sale, so I bought it. I put it together (pushing the pole together was kind of hard) fairly easily. I inserted the cartridge. (My house mainly has laminate hard wood floors and just a little carpet. I bought the Flick for in between vacuumings.) I rolled it along the carpet and it really didn't pick up that much. I tried it on the laminate though and it picked up all the dust and crumbs that my toddler had made during his recent snack. (Note: the box says not to use on hard wood or laminate floors.) It worked really well on the laminate, similar to a broom. The bottom has two small 'brushes' that would stop it from scratching the floor, so I am not sure why the box advises against using it on that type of flooring. Overall, this is not that great of a product for carpet. I like it for my...
Good for what it is designed to do
When you buy this product, you have to be certain that your expectations are properly set. It is not a vacuum cleaner and won't pull dirt out of a carpet. It isn't even a traditional carpet sweeper with rotating brushes that lift hair and surface dirt into a chamber for emptying.
What the Carpet Flick is good at is picking up surface dirt and litter. It has no moving parts, so it depends on (1) rolling over litter that sticks up above the surface of the carpet, or (2) having litter that is light enough so that the small internal "breeze" that moving the unit back and forth causes is enough to flick the dirt into the upper container.
I have used this unit extensively since I purchased it. I can truthfully say that it does a wonderful job in cleaning up a tremendous amount of environmental "stuff." Compared to a small Casabella brand carpet sweeper which I had used before I bought this product, the Carpet Flick does a much better job.
I am very happy...
useless
I am a huge fan of the original Swiffer. So, I was really excited to try this out. We have just one area rug. The rest of our place is all hardwood floors, so I figured this would be good for cleaning the rug.
The Flik is basically a pretty orange plastic case on the outside and a tiny replaceable sticky pad on the inside. Angled bristles on the bottom are meant to 'flick' dirt up onto the sticky pad where it's supposed to stay. Sadly, it only picks up about half the dirt the first time over. On the next go it picks up some more and at the same time drops some of the stuff from the first round back on the floor. Yeah, it's only meant for 'in between' cleanings, but who is willing to pay money for a product that only picks up half the dirt? I ended up buying a big sticky roller. I have to use a ton of sheets of adhesive, but at least it works. Don't waste your money on the Flik!
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