The rug doctor is a smaller and lighter carpet cleaner than the bissell.
Bissell big green vs rug doctor deep clean.
Rug doctor vac offers a lighter body that weighs almost twice less 25 pounds and comes with a longer 28 ft cord.
Part of the reason for this may be that the bissell uses a large brush roll where the rug doctor uses a vibrating brush bar.
Bissell machine weighs 45 pounds and has a 25ft cord.
However as you would notice it is not a total domination and you would notice that in some categories the rug doctor is superior power cord length water tank capacity.
The big green is more comparable in size and functions to the larger rug doctor called the mighty pro x3.
Which deep carpet vacuum is more maneuverable.
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