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by ddren 1219 days ago
Out of curiosity, I searched the pet vacuum mentioned in the first example, and found it on amazon [0]. Just like Bing says, it is a corded model with a 16 feet cord, and searching the reviews for "noise" shows that many people think that it is too loud. At least in this case, it seems that Bing got it right.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Bissell-Eraser-Handheld-Vacuum-Corded...

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Bing actually got tripped up by HGTV simplifying a product name in their article. It used this HGTV [0] article as its source for the top pet vacuums. The article lists the "Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Handheld Vacuum" and links to [1] which is actually named "Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Lithium Ion Cordless Hand Vacuum". The product you found is the "Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Handheld Vacuum, Corded." A human likely wouldn't even notice the difference because we'd just follow the link in the article, or realize the corded vacuum was the wrong item based on its picture, but Bing has no such understanding.

[0]: https://www.hgtv.com/shopping/product-reviews/best-vacuums-f...

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/BISSELL-Eraser-Lithium-Handheld-Cordl...

Curious why someone would keep a vacuum as a pet.
Yeah this is my experience cross-checking the article with my own Bing AI. Try and replicate the Appendix section and Bing AI gets everything right for me.