BISSELL CrossWave Cordless Max | Wet & Dry Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner | High Performance: Vacuums, Mops And Dries in One Go | 2765E,Black/Pearl White With Bossanova Blue Accents

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The BISSELL CrossWave Cordless Max is reasonably easy to maintain. While a few parts need periodic cleaning, they're easy to access. Rug test – Remove most of the mud ground into the carpet, but a dedicated carpet cleaner will do a better job for tougher stains.

I measured the Bissell CrossWave Cordless at 78.7dB, which is around the same volume as I’d expect from a regular cordless vacuum cleaner. Aside from the on/off button, the CrossWave Max also has a floor selector that activates two types of water intensity for treated wooden floors and non-porous compounds like tile, linoleum, polished concrete. A separate button activates the self-cleaning mode when the unit is mounted to the charger-cum-cleaning station. This writer despises household cleaning machines that can’t stand up on their own so you’ll be pleased to learn that this one can. Like an old-fashioned Hoover, you simply push the handle into an upright position and, voila, it stands up on its own. That’s what I’m talking about.

How to assemble and use for the first time your CrossWave Cordless Max

Whether or not this is the right product for you will partly come down to what you need to clean. If you’ve got large areas of hard floor, then the 25-minute battery life may be a restriction too far, and a plug-in cleaner, such as the Karcher FC5, or a cleaner with swappable batteries, such as the Vax OnePwr Glide, could be a better bet. My area rugs are noticeably cleaner after using the CrossWave. I typically do three passes over an area before moving on to another.

Externally, the Bissell CrossWave Cordless looks much like a regular upright vacuum cleaner. In many ways, that’s because this mode is exactly that. As you look closer, the differences become clear. For starters, there’s no hose to unplug and use for accessories, such as a crevice tool. As such, you’ll still want a regular vacuum cleaner for getting around the edges of rooms and into tighter gaps. Anyway, the upshot is that the CrossWave Cordless Max performed a miraculous feat by restoring the floor to its original condition – well at least close enough. I then added a squirt of ketchup to see how well it cleaned it up and how well the self-cleaning system performed. Lo and behold, my new floor dynamo completely eradicated the ketchup after just two passes, depositing it all in the dirty water tank which by now resembled the contents of a cesspit. Emptying the contents into the sink was easy but I did have to manually remove a bunch of hair and rinse the whole tank under the tap – par for the course with any floor cleaner. The main cleaning head has a suction tube sandwiched between two soft rollers that rotate in opposing directions, but you can move the head in any direction you please, meaning it’s great at getting around awkward table legs and weird nooks. Unlike other hard floor cleaners, this doesn’t come with a wet clean or wash option, but it does have plenty of attachments. A notable issue I’ve had with other vacuums is the spitting out of kitty litter. The CrossWave easily slides over litter without throwing out even a single particle. I have yet to find another machine that does this so well. After each use, it’s recommended to run a Clean-Out Cycle, which uses the FreshStart cleaning solution in the water tank, and remove the brush roll to dry. Full disclosure - this is pretty tedious, since you’re repeating many of the same steps that you've already performed to clean your floor, but it also helps protect the longevity of the CrossWave Hydrosteam. From there, you just need to open the removable brush window and leave the brush roll to dry. How does the CrossWave Hydrosteam rate online?When it comes to hard floor performance evaluation, I’d like to think I have a good test bed for a device of this nature. Yes, kids make a mess and even some grown ups do, too. But nothing – nothing I tell you – messes up a house more than a bunch of animals. I have two labs and three cats and that means muddy floors on a regular basis… and hair. So. Much. Hair. Filter: The filter sits on top of the dirt compartment and can only be accessed once the dirt compartment has been pulled out. It has an attached screen to trap any fine debris or small strands of pet hair. You should wash the filter under water after every cleaning session, and you can use mild detergent if necessary. Save yourself time with The Bissell Cross Wave Cordless Max. This fantastic BISSEL hard floor cleaner combines chores like vacuuming and washing at the same time, so you save precious time. The 36V lithium-ion battery provides 30 minutes of cordless cleaning power, so you can clean without being tied to an outlet. Thanks to its multi-surface cleaning capabilities, you can switch from cleaning sealed hard floors to refreshing area rugs in an instant. The Cross Wave Cordless Max also features improved edge cleaning to clean up tough messes like pet hair that cling along baseboards and in corners. After the floors are clean, it’s time to clean the vacuum by emptying, rinsing, and wiping down the clean tank that stores cleaning solution as well as the dirty water and debris tank, which has a pet and human hair strainer to separate larger debris from dirty water. I really appreciated the pet hair strainer because I could throw out all the solid debris and rinse the rest off. I also took out the brush roll to dry, though I often had to rip long hair that wrapped around it during the cleaning process. You can use a hard floor cleaner on any hard flooring including wood, laminate, lino, vinyl and stone, as long as it’s sealed. Some cleaners are even multi-purpose, and can be used on both hard floors and carpet. Wood and stone that has not been sealed should not be cleaned with a hard floor cleaner, as the moisture could damage the flooring.

Start cleaning straight away with the sample bottle of cleaning formula included with your CrossWave. I came across the Bissell CrossWave while researching cordless vacuums. Initially, I was just looking for a dry vacuum, but I was intrigued by the CrossWave’s multipurpose design. Having tried various vacuum cleaners, both expensive and inexpensive, corded and cordless, and upright and canister, as well as several types of hard-floor cleaning devices, I felt that the CrossWave offered the perfect all-in-one combination. The CrossWave Max weighs a very respectable 5.22kg and comes with an extra large 828ml clean water tank and a larger-than-average 550ml dirty water tank with filter attached. This means you can clean for much longer than others without having to refill the clean water tank or empty the dirty one. Top marks there. That’s completely up to you. However, if you’re in a household with heavy traffic – for example, lots of people and/or animals – we suggest using your hard floor cleaner every few days. I followed the lines on the water tank to add the right ratio of water and cleaning solution depending on if I was cleaning a small area (under 350 square feet) or large area (up to 700 square feet). The water tank had a small opening so I had some minor spills, so it may help to use a funnel and pour slowly.

Simple controls, great performance and a neat charging station makes this a great all-in-one tool, but if you’ve got lots of hard floors to clean in one go, the fixed battery may be a limiting factor. Bissell CrossWave Cordless – What you need to know When used with a cleaning solution, especially an antibacterial one, hard floor cleaners will do a much better job of banishing any nasty bacteria that might be lurking. Most have dual water tanks, which means that only clean water will be pulled through the rollers and onto your floor. What type of flooring can I clean?