Quick Answer: Costco sells genuine Bissell and Hoover carpet cleaners — the Bissell Little Green MultiClean (around $69.99, seen as low as $49.97 on promotion), the Bissell Revolution Hydrosteam Deluxe (about $259.99), the Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet Pro (roughly $200 in past promotions), and a Hoover SmartWash+ bundle that includes a pet tool and two 32-oz bottles of Oxy solution you can’t buy the machine without. The catch nobody expects: Costco.com hides most prices behind a sign-in wall, and buying anything in-warehouse requires an active $65/year Gold Star membership — a real cost most other carpet-cleaner retailers don’t charge just to see the price tag.
Searching “carpet cleaner Costco” usually means one of two things: you’re already a member wondering what’s on the shelf this month, or you’re weighing whether a Costco membership is worth getting partly for a carpet cleaner. Both questions have real answers below, and the membership math genuinely changes depending on which one you are.
What’s actually at Costco
| Model | Typical Costco price | Rating | What's included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissell Little Green MultiClean | ~$69.99 (range $49.97-$89.99 by warehouse/promo) | 4.5/5, thousands of reviews | Machine only |
| Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet Pro | ~$200 in past member promotions | 4.5/5 (6,855 reviews) | Machine only |
| Bissell Revolution Hydrosteam Deluxe | ~$259.99 | 4.1/5 (502 reviews) | Machine only |
| Hoover SmartWash+ bundle | Members-only, sign-in required | 4.5/5 (2,810 reviews) | Machine + 2-in-1 pet tool + (2) 32-oz Oxy solution bottles |
Every one of these is the genuine article, not a Costco-exclusive downgrade — the ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet Pro and Little Green MultiClean are the same machines covered in our best Bissell carpet cleaner roundup. The difference from shopping Amazon or Walmart is entirely about access and packaging, not product quality.
The membership wall
This is the part that makes Costco different from every other retailer on this site’s buying-channel guides. Walmart and Amazon show a price to anyone who visits the page. Costco.com requires signing into a member account to see current pricing on most items, and buying in a physical warehouse requires an active card at checkout — there’s no walk-in, pay-cash option the way there is at a big-box store. A Gold Star membership runs $65/year, which only makes sense to factor into a single carpet-cleaner purchase if you’re already buying groceries, gas, or other household goods there. Treating a $65 membership as the cost of admission for one $70-$260 appliance changes the math considerably compared to a retailer with no entry fee at all.
The Hoover bundle: more value, or just a higher price tag?
Hoover SmartWash+ Automatic Carpet Cleaner Bundle
- Costco doesn't sell the bare SmartWash+ machine — every listing bundles in the pet tool and two full bottles of solution, which Amazon prices separately at roughly $15-25 combined.
- That makes a straight sticker-price comparison against Amazon's machine-only SmartWash+ listing misleading unless you subtract the bundled extras first.
- Push-forward-to-clean, pull-back-to-dry design is the same one reviewed in our Hoover SmartWash+ review.
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If you’d buy the Oxy solution refills eventually anyway, the bundle is genuine added value per dollar. If you already have a preferred carpet-cleaning solution or don’t want to store two extra bottles, you’re paying for volume you didn’t ask for.
The return-policy upside
Where Costco pulls ahead of the other buying-channel retailers on this site: its satisfaction guarantee doesn’t carry a fixed clock the way Walmart’s 30-day floor-care window does. That matters for a carpet cleaner specifically, since problems like streaking or incomplete drying often only surface after a few uses across different rooms — an open-ended guarantee gives more room to actually test the machine before deciding to keep it. The tradeoff is procedural, not a time limit: returning a carpet cleaner means bringing back every original attachment and accessory, and the guarantee is tied to an active membership.
Bottom line
Costco’s carpet cleaner lineup is genuine Bissell and Hoover hardware at fair prices, with a return guarantee that beats Walmart’s 30-day floor-care cutoff. But it’s the only retailer in this site’s buying-guide series that charges an entry fee just to see the price — a $65/year membership — and the Hoover listing locks you into a solution-and-tool bundle you can’t decline. For an existing Costco member, buying a carpet cleaner there is a straightforward win. For someone who’d join solely for one machine, running the numbers against a membership-free Amazon pick first is worth the five minutes it takes.