Bissell Crosswave Turbo Vacuum Mop All in One Wet and Dry Vac Combo Hard Floor & Area Rug Cleaner, 3888A

Just used my new Bissell Crosswave machine for the first time and while cleaning my floors I kept thinking I should write a review. Then I went to empty the catch container and it was definite, I must write a review! First, this is my third machine in 13 years. I have a 3000 sq ft home with white marble tile in every room except the bedrooms where I have wood flooring. I live in SC a mile from the ocean and my husband runs on the beach every day and golf 4-5 times a week and refuses to go barefoot or wear slippers or some form of indoor only shoes. Needless to say I have sand, sand and more sand. Add to that the fact there is always something falling from the trees, and despite having an exterminator there are endless little critters of all sorts along baseboards. Until 2 years ago I had a sheltie with long hair so my Bissell machines have always had their work cut out for them and I couldn't live without one! The reason for this review? Well, with each new machine I've had, I've always found something new that made me like the newer machine best and this machine was no different. Between my long hair, and years of having a dog, I use to have to reach into the catch container with a paper towel and drag out all the hair and such. Bissell has added a screen with a handle that you lift out and all the solid stuff comes right up leaving only dirty water to be flushed down the toilet. No more digging into gunk! Just tap the screen onto a paper towel and clean up is easier than ever! I've read reviews stating this machine leaves puddles of water on the floor. My response to that is, either the machine was defective out of the box or the person doesn't know how to use it. You don't keep your finger on the trigger to release cleaning fluid constantly, but squeeze the trigger to keep the roller mop wet or for ground in dirt or spills. Add cleaning solution, then allow the machine to suck it up. Floors will be nearly dry immediately and surely dry within minutes which is also helpful with a husband that always seems to walk through the area I've just cleaned to get to another location within the house. And finally, having white marble tile floors I can tell you I see EVERYTHING!!!! While this machine cannot "mop" right up to the edge, it certainly sucks right up to the edge! Again, lots of little no seeums fly into the house, or baby spiders or "palmetto" bugs. This machine misses nothing! Its inability to "wet mop" right up to the edge is a result of the roller mop being set within the machine, so yes, periodically you need to go along with a damp cloth to wipe along the edge baseboards or cabinets, but certainly not every time you clean. Unless they found a way to have the roller mop exposed on the sides or front, which would make suctioning the water impossible, there's no way you can mop right along the baseboards. So for anyone who complains about that, well there's an opportunity for them to become the next millionaire once they come up with a design to do the impossible. So that's it! Had to right this review because these machines have kept my floors clean enough for my grandchildren to crawl around on for years and I can't imagine living without my Bissell Crosswaves!

I love this thing. I live on a farm and have two kids, two dogs, a cat, and a logger for a husband. Someone is constantly tracking in mud, I just run this across my floor. I feel like it would work really well for someone who doesn’t have kids and just wants something easy to clean the floors. It does do a pretty good job getting the top layer off for those who have feral children. I still mop but use it in between to keep the grime down. It picks the water up really nicely and the floors dry exceptionally fast. It’s really light weight and so easy to use. It’s also really easy to clean. I like to take the mop head out and hose it down in middle of cleaning my floors just because they’re so bad, but I’m always surprised at how clean it is. I also used it on dried up juice my toddler had spilled the other day and I didn’t see until this morning when it was all dried and sticky to the floor. It actually picked it up pretty well.

First I tried using the regular bissell crosswave after using it at a clients home. I decided the scrub machine was worth paying about $100.00 more than the hoover, which I and my clients have gotten so frustrated with the hoover since their machines seem to go bad quite quickly for many years. I was reluctant to buy the bissell with so many bad experiences with the hoover. But I liked the idea of not mopping peoples homes with dirty water or mine for that matter. The concept of the machine was a great idea, if only a company could make a machine worth buying. And I gotta say Bissell has pulled it off. Both Bissell machines work very well, but if you have pets it is highly recommended that you spend the extra money to buy the pet pro crosswave. I have put it to the test in one of clients homes who have 2 long haired cats and a long haired big dog. It does handle the hair much better around the rolling scrub brush. Though I do recommend as well to vacuum with another vacuum first before washing the floors with the scrub machines. The pet pro roller is made much better than the regular machine. Pets do have oil in their skin and their drool sticks to the floor almost like glue so a better rolling brush is needed. I did notice that my regular bissell does pivot around while cleaning is a bit better, but not a significant enough to make a big difference. Though it would be nice if they adjusted that pet pro to do it as well as the regular one, if we are going to pay almost $40.00 more for it. Also pet pro has another part in the dirty water container to catch the hair and larger pieces of stuff that comes through while cleaning that you can just pull out before dumping into your wash sink. If you find it to be more of a hassle you can just leave it out it doesn't effect the performance of the machine. The one thing both machines don't have that I think they should is an extra roller with more bristles in it then what they have because I think it would clean tile floors that are a bit rougher with more indentions much better as to why I only gave pet pro 4 stars. But I still believe it's by far better than mopping. Sweeping and vacuuming doesn't get the tiny grains of sand and if we miss it while vacuuming the scrub machines get the rest of it. If your floors are very dirty I would suggest mopping them very well first then use your bissell and if you like really clean floors and want them Shine beautifully go behind with the Sharp Genis floor steamer. The steamer will also take care of the steaks if you get them while scrubbing or you could just go behind with a flat mop or regular dry mop before the area completely drys. Pet pro machine really needs to have the bissell cleaning solution suggested for pets it works much better. I have owned the regular bissell for a year and it still works as good as it did the first time I used it, so I feel the machines could last for many years just as long as we properly take care of them. Also another thing I liked about the pet pro over the regular bissell is that it is much easier to remove the cover that protects the roller so we can clean the machine after each use. I actually broke one of the plastic pieces on the regular bissell because it was so hard to pull off. Not only will you notice how much cleaner your floors are, but you will feel it on your feet. There is nothing like have super clean floors!!!! I don't have pets of my own and if I didn't have homes I cleaned without pets I would spend the extra and buy the Pet Pro crosswave!!!! Love the beautiful Purple color too!!! Thanks Bissell for designing a wonderful floor machines!!

BISSELL Crosswave Pet Pro All in One Wet Dry Vacuum Cleaner and Mop for Hard Floors and Area Rugs, Purple, 2306A I could write pages for you on why I love this machine. I want to let you know that it is light when you are using it. I am not as strong as I used to be, but I am getting ahead of myself. When you receive the box, the machine was in several pieces. If you follow the directions, it is very easy to put it all together. I love that it is corded. I could only use my other machine for 20 minutes at a time and then had to charge it again. I have a lot of house to clean, so it would take me a couple of days. There are two tanks. One for clean water and another one for the dirty water. I also received a sample of the PET Multi-Surface Formula with Febreze Freshness, and it does smell wonderful. I watched a couple of the videos that are provided by Amazon because this was a totally new brand for me, and then I started in my kitchen. I was so excited when it picked up some cat food that was left on the floor. The vacuum runs all of the time, and there is a button on the underside of the handle that you push to disperse the liquid. Now I was used to seeing all of the liquid on the floor, but with the Bissell, the liquid wets the Brush Roll. I have to admit that since I wasn't used to this, I don't think I got my kitchen floor as clean as I could have, but I was amazed at how clean it was when I finished. I did 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, a craft room, the dining room, kitchen and entry way and didn't use up all of the liquid that I started out with. My house has a lot of floor, so this amazed me. When I finished and took the dirty water out, it was really dirty. I didn't think my floors were dirty at all. And the best thing was - there was very little hair tangled around the brush. I usually have to spend at least 10 minutes cutting the hair off of the brush before I can even start cleaning. I think this machine said it was good to 8", but my hair goes to my waist, so it is a lot longer than that. And then the cat hair was mixed in too. Moving this from room to room was very easy, and switching it from rugs to floors is done with just a click of a button. When I was finished, I just took the machine apart, except for the brush, and it was very easy to clean everything. There is a that comes with this machine - all you have to do is put your machine in this tray, pour a little cleaner in the mat, push a button and the machine self-cleans. Your roller comes out looking brand new. I dried everything and then stored it in the closet. The Rinse & Clean Out Storage Tray will hold two brushes, the measuring container and your machine. This is very nice Vacuum Cleaner and Mop. Every room that I cleaned smelled so fresh. The Febreeze scent is refreshing. I would highly recommend this Vac Mop to my family and friends, and I would choose this machine again.

Today was the first time I used this, I did not use my full-sized vacuum first. After about 30 minutes I noticed the brush absorbed too much dirt and it just started flinging mud out on the floor. I had to completely remove the brush and clean it in the sink, then re-mop what I had just done. Still need to use my Swiffer due to about a one-inch gap between the wall and the brush, so I still have to make a pass around the edges of the room. Disappointing vacuum based on other reviews that have RAVED over the abilities of the vacuum, but a small amount of doggie hair just gets tangled up in the brush or stuck to the floor. Instead of eliminating the extra step of vacuuming before mopping, I still have to use my full-sized vacuum. Overall, it didn’t reduce the work of cleaning my floors as I’d hoped. It's not terrible, and the vacuuming is really nice, but I'm just not wowed by the mopping. I continued to use the machine on a 2nd area of the floor, then a 3rd area. After a few minutes into each area, the mop wheels began leaving streaks and again the floors really didn't get very clean, the mop brush began leaving mud spots and wet hair on the floor. I had to hand clean the mop brush every few minutes. I was surprised because the way the rotating brush is designed would ensure a good job, but I've really not been impressed. It leaves wavey water lines and doesn't handle transitioning from hard floor to thin entry rugs well. If you're doing a small area rug directly from the hard floor you'll have lines of dirty water all around the rug, unless you pick the machine up and put it on the rug. I think it does a better job on tile. I'm honestly torn on whether or not I should keep it. I could get a better carpet/rug cleaner or go back to the broom + steam mop or broom + microfiber mop that I've been using. But I have back issues and was hoping this machine would be a help to me in keeping my floors clean, but as of today, it is more of a hassle than a help. It is always such a hassle to rebox, take it to the nearest UPS pickup (15 minutes away from home), and hope that it is returned and a refund issued. I live alone with a small dog so there's not much dirt to clean, so when this machine left more dirt on the floor than before I started ... very disappointing to me. I definitely have buyer remorse. Definitely not worth the $269. Update: I tried to give this machine another chance after going through the cleaning procedure. NOPE!! To clean the machine is more of a hassle than what it is worth. I understand that a little water may splash during normal cleaning of any machine but the tray should catch it. Unfortunately there was so much water under the tray that I had to bed over and clean it up. With sever back problems this is not acceptable. There should be no water at all to clean up. After reading my critical review from yesterday I decided to give it another try - trying to justify spending $269 on this machine. NOPE!! Again it left wet wheel streaks - repeatedly & nonstop, the roller cleans lopsided (even after ensuring it was properly placed), still leaves a dirty 1" space. Although there is a rug and hard floor setting there seems to be no difference in the way it cleans between the settings. Not sure about this one. I just know that when trying to clean my entry rug (following the directions) the machine stuck to it and stopped working until I pulled it off of the rug. One good note, it does clean well. If you don't mind cleaning more messes up after using this machine than it's for you. I can't justify the expense versus the aggrevation.

Highly suggest. Long review but these are the things I wanted mentioned when i was doing research!! I really wanted a vac/mop and looked at so many! The reviews on this are really all over the place but I felt the good outweighed the bad and chalked most of them up to user error and I was correct. If you use it properly it works fantastic. I will say just buy the hard wood floor brush right away. The multi surface brush it comes with left "marks" on my hard wood. Not acutal marks but you could see where those plastic pieces on the multi surface brush touched the floor once it dried and thay drove me nuts! 100% difference once I bought a hard wood floor roll for it. The cleaner it comes with also left my hard wood floor sticky and I barely used any so I bought a bottle of the hard wood and its beyond amazing. So nice to walk around with no socks and literally have not one piece of dirt stuck to you. I have 2 cats and a dog thats sheds insanely plus a two year old!! Now as far as cutting down on time cleaning... ehh idk. Is it easier? Yes completely but I feel like I was able to go quicker with my steam mop but my floors were NEVER this clean. Yes its as loud as a regular vacuum so unfortunately not something you can do a quick clean up if you wanna be respectful of your household or neighbors. My steam mop was so quite so that is my one downside but again for the clean that I get i can adjust my cleaning schedule a bit. Clean up after: took me 5 minutes to properly rinse and make sure there was no dirt left on the machine or parts. Plus the self cleaning helps out a ton so Highly suggest using that feature. I have not tried it on rugs yet! Or any sort of carpet so I will be keeping my acutal vacuum for upstairs bedrooms. I also kept my broom for big dry messes just because I dont wanna push this thing to much if I dont have to. I read a review that it picks up large dog food but eh im okay taking 2 seconds to sweep it up. The cord is extremely long. I can do my living and dining room from one plug. I went for corded because I wanted more power and didnt wanna have to stop half way thru to recharge anything or have something constantly plugged in.

After shopping, comparing and reading reviews, I decided to try this one. I believe this is WELL worth the low cost. Vacuum power is very impressive and picks up all dirt from my carpets and hardwood floors. It’s a little heavier than expected but I like that. I can see and feel the quality of this product. Extremely easy to use. I recommend this little mop to ANYONE who wants to make cleaning so much easier.

Works really well! So easy to take apart and clean. Just wish it had a vacume wand attachment to get into hard to reach places. I dont recommend if you have a LOT of pet hair. It wouldnt handle much more than my one small dog.