BISSELL CrossWave Floor and Area Rug Cleaner, Wet-Dry Vacuum with Bonus Brush-Roll and Extra Filter, 1785A, Green

We installed water-resistant laminate flooring all through our house. I found out about the CrossWave while we were installing the new flooring and purchased it from Amazon. We have been using it for about four months now and this is one of the best products I have used to clean my home with. Anything mess that I could have cleaned with a mop is handled as well or better with the Crosswave. Very sticky things like jam that dried on the floor will not come up with the Crosswave alone. I still have to get down and scrape it up, but I would have had to with a mop, so no issue there. A few stubborn stains or marks may take a few passes with the crosswave, but again, so would the mop. What makes the CrossWave so good is the time it saves you. Cleaning wise it is as good or better then a mop and bucket but it is easier to use and since it vacuums and mops at the same time, it save a lot of time. I can clean about 700 square feet (great room, kitchen, hallway, den, and one bedroom) in about 20 minute,s which includes setting up the crosswave, making the cleaning solution, and cleaning the crosswave when I am done. How good is it as a vacuum only, such as for hard floor or area rugs and carpet? Well. it is the best dry vacuum for hard floors I have ever used (you can dry vac without pulling the trigger to release cleaning fluid). It picks up all different sizes of particles and does not make the large one fly out of the vacuum like my traditional vacuum does. It also does a very good job dry vacuuming our area rugs. We have no carpet in our house, only several rugs. I still have my old carpet vacuum but I keep it only for the hose and attachments for cleaning things that you need a hose to reach. Do I have to use Bissell cleaning chemicals? Nope. We use vinegar and water as our cleaning solution with a few drops of essential oil for fragrance. We simple add about a 1/4 cup of white vinegar to the bottle and fill with hot tap water. It works great on the laminate floor and I even use it on the area rugs (tested each rug first to make sure it was safe and all mine are). I did try the Bissell cleaning chemicals and they work well, but they are expensive. A gallon of white vinegar is about $4.00 and lasts all year or more. Buy a few essential oils like lemon or pine for about $5 to $10 each and those last us about a year too. Only things I do not like about the CrossWave is that the cord is too short and could be about 10 feet longer (easily fixed with an short extension cord). The waste water take is a little small and sometime I have to empty it before the cleaning solution tank is empty (especially if I have to tilt the handle low to get under something). I wish it had a hose and hose attachments so I could replace my old traditional vacuum. The last wish would be a cordless version! One note: The difference between the floor and rug settings is that the rug setting puts out twice the cleaning solution then the floor setting. If you have a hard to clean spot on your hard floor, use the rug setting to get it wetter with more cleaning solution.

I own both the Crosswave and the Hoover Floormate Deluxe. The Floormate Deluxe is better at: TEXTURED TILE / GROUT - Slightly better at getting off caked on dry stains. The Crosswave doesn't have the same pressure. If you have textured tile you will appreciate the extra stain cleaning power of the Floormate. The tile brush allows more pressure to be applied to the recesses of the tile and the lower grout lines. If you plan to use either floor cleaner for just textured tile the Floormate Deluxe is the cleaner to get. (or a rotary mop) The Crosswave is better at: FLAT SURFACES - Subway tile, hardwood floor, vinyl plank and laminate. LARGE DEBRIS - Pet hair, dog food, cheerios, animal crackers. - These get picked up on the first pass with the Crosswave. The hoover uses a squeegee to help lift the water off the floor so the pieces of food/dirt get pushed forward unless you tilt one side of the machine up. This gets real old after a while. Especially when you have 3000 ft^2 to clean. CLEANING (post floor cleaning) - Pet hair is harder to get out of the Floormate. I find myself trying to "fish" the dog hair out of the Floormate with my pinkies. If you don't have time to completely clean the Floormate and the pet hair dries on the inside of the cleaning head... you are in for a treat. By comparison the Crosswave is a pleasure to clean. Sure you have to run it in a tray and pull out the roller head... but you have to do it with the Floormate as well if you want the product to last more than a year. Besides... the entire process takes maybe 30 seconds. There is Crosswave lazy... then there is unemployed bum lazy. SPEED - I can clean at least twice as fast with the Crosswave. It applies moisture more evenly to the floor surface and it leaves the floor dryer than the Floormate. The Floormate requires at least 2-3 passes of the same area. The first pass lays down the water and the brushes distribute the water. The second pass is the real cleaning pass that does the majority of the cleaning. The 3rd pass is solely to clean up the residual water from the 2nd pass. Even after you stop applying water to the floor it still takes a while for the water to stop dripping from the head of the cleaner. On the other hand, the Crosswave lets you perform a quick clean of the area. Foot marks on dark laminate or a quick touch up by the front door before company arrives seems less like a chore. When I just owned the Floormate I found myself mopping on weekends when we had were in a hurry to clean. We would use the Floormate for the "entire house" cleaning days. You can't perform a "quick clean" with eh Floormate. I would say you are looking at 30 minutes per 500 ft^2 with the Floormate. Depending on how dirty your floors are you are looking at 10-30 minutes for the same area with the Crosswave. NO VACUUMING REQUIRED - We have two young children and a 200+ pound English Mastiff who sheds continuously. I can clean the floors with the Crosswave without having to sweep/vacuum first. This is a HUGE time saver. I would have to Both machines will remove caked on mustard and dried dog drool in a matter of seconds. If a stain doesn't lift after a few passes, soak the area with the machine and keep going. Wait for the solution to soak for a minute or two then come back to the spot. If it still doesn't come off the floor take a scrub brush to it. For a machine to remove anything more in the first pass would require such abrasion that the floor surface would be compromised over time. Both units are going to do a better job than a mop pushes the dirt into the recesses, these devices scrub and vacuum. My personal opinion is the Crosswave, despite its price , is a better overall floor cleaner. The hardwood floors look shinier when clean and they feel cleaner on your feet. The Crosswave ends up saving you a lot of time. It's quite fast once you get the hang of it and it doesn't require any floor prep before you use it (sweep/vacuum). If budget isn't a concern go with the Crosswave, otherwise the Floormate is a damn good cleaner for the money.

Es fácil de usar y en general limpia bien. Lo único malo que he notado es que deja líneas marcadas en el piso que hasta el momento no he sabido como evitar.

So I rarely write reviews but I think it's necessary to write one here. I've had this vacuum for about 3 months, and it's a total game changer!! I recently moved to Vegas and was appalled at how much dust just... Accumulates in your home. And having a husband, two boys, a puppy, and wood floors makes it so much worse. We got tired of sweeping and mopping every day, so we opted for a Roomba and this vacuum. If you're having any doubts about this vacuum, PLEASE use my review as a sign to get it. This vacuum works like a dream. Please follow the instructions because if you don't, you'll have a negative experience like some users. If you're having "streaks", it's because the "used" tank is full and needs to be emptied out before continuing to vacuum. It vacuums and mops my floors and doesn't miss a thing! It even picks up my German shepherds' hair like NOTHING. And if you know anything about German shepherds, you know they shed a LOT. We've spilled juice, water, soup, and you can literally see the vacuum sucking up the liquids. I am thoroughly impressed. But on to the reason I wrote this review. We came home after 6 hours of water park fun to see that my German Shepherd had explosive diarrhea in his room. It was all over him, the walls, the carpet... It was straight out of a geriatric hospital bathroom. And the smell was so atrocious we could smell it from the garage the minute we opened the door. I had no idea how we were going to get this cleaned and get our deposit back after he just spray painted our WHITE CARPET. I decided to put my faith in the vacuum (it was either that or scrubbing on my hands and knees) and using it to clean up the poop. I did ZERO prep work before hand. I filled the reservoir in the back at the "large room" fill line (it was a small room but I felt it necessary) and turned on the "rug" setting. After pressing on the sprayer for about 15 seconds, I sloooooooowwwlllly inched my vacuum towards this smeared poop. Slow, steady, and inching forwards and backwards in sections. And to my surprise, it picked that **** UP. I mean, I could not tell it was there. It took me about an hour, but one tank cleaned that entire room. I was in disbelief. It looked like a brand new carpet. To be on the safe side, I ran over it again, but the "used" water tank came out practically clear. And the best part, the smell was GONE. It didn't smell like a taco Bell bathroom, it smelled like a new car. I could eat off that floor. I could roll around on the floor naked making snow angels. The vacuum is meant for rugs and hardwood floor but it did a d*** good job cleaning up a carpet too. It cleans hardwood floors better than any standard mop, but I was extremely surprised at the power it contains to clean a small bedroom that's been defiled by a dog who has no regards for the health of others. I doubt most people are looking to buy this specifically to clean up smeared puppy poop, but if it can turn a muddy brown carpet WHITE, I'm sure it can handle almost anything.

This was a waste of money. Bought the first one in 2007 and it was great on the throw rugs, but had to .op behind the wheels on the vinyl floors. But the next one I bought was a Cordless in 2023 and it was wore out in less than a year and they would not even talk about the warranty. And it left mud tracks behind the wheels too. The floors looked clean until you washed them with this Vac and wash.