$259.99
- Vacuums And washes your floors at the same time; surface type: bare floors
- Multi Surface Machine Cleans Both Sealed Hard Floors And Area Rugs. Power Rating 4.4 Amperes
- Dissolves dirt, grime and tough sticky messes.
- Leaves a virtually streak-free clean.
- Every Bissell purchase helps save pets. Bissell proudly supports Bissell Pet Foundation and its mission to help save homeless pets.
- Microfiber dual action brush roll mops while bristles scrub the floor and pick up dry debris.
BISSELL, 1789G MultiSurface Floor Cleaning Formula for Crosswave and Spinwave (80 oz)
BISSELL CrossWave Floor and Carpet Cleaner with Wet-Dry Vacuum, 1785A – Green with BISSELL, 1789G MultiSurface Floor Cleaning Formula (80 oz) and Bissell 1868 CrossWave Multi-Surface Brush Roll
BISSELL Multi-Surface Formula is engineered to work with our innovative CrossWave and SpinWave machines. It also works in our JetScrub Pet Carpet Cleaner. This powerful formula removes messes like tracked in dirt, grime, mud, and other tough messes from sealed hardwood, ceramic, tile, linoleum, and other hard floors while also refreshing area rugs. And all it leaves behind is a fresh, spring breeze scent and virtually streak-free floors!
BISSELL CrossWave Floor and Carpet Cleaner with Wet-Dry Vacuum
With the touch of a button, you can seamlessly switch from cleaning hard floors to vacuuming and washing your area rugs. After cleaning, the Docking Tray provides a great place to clean your CrossWave, place your brush rolls and dry and store your machine. Your CrossWave will always be ready when you are!
- Vacuum and wash your floors at the same time! The BISSELL CrossWave Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner cleans better than a sponge mop and bucket in less time.
- Safe and effective for use on tile, sealed wood floors, area rugs, laminate, linoleum, rubber floor mats, pressed wood floors, and more.
- Two-Tank Technology keeps clean water and formula separate from dirty water and dry debris. Forever clean everyday messes with a fresh solution.
- Dual-Action Multi-Surface Brush Roll uses an innovative microfiber and nylon brush to mop and pick up dry debris at the same time. The brush roll rotates at 3000 RPM.
- Your CrossWave purchase includes a Multi-Surface Brush Roll, 8 oz. Multi-Surface Formula, and a Docking Tray, for a fresh clean, quick cleanup and easy maintenance.
Vacuum & Wash at the Same Time
Save time by cleaning your floors with one product in one easy step with the BISSELL CrossWave
Multi-Surface Cleaning
Safe and effective for use on tile, sealed wood floors, laminate, linoleum, rubber floor mats, pressed wood floors, area rugs, and more.
Two Tank Technology
Two tanks keep clean and dirty water separate to ensure you are always cleaning your floors with a fresh mix of water and formula.
Dual Action Brush Roll
Mops and picks up debris from hard floors to clean better than a sponge mop in less time.
Bissell 1868 CrossWave Multi-Surface Brush Roll
Dual-Action Multi-Surface Brush Roll uses an innovative microfiber and nylon brush to mop and pick up dry debris at the same time.
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25 reviews for Bissell CrossWave Floor and Carpet Cleaner with Wet-Dry Vacuum 1785A – Green with Bissell 1789G MultiSurface Floor Cleaning Formula CrossWave + Formula + Brush Roll
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Amberia Pankonien –
I love this machine. Let me repeat, I LOVE THIS MACHINE!!!! I bought mine a little under a year ago and have used it almost weekly. It cleans my wood-laminate floors WONDERFULLY.
GET THIS: you’re sweeping AND mopping at the same time. Who wants to sweep, and then go back over the same areas with the mop!?
GET THIS: it sucks up all the icky. I hate when I sweep and just push dust and fur around to find it later in the wetness left behind by the mop. That doesn’t happen with the crosswave, it gets sucked up. All of it. My floors have never been this clean.
I find it best to use way less of the cleaning solution and more water. What!? I do use Bissell’s multi surface cleaning product, but it lasts forever because I use like 1/4 of the suggested measurement and it makes my floors perfectly clean (no streaks) and still smells great!
This is my FAVORITE cleaning tool. Yes, you have to take all the parts out and wash them down, wipe down in the hoses and the bottom of the machine once you’re done, but it saves so much more time than that takes. And my floors are cleaner for it. It was so frustrating to spend so much time sweeping then mopping and then cleaning up from those, just to end up with yuckiness still on my floors after all that effort.
OH, and my area rug gets vacuumed and shampooed every time I run the cross wave because it has an area rug setting. Mind Blown yet? (There is a caveat here, my area rug is very low pile, not sure how it would do on a high pile rug).
So, basically, this thing changed my life. My daughter eats way less dirt when she eats something off the floor and I have way less stuff getting stuck to my feet. I’m incredibly happy 😀
Nicole Becerra –
Okay so I waited a couple of months to try this and then do a review I have to say this machine is awesome! I live in a fully tiled house in the desert with 6 big dogs. I clean about 2x a week and I’ve used this on carpet in our house too. The only problem I have is the solution you can buy from bissell I go through fast so I decided to try the Mr. Clean concentrated and all I do is two drops into the whole bottle of water. For the filter after I clean the house I rinse off the debris and soak it in water with dawn dish soap overnight then rinse and let air dry and no more smell to it and it looks brand new.
M. Gondek –
I’m always on the lookout for tools that make my weekly house cleanings easier and/or faster. While this isn’t my perfect all-in-one machine, it’s actually a lot better than I expected it to be. Here’s what I like and don’t like so much about it so far (I’ll update this review if my experience changes over time – one edit added to the end):
Pros:
1. Good suction. I saw dust bunnies come from a few inches away to get sucked into the vacuum, which doesn’t always happen with uprights. I could also see a noticeable difference in the wetness of the floors when I went over wet patches a second time without the trigger, to suck up excess water.
2. Very easy to assemble/disassemble. I reviewed the quick start guide to make sure I didn’t miss anything, but this is one of the easiest vacuums I’ve assembled and disassembled for cleaning. Not only does everything snap in and out easily, the attachment points are clearly labeled in large, friendly letters that I don’t need my bifocals to read. This latter is increasingly important as I enjoy middle age.
3. Logical button placement (with a caveat, below). I don’t have to think about which buttons to push, when. Other vacuums I’ve used take a lot longer to get used to, which seems trivial until you spend a couple hours pushing the wrong buttons because you’re not paying attention.
4. Good maneuverability. The swivel head does a very good job of cornering in any direction, and the handle bends down far enough to get a decent distance under furniture.
5. Good wet cleaning. I was satisfied with the vacuuming, and more so with the mopping function. I do actually think my floors got cleaner than with the Bona mop, although this is obviously difficult to test.
6. Really handy to only have one appliance instead of two. It’s nice for both storage and convenience to only have one device for both vacuuming and mopping. Since I often completely dust/wipe down/vacuum/mop one entire room at a time, it was especially nice not to have to switch between vacuuming and mopping each time.
7. No expensive filters to buy or even difficult filters to wash. The small filter is easy to rinse, and I don’t have to buy the pricey filters other vacuums call for.
8. Works for spills. While I was cleaning the first time, I knocked a full glass of milk all over the floor. This vacuum got it all up very quickly, and I could clean the floor immediately rather than as a separate step.
Cons:
1. Not really time-saving. You really need to go over every area twice to get it dry (especially for hardwoods), so you’re still going over the floor twice. I also found it dried much better if I went slowly on the second pass, so that took even more time.
2. Short cord. It looks really long when it’s unraveled all over the floor (and seems long when you’re trying to get it out of the way), but I end up moving the cord 5-6 times instead of twice as I do with my other vacuums.
3. Bad cord management. The placement of the cord means it gets under the machine more often than I’d like. I also really, really wish manufacturers would use retractable cords. I had a vacuum with this many years ago, but can’t find a good one now. It’s worth extra money for this feature, but manufacturers really don’t get it.
4. Slow to clean up. The dirty water cannister has lots of places for pet hair to collect, and I’m sure not going to wash that all down the sink to cause clogs. The best bet is rinsing it with a hose in the yard, but paper towels over the trash can also work. In either case, it’s not a simple “open and dump” procedure. You’ve also got to remove the filter and take the brush off for rinsing and drying, so there are more steps than just emptying a bucket and rinsing a mop or dumping a vacuum canister. You also have to leave the filter and brush out to dry before putting them back in, so plan to leave the machine out or pull it out later to reassemble.
5. Not sure about wetting the rugs with the cleaner. In my experience, washing rugs without proper extraction actually makes them get dirtier a lot faster. The instructions say that you’ll use twice as much solution when you pull the trigger in “rugs” mode, so that’s a lot of water going on your area rugs. I opted to skip the washing and just vacuum instead. I didn’t notice the rugs were damp afterwards even though the brush was wet, which is good.
6. Uses a LOT of cleaner. The unit ships with a tiny bottle of “multi-surface” formula, but there are two other formulas for hardwoods and rugs. The multi-surface worked fine on my tile and vinyl bathroom floors, but it left my hardwoods really streaky. I ended up substituting my
, which is what my floor manufacturer and installer both recommended anyway. It worked much better, although there was slight foaming after an hour or so of cleaning. But I used at least twice as much cleaner with this machine as I do with the Bona mop.
7. No water level indicators. The solution tank goes empty a few minutes before you realize it (the brush stays wet and trigger light comes on, so it looks like it’s working), so you’ll probably have to go back over some areas. The dirty water tank is also supposed to make a higher-pitched sound when it’s full, but I’ve never been able to tell any difference. Maybe it’s not getting too full when I use it, but it visually looks very full, and performance suffers if I don’t empty it.
8. Button placement needs improvement. While I like the logical arrangement, it’s MUCH too easy to hit the trigger and/or the hardwood buttons inadvertently. Many, many times I’ll be moving the machine, or trying to get under something, or just cleaning, and I’ll see the front lights go on to tell me I’m hitting the water trigger. This is especially annoying on carpet, when it’s going to dump twice as much solution because it’s in “rugs” mode.
9. Hard to push on carpet. The head isn’t powered, but it’s oddly harder to push this vacuum than other non-powered vacuums I’ve used. I definitely don’t recommend it for homes with lots of rugs.
10. No headlight. The front light comes on only when you push the trigger to release solution, but there’s no other light. This is a real drawback for cleaning under, behind, and around furniture, or simply when you don’t have all the lights on.
11. Not really “all-in-one.” While this is a good vacuum and mop, it doesn’t replace a “real” vacuum simply because there are no attachments. My favorite vacuum (if one can have a favorite vacuum) is the Shark NV650 (current model ), which has spoiled me with its excellent attachments, headlight, and lift-away handle that lets me get under everything in my house. This vacuum has none of that, so it’s a “quick-fix” cleaner, at best. If I want to do a more thorough job, I’ll have to pull out the Shark and follow-up with mopping with something else (maybe this, maybe a mop).
Overall, I’d love to see Bissell improve this cleaner enough to mean I really don’t need a separate vacuum. But for now, it’s just a handy tool for a quick-ish cleaning.
Edit to add:
I’ve been using this regularly for a while now, and have three observations:
1. I only use it for washing the floors. I still pull out a regular vacuum for the area rugs, and to use the attachments for more thorough cleaning because of this unit’s limitations.
2. I’ve also noticed that the filter and brush take 2-3 days to dry, even in my very arid climate. So plan to leave this disassembled for at least that long, or you’ll get a nasty, musty smell from it when you use it.
3. You also can’t clean the floors right up the edge, leaving a 3/4″ unwashed edge around the floors. I’ll probably want to pull out the Bona mop from time to time to get right up to the wall. If you’re sucking up a spill, this might be more of an issue.
Laurie J. Mattson –
I have two cats (one long haired) and one XL dog (VERY long hair) so I have to deal with A LOT of shedding. And, I’m honestly not the best at keeping up with vacuuming and *certainly* not the best with keeping up with mopping. I’m always looking for ways to make the process of keeping my floors clean easier and more streamlined.
So, I did a bit of research to decide if I should buy this model or the Pet Pro model, which is almost $150 more than this one. There is a youtube video out there that explains the differences better than I can, but basically they have the same motor and power capabilities. The key differences are the following: the brush roll and the strainer, which separates the liquids from solids (like pet hair) in the waste tank.
-The strainer is ONLY included in the Pet Pro.
-The brush rolls are different between the two models. The Pet Pro brush roll is designed to deal with excess
amounts of pet hair and this model’s is not
Other than that, it seems like they’re the same.
I also found out before purchasing this model that you can change out the brush on this model and buy the one separately that’s made for the Pet Pro. So, I bought this brush roll: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B3CDZGB/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
First, I tested out the regular brush roll on a rug and a small area of hardwood in my living room. I was impressed by how much it picked up on the first run, especially because I did not vacuum anything beforehand, and my rug was looking like it could double as another pet with all the pet hair all over it.
BUT. When I checked the tank and the brush roll, I was not impressed. The standard brush roll was covered/tangled in hair. The waste tank was full of hair and it had clogged up. Easy to clean (relatively), but after only using it for less than one minute, I wasn’t impressed.
I then switched to the pet pro brush roll, which was a perfect fit. While I had already cleaned the rug, which I’m sure had the most hair, with the standard brush, I did go over the rest of my apartment. I saw very little, if any, tangled hair around this brush, where the previous one was completely covered. The tank also did not get clogged up.
As for the sifter…I don’t personally think it’s needed, especially for such a huge price difference. There is a section attached to the top of the tank you can easily use to strain the waste on your own. I strained the liquids into the toilet until very little liquid was left, then dumped the rest (mostly hair) into the trash.
I will say that another con is that it goes through quite a bit of cleaning solution, very quickly. You fill most of the tank with water, but also need to add solution as well. I was down to half a tank cleaning my small apartment. I haven’t done specific research on other cleaning solutions to purchase, but I know that, while Bissell says otherwise, most buyers have been buying and successfully using better and cheaper solutions with both models.
Not a deal breaker for me, but I also noticed that wet pet hair clumps on the ground occasionally, and I did need to go back over at the end to pick them up. Also, it does leak a bit when in the upright position, as to be expected.
SO in conclusion: If you have pets and deal with a lot of pet hair, I would recommend purchasing this model (saving money), but buying the Pet Pro brush to replace the standard one that comes with this one. If I had not done this, I would have given it a much lower rating. If you don’t have pets, this model would work fine for you regardless of the brush.
nicoleMP –
This vacuum is amazing. It makes cleaning my floors so easy and convenient. I have a toddler and an infant and dark hard wood floors… not the best combo. But my house has never been cleaner now that I have this vacuum. It is the closest thing to a good hand and knees scrub. My husband and I used to argue so much about the upkeep of our floors dirty floors make everything else look gross. It was just too hard to keep clean. But now we can do the kitchen, dining room, and living room in about 15 minutes. My husband loves using it as well and said it was the best $250 dollars spent for this “investment.” He is the cheapest man you will ever meet so for him to say this is even more amazing than this vacuum. If you are on the fence about this purchase take the jump and do it.
SeeYouLtr79 –
Yes, I very much like this and despite my dog things the rollers are his bone… I’ve used it faithfully since November. So here is my take. This was a splurge as I have a Shark Navigator and a Shark SteamMop…. so this was something I would use to replace both steps. It cleans really good – I start on the rugs and move to the floors. So I live on a very small farm and I have one dog (doesn’t really shed). We go outside often to feed chickens and such and most times we remove our shoes inside. Our main floor is our most high traffic and really the only place I use this – total of 6 big rooms and a mud room where the dog crate is for nights. This vacuum is SO DISGUSTING after one use. I mean it finds stuff I didn’t even realize was there and well, it gets clogged so fast (dust and such) that it really slows down the sucking… so I typically have to empty it at least once before I’m done (where the filter is). Also, I didn’t realize how much effort it would take to clean the thing when I’m done! I have actually run the bottom of the vacuum under the utility sink to get it all out and all the gunk unstuck. I mean it works and works well, but I’d prefer a powerful vacuuming and then a steam mop and not have to deal with the yuck afterwards. My sis loves this vacuum but she doesn’t have three kids and doesn’t go outside much like we do… so maybe it would be better for small homes that don’t have high traffic!
Nicole R. –
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I’ve owned this for over 2yrs and it’s still going (it’s important to replace parts and clean when needed) strong.
This baby has taken care of vomit, urine, and feces on my area rug. It’s also washed, vacuumed, and (mostly) dried my hardwood and tile floors.
I have 5 kids, 2 grandchildren, and 3 dogs. I’m always impressed with the amount of nasty water I dump out after each use.
Its very user friendly, lightweight, and dependable.
I recently switched and bought the pet brush roll and solution and it fits my original crosswave perfectly.
Thank you bissell for making my life a little easier!
Cherish Vuyovich –
I am in the process of purchasing this for our business, as I’ve owned a Bissell Crosswave for almost 2 years. And honestly, I have to put to rest some of these issues people are complaining about. I LOVE my Crosswave. I have a house that is nothing but tile, 2800 sq ft, and let me tell you, I couldn’t live without it. I have noticed a couple of things that would produce some of the issues people complain about, but its not the fault of the crosswave.
The streaky floor thing, people, if you’re getting streaky floors…you’re floor is super dirty. Yes. It is. Stop blaming the mop. If you swiffer…then yuck. All you’re doing with a swiffer is pushing dirt around and letting it harden on your floor. So nasty. You need to clean your floors, rinse the brush, and clean your floor again if you are one of the people getting streaks when you clean. Yes. I have only had this on a few occasions where a I had to clean a mess up. Usually powdery messes will cause this. And I did have streaky floors. But I went over it a couple of times and it finally all came up. If you have severely dirty floors, a dusty house, a lot of dirt, etc…yes…it’s going to take a quite a few cleanings to pull up the mess that has solidified itself to your floor. Duh. I have 3 dogs and 2 cats, 4 children and plants galore. Guess what? No streaky floors. I also clean my brushes regularly and after every session, I clean and rinse out the entire base which only takes a couple of minutes. The cleaning solution that you buy for it has worked really well, and also does a good job on a few of the rugs I have. When I first bought this, the water that I would dump from the bin was black…pure black. Now it’s a nice light gray. And it has stayed that way. Honestly, I don’t have any issues with this mop. If I had to be picky, I wish the dirty water tank held more…but then my whole house is tile so I understand that not everyone has the same situation.
Bottom line is, there is not a single product out there that doesn’t have bad reviews. I’ve read most of these and really believe it is lack of knowledge. Whether its the condition of the home contributing to the results or even not knowing that each item does need to be securely placed in the mop, and cleaned after every session. I’ve bought one of these for my mom and sister, and both have fallen in love with the Crosswave. I also make sure to replace the filter every few months and have bought extra roller brushes so that when I’ve used one, I can throw it in the washing machine (cold, no bleach, no fabric softner, and air dry). So, I just really believe that if you take care of it, it will continue to produce great results. If you like mopping and only have a small area to clean, then this may not be for you. I can see where this would be a bit pricey for those in that category. But if you have pets, kids and do enough mopping that you dislike doing it, then I seriously encourage you to try this one out. Life changing!
Kathleen –
My Crosswave just arrived today and I was on my way out but decided to stay home as I was excited to try it out. We have a large area consisting mostly of wood but have some tile and marble areas. What a breeze it was not having to use different cleaning products and mops and I could just go right through the house on different surfaces without even vacuuming.
I’ve used Bona on my hardwood for years and although it looked pretty good I know it wasn’t clean. The bottoms of my feet attested to that. I’ve also used a Hoover Floormate about once a month and although it did clean the floor more than just spraying and spreading Bona around weekly, it just seemed to put too much water out on the hardwood.
I LOVE the results I got today. You can see the water does go on the floor, but it’s suctioned up well and dries so quickly. I even used it on the Marble and it looks fantastic. No streaks with the Multi surface cleaner and it feels clean. My ceramic floors in the Bathrooms are very textured and pitted and they look so much cleaner. I even tried it on a couple of area carpets and it worked great. (Not for deep cleaning though)
Now the disgusting part – The dirty water reservoir! It’s hard to believe there was so much dirt on my floors. Yikes! The unit is also very easy to use, gets close to baseboards, swivels to get under things and is light. Wish the cord was positioned better but that’s easily remedied by attaching it to the holder. I’m hoping this is going to be the answer to a clean house and feet! Haha. So far I’m super impressed!
BluePanda –
Disgustingly amazing. I can’t say how much I enjoy using this. You don’t really realize how dirty your floor is until you use this. I love not having to vacuum before “mopping” and I love not having to actually mop. This thing rocks. We have three levels of floor that really should be mopped frequently between two cats and traffic. This makes my life easy. No vacuum, just use the crosswave. It picks up kitty litter and even cleans cement floors in the basement. The water and things it picks up may make you want to barf, but the results are amazing. I never realized how dirty our floors get until now. A large tank goes a long way the sample cleaner included smells quite alright. The cord is just the right length of long without getting in the way. It does a great job and I haven’t touched the mop since it showed up. Poor mop.
Robert Lanois –
I want to first start out by saying I would give this almost 5 star. Better than 4 but just a bit less than perfect. There is another reviewer that had some great tips, points, criticisms, and high praise as well. I concur with them all the way. I will try to add my points and tips that I hope Bissell reps might see.
Our house is very well maintained. We were using with what we felt were ideal result but what we found after using the Bissell CrossWave was that extra step that we missed. Our previous method was a very good canister vacuum and a terry cloth mop 15×8 style. Our floors looked great. Friends always thought our house was just cleaned. The Bissell adds a step in the cleaning by introducing a buffing action to the cleaning. Our floors have a nicer just waxed appearance to them now. We have not used the cleaner supplied yet. The results we have noticed in two weeks use clearly shows.
This does not come without costs though. First the vacuum is heavy and does not move gracefully. Point for Bissell. I haven’t looked but you should develop a washable filter for it and not a paper filter if you want to save your customers some money. The screen is good but there will always be some clogging beyond that. If they make reusable air filters for cars someone can make a smaller version for this gem.
Parts do need maintenance and that bring me to some tips. Cleaning is critical. Best time is right after use. Too bad it could not be hosed down. for cleaning. That would make it perfect. A small tip tool for anyone interested. Take a strip of terry cloth rag about 12 inches long and shaped as a point from 1.5 in wide to 0.5 in. poke a small hole in the pointy end and run a zip tie through it and lock it on to act like a needle to help you clean the throat of the cleaner.
Another review mentioned it. The cord is shorter than I would like. Newer houses have more plugs and better spaced but older ones lack some. A longer power cord about 10 ft. more would have also better. The cord also comes out at a bad spot on the machine. It will get in the way and should have come out of the handle where your hands are. Tip here for now. Zip tie the cord to the storage loop. In fact there is a small plastic hook that looks ideal for this fix. See attached photo. Also the direction I have the wire going is better for a left handed person.
It is very noisy. It has a high whine noise and it is something that can nearly leave you with ringing in your ears. It does not work for stairs. Bathrooms are always very small so you might not be able to get the head around the toilet as well as other unmovable objects. Does not go under the bed or very far under legged furniture like bureaus.
It didn’t save us more time but it did add a bit more shine to the floor. It could make you have some changes to your lifestyle by having lighter moving furniture and less clutter on the floor. I can say without a doubt that our floors are cleaner and shinier.
Updated
After a few months of using it I have some updates. At first we were using the unit with plain water. This week I decided to use the multi-surface solution. I didn’t use as much as is suggested but I did put enough in that I have a better appreciation of the solution. I didn’t want to have sticky floor surfaces as someone here said they had. After use my floors had a nicer shine to them. It still doesn’t get into tighter places but the places it does get to gets clean. If you have an air compressor you will be cleaning the paper filter after each use, otherwise expect to be buying the filter every month or so.
It would be nice if we could do stairs with it but that is impossible. It really could use a wand and hose to get behind and between stuff that the unit itself cannot go. Otherwise I do like the unit. It does save time and does a great job cleaning the floor. Using the solution also added a layer of shine not seen since it was new. All in all I think this has been a good investment.
A Final update. I have had this unit for a year and I still love the machine. As someone mentioned I wasn’t sure if it could be done you can use water to clean the filter. I have not gone to the same extent as they did with using a cleaning solution for the filter but I do run it under the faucet. I use hot water and run it in the stream both sides. I have two and alternate weekly. I clean my floors once a week but we are a no shoes in the house and no kids left to make a mess.
I use the multi surface cleaner but will consider Mr Clean as someone also suggested. I like the shine it puts on the floor the cleaner puts on the floor but I am always looking to save a bit of money. It stays that way all week. It takes less time to clean my floors now that we are using this. I clean the unit after each use and I now use a 12inch square wash cloth with a long zip tie on one of the corners of the rag. This I use to pull the towel through the throat of the machine to clean it for the next use. It works great and my machine has stayed quite clean.
Anyway if anyone is considering using this to clean their floors you will not go wrong.
Update as someone added to my post the filters are washable.
The Consumer –
I have had this vacuum for just shy (2 days) of a month. This would be a good vacuum at $100 but not at $249 –
My Annoyances
– The button for mopping the floor is right where my hand is so while I’m vacuuming I’ll unintentionally hit this button and it’ll start to mop the floor. This is annoying because once the roller is wet using it to vacuum is not going to happen.
– After each use I have to clean the vacuum which means emptying out the dust bucket (pretty normal) but also changing out the roller and cleaning out the roller area which is a pain.
– The vacuum doesn’t suck up as well as it did the first few weeks so the sides close to the wall have to be swept first.
Chez –
I JUST found this on the Bissell webpage for same amount but you get all the extras with it.
Just a heads up for those who are interested in buying it. Why pay $$$, for the extras that come free on the manufacturer page.
Now, the product itself is great. I just moped the day it came and decided to use it anyway. It definitely cleaned better. My water was diry. It pulls out all the hair that I didn’t see in my wood floor cracks. I was pretty shocked. I would definitely recommend.
J. Muench –
I have just completed cleaning ALL our LVP (luxury vinyl plank) flooring in the entire house. This was a multi-tank process, multi-day clean-a-thon as we recently moved into a new-build house. I could just not see myself on hands and knees washing the floors, or swabbing dirty water around with a mop and bucket; I have thrown my Swiffer WetJet to the curb because it just moved dirt around too (I may have written a pretty hateful review of it btw). I got myself the Crosswave for my birthday splurge. Sad I know. No kids, no pets (maybe someday but not now); we have visiting service dogs though.
Here’s what I can tell you after using the Crosswave a half a dozen times. on textured wood-grain-look plank vinyl and slate-textured vinyl tiles. O. M. G. We actually see the texture of the vinyl flooring now!!! We had this floor installed, and every sub imaginable walked on it or the cardboard protector sections with muddy boots. The floor was given a cursory cleaning before we moved in with a shop vac, and while it didn’t *look* dirty, it didn’t look very clean either.
First pass with the Crosswave was a muddy-mucky mess of water in the dirty water tank. I have to admit some OCD tendencies prompted me to do a few overlapping passes using multiple tanks of water and essentially Crosswaved the entire 1st floor twice in 2 days. As I cleaned each section, we noticed that the “wood look” vinyl actually had more of a textured grain than we thought! Wow, and it actually looks clean now, with brighter colors!! Same thing with the bathrooms with the slate-look vinyl–wow! texture! And it’s more colorful than we thought!!
I was afraid that this would be one of those “EWWW I have too much to clean!” appliances and I would use it a couple times, take the thing all apart, have to scrub and scrub all the parts I just took apart, and it would end up staying in pieces here, there, and everywhere, and one piece would get separated in the scramble for company coming over, and end up in pieces in the garage or something. NO!! Easy to clean, easy to dry, easy to put back together or keep all together until the next time.
Lessons Learned:
1) I think if we had a shedding pet–in addition to our shedding selves–I would look into the Pet version. I found that the machine will say the dirty water tank is full with that lovely screech IF there is hair and lint starting to clog it up. You may not even be halfway through your clean water tank before you have to empty the dirty one. Sometimes giving the Crosswave a little jiggle to shake the hair/lint/goo free from the float in dirty tank gets you another couple minutes of cleaning.
2) The Crosswave is not a quiet device. Watch a few of the videos of someone using it to clean and you’ll see you cannot hold a conversation and run this thing at the same time. There will be a lot of screaming to make yourself heard. The screech when the dirty water tank is full is a near-crap-inducing noise. Every time it comes on I swear that it will start smoking, flames will burst out, and ball bearings will spray around the room; thankfully this does not happen, but I haven’t let the screech go on for more than a few seconds.
3) Washing WITH the grain of your floor and going slow and steady is key. I also start in the far corner, cleaning with the grain, and slowly back out of the area overlapping all the way, hovering over dirtier-looking spots for an extra scrub. If you get some dribbles or the floor seems too wet, let go of the water trigger and slowly go over the wet area again to let the squeegie and vacuum suck up the excess water. When I went across the grain of the vinyl I seemed to see the ‘tire tracks’ when it dried. Going slow also keeps the streaks down by giving the Crosswave time to suck up the dirty water so you don’t have streaks.
4) The sample bottle only gets you 2.5 tanks worth of cleaning. Buy extra cleaner or have white vinegar on hand.
5) The Crosswave is much easier to clean than I would have guessed, and the best part is… I have yet to have long hair permanently wound around the scrubbie brush!!! I have a whole tool kit just for taking apart my vacuum beater brush, and as much as I love my Miele canister vacuum, cleaning the beater brush is not how I like to spend my free time. So far with the Crosswave, all the hair and lint ends up in the dirty water tank. I just pop that tank out, pull off the filter off and rinse under warm water, pull the green floater section off, wipe the underside of that with a papertowel and set in sink, slowly dump the icky water into the corner of the kitchen sink so I can swab up the hair-lint-goo with said paper towel, toss paper towel, rinse everything off in hot water. The brush comes out easily, and brush and its cover get rinsed in the sink and set aside with other parts to dry. I take one more paper towel and wipe around the dirty water gasket, and the areas around the brush. It really is easy to clean!
Photos: First pass on new, never-cleaned floor and the icky water. The brush is soft blue and stiffer red scrubbie bristles. All the parts drying on the counter.
So far I am loving my Crosswave!!
MAS –
I feel a bit funny getting so excited about a floor cleaner— yet it, in under 24 hrs it has become the most prized tool in my arsenal. Ok, here’s the deal.
I have tile (which means grout, unsealed grout, my biggest cleaning nemesis and OCD antagonizer), hardwood and area rugs in the living areas and berber in the bedrooms. I also have an incontinent dog with lots of choices to eliminate on. For some reason I lucked out, in a molly maid sort of way. His incontinence is generally active on the tile, which to me is the best of all three in terms of hard surfaces, absorption rate and difficulty of cleaning. But it also meant scrubbing tiles and rivers of pee flowing in the rough and uneven grout lines. Twice a day, tons of wasted paper towels and tile cleaner and solution to remove the dog urine as I scrub with sore knees and aching back.
Packaging was very nondescript. It almost looked like a run-of-the-mill shipping box, and inside was the product. No flashy, full-color glossy box. No excessive packaging, enough to keep it safe. It took me five minutes to unbox, assemble and get to work. Very positive benefit. It is lightweight yet powerful. Surprisingly. It cleaned the tiles and grout in one minute, the dog stain (that I purposely left– yuck) was gone in under a minute. It would take me at least 15 to 20 minutes to ‘manually’ clean the dog urine. And it actually was able to scrub some of the deeper grout lines from a poor tile installation. That surprised me quite honestly.
It’s a simple, yet highly effective hard floor cleaner. It seems sturdy, yet is compact and light, and it comes with its own plastic tray to sit in with an attachment where the roller can also air out to dry. The cord is very long so it cuts down on stopping, changing to a different outlet, restarting. I do find it a bit on the pricey side, I think it should be priced at 199, however I’ll pay the extra 50, 60 whatever bucks to take away my most hated household chore. We’ll see how it holds up, given I will be using it every day, probably twice a day. I’m glad to see you can order replacement rollers.
This is easily one of the best floor cleaning products I have purchased in the past 20 years. Sorry for the somewhat awkward photos, I did want to capture that the buttons on the handle light up, and when you are triggering the solution, the main floor unit also lights up which is nice touch.
I no longer get angry with my puppy. I never should have, but when you’re on your way out the door to work, late, in corporate blues and have to stop for 20 minutes and clean dog pee, well, now it will only take me one minute without touching any dirty rags, sponges, wasteful paper towels. That’s worth it’s weight in gold.
Oh – another great benefit is that you do not have to sweep your floors beforehand! No more double cleaning. It both sweeps and scrubs/cleans.
I admit I was skeptical and very hesitant to buy any more floor cleaners. I tried steam, the good old manual method, different types of floor cleaners, grout scrubbers, different types of household chemicals to remove the urine stain and odor that in the end were too much effort, expensive with very little return on investment.
Tina –
AS A REASONABLY LIGHTWEIGHT MACHINE, IT IS EASY TO MANEUVER AND CONTROL. IT HAS VERY GOOD DRY VAC SUCTION, HOWEVER, WET VAC SUCTION IS NOT QUITE AS EFFICIENT. WHEN USED FOR MOPPING IT LEAVES THIN TRAILS OF LIQUID HERE AND THERE. I HAVE TO GO OVER THE FLOOR WITH MY DRY MOP, ESPECIALLY WHEN USING ON MY HARDWOOD FLOORS. I CONSIDER THIS WORTH MENTIONING, ALBEIT A MINOR INCONVENIENCE OVERALL THOUGH. IT TRULY BEATS MY STEAM/VAC FOR MY HARDWOOD FLOORS, ON WHICH THE STEAM WAS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE. NOW I JUST USE THE STEAM/VAC ON MY BATHROOM TILE FLOORS.
I MAKE MY OWN CLEANING PRODUCTS, AND THE CLEANING SOLUTION TANK ALLOWS ME TO USE MY CHOICE OF SOLUTION WITHOUT HAVE TO HACK THE TANK CAP, UNLIKE OTHER DEVICES.
OF SIGNIFICANCE IS THE FACT THAT THE DIRTY WATER TANK CAN POSE A CHALLENGE WHEN TIME TO EMPTY IT. THIS IS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SIMPLY CONTAIN DIRTY WATER AS SHOWN IN THE VIDEO, BUT ALSO SOLID DEBRIS AND WHAT ESSENTIALLY AMOUNTS TO MUCK. AFTER I USED IT THE FIRST TIME, WHEN I WENT TO EMPTY THE DIRTY WATER TANK, IN ADDITION TO DIRTY WATER WERE BITS OF FOAM, LOTS OF HAIR, AND LINT, BOTH SIDES OF A BROKEN CLOTHING SNAP, SEVERAL LITTLE SHARDS OF HARD CARDBOARD, A RUBBER BAND, AND A SCRUNCHEE, ALL OF WHICH HAD BECOME ENTWINED AROUND 2 HAIRPINS. LUCKILY I NOTICED THE HAIRPINS STICKING OUT BEFORE I DUMPED THE TANK, AS THE CLUMP OF METAL, MUCK AND DEBRIS COULD VERY WELL HAVE CLOGGED UP A SINK OR IN MY CASE, THE TOILET. I HAD TO STRAIN THE DIRTY CONTENTS THROUGH A STOCKING INTO A BUCKET FIRST, DUMP THE STOCKING IN THE TRASH, AND THEN EMPTY THE WATER INTO THE TOILET. LESSON LEARNED, TO INSPECT THE FLOOR FIRST FOR THINGS OF THAT SORT, OR TO SIMPLY VACUUM FIRST, EMPTY THE TANK, THEN MOP, WHICH IS MY PREFERENCE BECAUSE I DON’T LIKE HANDLING THE MUCKY FILTER. ALSO, I USE A HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLUTION INSTEAD OF PLAIN WATER, IN THE CLEANING TRAY TO KILL GERMS AND DISCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF MOLD/MILDEW.
THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THIS MACHINE IS GREAT. I RATE IT A 4 VS 5 FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. (1) BECAUSE I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A STRAINER IN THE TANK. (2) YOU HAVE TO BE CERTAIN TO LEAN IT ALL THE WAY FORWARD WHEN NOT IN USE OR IT CAN SUDDENLY FALL BACKWARDS ONTO A SURFACE – NOT GOOD IF IT HAPPENS TO BE A GLASS TABLE. OVERALL, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS MACHINE BECAUSE IT CLEANS GREAT.
Denise –
I read one review that talked about disappointing streaks left on the floor. My machine initially left streaks and I was pretty bummed.
a) I sweep before using it on the hard floors. We use clumping cat litter. I can not vacuum up clumping litter and simultaneously wash the floor with this machine. I found that to be a disaster. I didn’t have just “normal” streaks… I had mud streaks! So I sweep the floor first. (I should remove a star since the machine is advertised to both sweep and mop at the same time. But I just love the machine 5+ stars worth!)
b) I had to take out the roller and hand wash the roller (with a few drops of dish detergent) half way thru my floor cleaning. Like everyone else – I was SHOCKED at how dirty my floors were! When my floors were that dirty… the filthy roller left terrible streaks. I’ve been using the CrossWave weekly or every other week for about 3 months. I can now do the entire floor and do not need to wash roller until the end, when I put it away. And I no longer get streaks.
My carpet cleaners wanted to do my tile and Pergo floors. They said that I was moving the dirty water around with a mop and it really needed to be vacuumed up. I didn’t believe them… but now I do.
I love this machine!
aspearson –
This is a really good product.. however, I’ve seen an excessive amount of hype about it and felt the need to leave a review. It does work very well on most surfaces. The one exception is my thick kind of shaggy rug.. which is fine. It gets the hair off that rug well enough. It is obviously very nice to vacuum and mop all in one… especially if you live in a zoo and have hair everywhere (like myself). I have four different vacuum’s because I’m a crazy lady, and this one definitely serves a special purpose. I use this one maybe once a month to get a good clean. I don’t use it more often then that because it’s disgusting to clean and you have to disassemble all the parts after each use to let them dry out. I definitely do recommend this vacuum; however, you should probably keep your old one as well for day-to-day cleaning.
Kevin –
When your wife is happy, you are happy.
She is a beast of a cleaner and HAS to have everything perfectly clean. She needs tools, daddy gets her tools. She loves this thing and says that it not only cuts her cleaning time down, it cleans the floors real well. We have wood floors, but the largest part of the flooring is tile and we have a ton of it.
She is meticulous at making sure she pulls the brush out to clean every single time she uses it and we do use the recommended cleaners.
We have had this for about 5 months and we will see how well it lasts. For the money we paid, which is not cheap, I hope to get many years out of this.
Kai Roberts –
I was absolutely thrilled with the unit the first time I used it. I keep my floors clean (or so I thought). I vacuum the highly trafficked areas daily and mop the hard floors at least twice a week. But my goodness! After using the CrossWave on my hardwood and tile floors, the dirty water tank was disgusting and my floors were a couple of shades brighter. I couldn’t believe it. However, the second time I pulled this machine out, it functioned at first, then I realized the cleaning spray wasn’t coming out very well. I had followed the maintenance instructions completely after the first use and made sure the filters, etc. were all cleaned and that there were no obstructions. I reassembled the unit as instructed. When the spray function didn’t work properly, I went back to the manual (I apparently didn’t prime the pump for the full 10 seconds before using). Though I had found the initial problem, now the machine wouldn’t turn back on. Back to the manual I went, and this time, I was instructed to dismantle the unit and check for blockages — none were found. After fussing over it awhile, I called in the Big Guns and my husband took a crack at the problem. Ultimately we both wasted a fair bit of time before picking up the phone and calling Bissell Customer Support (which we should have done sooner, I know, but no one likes to feel stupid). We were immediately told one very important piece of information that wasn’t clear from the manual — if the handle is pulled up to its highest position, the machine will not turn on — you must press down on the handle until you hear a click — then presto! It works. From the quick response to our question of what to do, we surmise we aren’t the first folks who have had this issue. We both felt relieved, a bit foolish, and somewhat irritated at the amount of time we had wasted. Though very pleased with the cleaning results produced by the CrossWave, I find this to be a very sensitive (indeed, persnickety) machine. Also, there are a number of maintenance steps required after every cleaning: eg, dismantling and rinsing out the parts, drying them for 24 hours, cleaning the filters, etc., etc. While it is to be expected that you must do some cleaning and maintenance after each use, this is a pretty comprehensive process. If you are seriously considering this unit, you might want to factor in these additional steps which do add a little time to your cleaning process. I would suggest that the prospective buyer go to the Bissell website and check out the online manual before deciding whether this is the machine for you. Kudos to Customer Support for their quick help, but I wish the manual had more clearly addressed this crucial bit of information. We respectfully suggest they add that point to the troubleshooting page.
UPDATE – – After more experience with this product, I still have some mixed feelings about it. With each use, I have expedited the dismantling and reassembling process to a point where it’s not a time-sink and I DO think the CrossWave cleans extremely thoroughly. Nevertheless, I still feel that there is a degree of fussiness with the product that makes it less than a 5 star experience for me. I think it’s between 3/12 and 4 stars: it’s definitely good, but not knock-your-socks-off great, in my opinion. For instance, I find that though I vacuum my floors before cleaning them with the Bissell CrossWave, I still have to stop during the cleaning process to unplug the blockages that seems to occur too frequently for my liking — that means more dismantling and reattaching of parts and the unpleasant task of removing a filthy wad of stuff from the intake tube that leads to the filter before getting back to the actual process of cleaning. This can happen even when tackling a fairly small area (my master bathroom, for instance, and the small area rug that I have in there. Mind you, some rugs shed more than others — and that’s worth considering before using this machine on them). That’s still not a deal breaker for me, but I do consider it annoying and worth mentioning. Further, after I have cleaned a hard floor and then switched to freshening up an area rug, there’s often a splattering of dirty water and matted debris (rug fibers, maybe pet hairs, etc.) that get dispersed back onto the just-cleaned hard floor upon which the rug is placed. I find that I can’t just go over it with the CrossWave and pick up the debris (I guess when the gunk is sodden it’s more difficult for the machine to pick up?. Instead, I have to tackle it separately with cleaner and cleaning cloth to tidy up after completing the CrossWave cleaning. That’s also not a huge deal, but it does detract from the whole experience. In conclusion, I still WOULD recommend this product to a friend, but with the caveats that I have mentioned. I would only add that in practice, I find I reach for this product less often than I thought I would do. I keep it for heavier cleaning projects but still reach for the old fashioned mop for quicker, more frequent cleanings.
E&M –
I resisted buying this for over a year because I didn’t wanna spend that much money and feel “lazy” for not just mopping with a regular mop. Well, we recently bought a house that seems to ALWAYS have dirty tile floors. We have 3 kids, 2 dogs and lots of red dirt tracking in. Cleaning the tile was stressing me out because no matter how much I mopped, it still looked terrible.
The Bissell Crosswave is a life changer. It’s reduced my stress immensely and I no longer dread cleaning the floor. My floors always look awesome after using it and it cuts the time it takes to mop by hand in half or even less. It even pulls up food that is very stuck on the tile, it just takes a few runs over it to get it all. I’m always amazed at how dirty the water is after running it. Since getting it, I no longer have streaks of dirt on my floors or dirt stuck to my feet from walking on the tile. I’ve heard people having issues with smells, mine has never stunk. As long as it is cleaned properly after using it it seems to smell fine. Giving the parts a good wash in hot soapy water keeps it looking brand new. Overall, I love it so much and I recommend it to anyone and everyone.
Aundrea –
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.
HomeShopper –
Bissell Crosswave 1785 -Corded
(green & white model)
I reviewed the newer cordless, battery powered Crosswave Max, simply because “who likes cords right”? Then further reviewed this model & one for pets. Finding the corded models are stronger in suction, brush spin has faster rpm’s & ya won’t run out of power after 30 minutes. The only difference between this model & one marketed for pets is this one doesn’t have the set in strainer for hair.
I have pets… hair everywhere within minutes of cleaning. In a house with floating laminate & ceramic tile flooring throughout.
Never ending job, literally.
I am also a disabled 65 y/o with a bad back, so vacuuming for me, isn’t so bad, as I have an awesome, pivotal Shark vacuum, which I do in segments, vacuum abit, sit abit etc.
But, oh… the mopping, can’t really say I can do a good clean mop job, as by doing both it usually left me literally in tears & crippled for next few days afterwards… while we walk around in “hairy socks” until I’m able to swifter some up or attempt to vacuum again.
I Received it today, within days of ordering, item as described. I was so anxious to give it a go! Just pop in the handle, read the simple instructions and off we go!
OMG…OMG…OMG! This machine is beyond awesome! It is a little heavy, but constructed very well. Packaging & reviews fail to mention the handle swivels. There’s 2 buttons atop the handle, 1 for hard floors & other for area rugs, the buttons light up on which option you’re using.
“What’s the difference”? Button for area rugs, puts down twice as much cleaner/liquid, and instructions advise you can use the area rug option if your floors are really dirty. Nice huh? This little guy isn’t a full on carpet cleaner, but the option allows to remove hair, dirt & dust from your area rugs.
Came with a small sample bottle of the “multi-surface” solution which can be used on hardwood, tile & rugs. I had ordered a 3 pak of 32 ounce & an 80 ounce “antibacterial” solution as well.
Solution bottle is easy to remove & replace, and has the water to solution mix ratio clearly marked on the bottle. Note: my first round of solution went well, it does not foam. Had seen reviews reporting solution bottle leaked. Well, on my second round of mixing & replacing the bottle into the machine… it was leaking in big drops, I removed the bottle and cap, replaced the cap and noticed you can over tighten it… so, please don’t feel you’ve got to wrench it on… just nicely tighten to secure and reinstall…. The leaking stopped instantly.
Also, had read reviews of “streaking”, expect streaking if your floors are really dirty and need a second go! And, to be expected, as in my case, had slight streaking in few areas, due to mixing of past residual cleaners. Knowing this, I didn’t freak, panic or dislike the machine for it…as I know, these will disappear after a couple more cleanings.
I had thought to possibly “rinse” just using plain water, but hey, it’s not a game changer since my pets hair, will cause me to use it daily.
It was very easy to use… it glided across the floor with little effort & strain. I was able to do my entire house and wasn’t left crippled, crying in pain.
LEFT THE FLOORS… literally SQEEKY CLEAN!
And left the whole house smelling clean & fresh.
Wanted / needed this machine since it came out, but the price was the factor… now, I’m disabled & still attempt to maintain my own home… it’s worth every dollar!
BUY IT! As it exceeded my expectations and will allow me to vacuum & mop… daily.. without killing myself.
Has a “multi purpose” roller, made of soft thick microfiber and a few rows of medium to soft bristles. These did not scratch at all, but did an awesome job picking up pet hair, dirt, debris without tangling. Suction is comparable to my upright Shark vacuum and is surprisingly strong. There’s several other brush rollers available w/extra filters available really cheap and compatible or better than what came with the machine. I’d ordered a mult-pak of different rollers to have on hand… cuz this machine is gonna work a lot here!
Seemed odd to even think about triggering cleaning solution onto hairy, dirty floors, but it’s a 2 tank system, with suction that doesn’t allow for making mud, before & while your cleaning. The pick up tank, wow, was easy to remove, empty, rinse & replace. There was no issues not having the “strainer”, as it collected the hair with ease.
Clean up afterwards was a snap… just remove, empty & rinse your tanks… remove the roller & rinse thoroughly, hand wring, fluff & place on the machines cleaning tray to dry. The filter removes easily, flips open and rinse out, and dry it too on the cleaning tray.
IF YOU NEED THIS MACHINE… BUY IT!
YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED!
I’m a Bissell Crosswave lady forever now… I look back at the years of double duty, just to have clean floors.
Amazon Customer –
I can’t believe what I am seeing right now. I just spent 3 and a half hours sweeping and mopping the whole house (2200 square feet of laminate and tile and a few rugs) 4 days ago. This process required first a dust mop, second with a regular broom, then mopped with an electric mop and mopped again with a swifter sweeper. I was very content with how clean the floors were after that exhausting process then. I got this bissell crosswave yesterday that I ordered Here on Amazon after going through all of that. We have run over the floors with a dust mop everyday since then. I just went over the floors again last night using ONLY this Crosswave and filled the tank up 2 full times with thick mud and dog hair! It only took me one hour to do all the floors in the entire house! Then today I went over it all again just out of curiosity) and it picked up this much more already! I am completely blown away! The cleaning doc allows you to flush out the brush roller leaving only the tank to empty and rinse afterwards. I am sold! Though I only just got it yesterday and can’t vouch for how durable it is or how long it will be working, I will say this is worth every penny! With three indoor short hair labradors keeping the floors clean has always been a Very laborious and time consuming task that has to be repeated every week even with dust mopping being done daily. This has knocked the time down from a solid 3.5 hour task to just one hour and the floors are TWICE as clean after using the crosswave than they are after the grueling process I was going through before. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! when my husband came home yesterday he was shocked at how great the floors looked and felt and how clean the house smelled. I found it for a little bit cheeped through Sam’s and through the Bissell but had trouble processing the order and the wait time through both sites was 3-5 weeks. It only took 3 days to get here through Amazon.
Fredrc737 –
Buy this and buy it now!
Purchased because my BFF swears by hers and posts “dirty pictures” of the dirt collector on Facebook.
I had a bit of a crafting incident on St Patrick’s Day that left my house covered in glitter. It looked like a leprechaun exploded in my kitchen. My husband was not impressed, so I panicked and ordered this vacuum. In the meantime, I spent 2 days trying to clean it with a mop, broom, rumba, swifter, human sacrifice, and there was still glitter everywhere! The package arrived 3 days early! I immediately got to work. Let me tell you, this thing is a Godsend! It took a couple of passes, because the glitter stuck to me feet and spread onto the clean floors, but it worked! I still have traces of sparkle on my furniture and in my car, but my house no longer looks like a strip club. I have never been so pleased with an appliance. It saved my sanity, my life, and probably my marriage.
In all seriousness, it works. If you are on the fence- buy it. It is money well spent.