Carpet and hard-floor cleaners · Head to head
BISSELL Little Green vs Hoover CleanSlate: tank, reach and rinse tool
Two small corded spot cleaners that buyers often weigh against each other. Which one fits how you use it?
At a glance who each one fits
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Larger tank: 48 oz* for several spots or a car
- Tank: 48 oz*
- Hose: 4 ft (page also says 4.5)*
- Cord: 15 ft*
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Figures are as stated in each product's current Amazon listing; * from the maker's own spec page (see Sources). Yes or No: whether the listing or maker names the feature.
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What we compared and why
- Clean-water tank. A larger tank covers more spots before a refill. On a spot cleaner this matters most when you do several spots or a car interior in one go.
- Hose and cord. The hose sets how far you reach from where the machine sits; the cord sets how far the machine sits from the outlet.
- Hose rinse. After a messy job you flush the hose with clean water. A named rinse tool makes that a short step.
Side by side
| Model | Tank | Hose | Cord | Amazon link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISSELL Little Green (1400B) | 48 oz* | 4 ft (page also says 4.5)* | 15 ft* | See on Amazon |
| Hoover CleanSlate Plus (FH14050) | 40 oz | Not stated in listing | Not stated in listing | See on Amazon |
Read at this page's build and converted to one unit by us; sources as in the key above. "Not stated in listing": the listing does not give it. "Listing gives two values": it states two, so we show neither.
BISSELL Little Green (1400B)
Who it fits: You want the larger stated tank of the two, 48 ounces on BISSELL's page, for doing several spots or a car interior on one fill.
Skip it if: Your jobs are single small spots; the extra 8 ounces is water you carry and pour away.
Hoover CleanSlate Plus (FH14050)
Who it fits: You want a hose rinse tool named in the listing and a 40-ounce tank for typical spot work.
Skip it if: You clean stairs and need a known hose length; neither the listing nor a Hoover page for this exact model gives one.
The two in one paragraph
Both are portable, corded spot cleaners that spray, scrub through a hand tool and pull the dirty water back into a separate tank, and both come with a tool for rinsing the hose afterwards. The BISSELL Little Green 1400B has the larger clean tank: BISSELL states 48 ounces. The Hoover CleanSlate Plus lists 40 ounces. BISSELL also states the 1400B's hose and cord; for the CleanSlate Plus we found neither. If you do one spot at a time, those 8 ounces hardly matter. If you do a car interior or a run of stair treads in one go, the larger tank means fewer stops, and a stated hose length lets you plan the reach.
Tank: what 8 ounces means
48 ounces against 40 is a 20 percent larger tank. Put another way, five fills of the Little Green hold as much as six fills of the CleanSlate Plus. For a single fresh spot neither machine will run dry. For a long job, such as every seat in a car or a staircase, it is the difference of roughly one extra trip to the sink in six.
Hose and cord
BISSELL states a 15-foot cord for the 1400B. Its hose is given two ways on the same page: 4 feet in the spec table and 4.5 feet in the description, so the table shows both. Together that lets the machine sit a few feet from the outlet while you reach a sofa cushion or two or three stair treads above it. We could not confirm hose and cord figures for the CleanSlate Plus FH14050: Hoover's site shows a CleanSlate under a different model number, and we do not copy figures from a sibling model. Check the box or the manual for this one if reach decides your choice.
Rinsing the hose
Both machines come with a rinse tool. BISSELL's page lists a HydroRinse self-cleaning hose tool in the 1400B's box, and the CleanSlate Plus listing names a hose rinse tool. Either way the step is the same: after a job you run clean water through the hose so dirty water does not sit in it. Rinsing does not separate these two; tank size and stated reach do. For self-cleaning tools on other models, see the pet accidents guide.
Which one if...
- You do several spots or a car interior in one session: the Little Green 1400B, for the larger tank.
- You mostly do one fresh spot at a time and 40 ounces is plenty: the CleanSlate Plus.
- You need the longest hose for stairs: neither is the longest; see carpet cleaners for stairs and upholstery, where hoses run up to 5 feet.
Not sure a spot cleaner is enough? See spot cleaner or full-size carpet cleaner.
Reading the table
Figures with a mark come from BISSELL's own spec page for the 1400B, linked under Sources. The CleanSlate Plus row shows what its listing states; "Not stated in listing" means the listing gives no figure and we found no maker page for this exact model.
What this page does not tell you
We have not used either machine and we do not rank them. We do not say which one lifts a given stain better or how long the carpet takes to dry; that depends on the stain, the formula and the fabric.