Swiffer Carpet Flick Carpet Sweeper Starter Kit , 1 kit
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Customer Reviews of Swiffer Carpet Flick Carpet Sweeper Starter Kit , 1 kit
Customer Review: Swiffer Carpet Cleaner
Summary: 3 Stars
The Swiffer Carpet Sweeper is good for the most part. If you live alone, and are not messy it's pretty useful. It does not pick up in corners at all though. If you do not put the sheet on correctly, or shake it the least bit, things you have picked up can fall off of it really easy. I wouldn't suggest this if you have a big (5 or more) family. If you have a small (3-4) family and they aren't messy I might suggest it. If you live alone or in a dorm, it would be a quick and easy way to clean up, so I would def. suggest it for that. If you have an animal, for the most part it will work ok, but sometimes it leaves behind a lot of pet hairs. If you live in an apartment it's nice to have, because you can use it at midnight if you must without disturbing neighbors. All in all I would rate this
D+ for family of more than 5 (with an animal F)
C+ for family of 3-4 (With an animal C-)
B+ for family of 2 (With an animal B)
A+ for family of 1 (If you live alone) (With an animal A)
Customer Review: not impressed - not for dog owners
Summary: 2 Stars
After i opened the flick and easily assembled it I put it right to use. After a couple of "sweeps" I knew I had been suckered. I have 2 dogs and the Flick just pushed the hair into a nice little pile - which was easier for me to pick up than before, but that's not the point. After sweeping my Living room I had pile lines of dog hair everywhere and the cartridge was partially covered in other stuff. It's good to let my son use while I lug out the good ol' vacuum cleaner. It did pick up stuff I didn't think it would, but still not impressed.Customer Review: Overall, Pleased
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm in the college and live in the dorms. It's a huge Inconvenience to check out a vacuum from the front desk and carry it up multiple flights of stairs. I'm so glad that I bought the Swiffer Carpet Flick. It's a perfect alternative. It works great to pick up hair, etc that accumulates. The sticky sheets do fill up completely, but since I live in a small room and am not a complete slob, they're more than adequete. It doesn't do well with picking up scraps of paper, but other than that, I'm very pleased. I'd say this is a must for any college student living in the dorms!Customer Review: useless
Summary: 1 Stars
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!
Customer Review: The Everyday Carpet Sweeper
Summary: 2 Stars
The Swiffer CarpetFlick is a nifty orange contraption for using around the house; designed to be used only on carpeting for quick pickups of dirt, grass, glitter, fuzz, leaves and crumbs.
The parts are neatly organized inside a box with the pole pieces individually wrapped in plastic. While it was easy to gather the pieces, the directions on placing the pole together were hidden inside the base of the sweeper. After pulling it out I still could not follow without step-by-step directions, which are lacking with the Swiffer CarpetFlick.
The top and bottom pieces were easy to spot through the five small images in the instruction sheet, yet there was nothing showing how this gets assembled. The middle two pole sections were the ones I had problems with. It appears that the two small buttons on the silver pieces get pressed into the holes, but it did not snap into place securely.
There is no clicking sound when this is assembled and the pieces are not easy to pull apart and try the assembly over again. Therefore I have a crooked pole that has fallen apart once already in the middle of sweeping.
As someone with severe eczema on my hands that makes grasping items difficult I would imagine someone in the same predicament might have a hard time as would those who suffer from Arthritis.
My ten-year old can put things together without the assistance of directions so I utilized his aide in getting this pole to stand in an upright position without it popping out. Between the two of us this was not accomplished. The pole is placed together perfectly until the final piece gets pushed into the bottom section.
I would like to see arrows indicating how these pieces fit together and some coding on them to decipher the pieces. My other complaint would be the cardboard sheet that goes inside the base of the sweeper that picks up the dirt. I do not agree with calling this a cartridge and finding it quite confusing to follow directions.
This so called cartridge is a thin piece of cardboard that gets peeled off on both sides and then pushed into the base of the sweeper. The photo in the directions shows that the tab folds over to snap into place on an orange dot. You can see from the photo that the tab folded over is orange - so this helps in knowing which side goes into the mechanism. There is indication on the white side after pulling off the sheet that this is the side that goes up.
Trying to decide which side goes in and snaps correctly gets the adhesive from both sides all over your hands and also makes it feel flimsy when trying to get it secured inside the base.
It is also noted on the sheet that pulls off that you need to do this slowly to prevent tearing. They forgot to mention that the paper will be curled up by the time this is peeled off.
I like the design and ease of use of sweeping with the Swiffer CarpetFlick but find that after only a few minutes of sweeping the sheet (AKA cartridge) needs to be changed. The unit comes with four of these sheets, which could be used in less than one week's time.
The easiest aspect of using the Swiffer CarpetFlick is removing the dirty sheet. I did hear and see items being picked up near the front door and it worked well on cleaning up the baby powder in the bedroom. I also utilized the sweeper on the rugs in the bathroom where I sprinkle foot powder on my feet. The residue was easy to pick up but seemed wasteful and much easier to just wipe over with my feet.
This is a neat product that has promise with some fine tuning otherwise just another sweeper that needs refills to make it work.