BISSELL Little Green Portable Cleaner vs Hoover SmartWash+ Carpet Cleaner

These are different tools, not rivals at the same job. The Little Green is a 9.7 lb portable spot cleaner for stairs, upholstery, car seats and pet accidents; the SmartWash+ is an 18.9 lb upright that cleans whole rooms of carpet. Buy the Little Green for targeted messes and tight spaces, and the SmartWash+ if you want to deep clean wall-to-wall carpet with less effort. Owners rate the Little Green highly (4.4 from about 29,000 ratings) for convenience; SmartWash+ reviewers praise its push-forward cleaning and suction but report a few durability and leaking complaints.

• Choose the BISSELL Little Green if you need a light, corded spot cleaner for stairs, sofas, mattresses and car interiors, and you want to spray, scrub and extract small messes without dragging out a full-size machine.
• Choose the Hoover SmartWash+ if most of your cleaning is wall-to-wall carpet and you want an upright that washes on the push stroke and dries on the pull, with no trigger to hold.