Bissell CrossWave Cordless Max Vacuum Mop All in One Wet and Dry Vac Combo Hard Floor Cleaner and Area Rugs, Cordless Mop, Pack-in Formulas Included, 2554A

I'm going to write this review comparing the Crosswave to both a $30 spray mop/swiffer that you can find a million different models of on here, and to a traditional mop and bucket. Summary at the bottom.Cleaning Ability: 4.5/5The crosswave lands somewhere between the mop and bucket, and spray mop for cleaning ability. It does land much closer to the mop and bucket, however, which is the best way to deep clean your floor. What this does do better than the m&b is sanitize. I feel much better cleaning my bathroom with this rather than a mop and bucket that becomes contaminated the second you rinse the mop. Something the Crosswave also does that the others don't is cleaning solid waste. You can clean up a spilled bowl of cereal, for example, with just this one device; vacuuming and mopping simultaneously. I've had some pretty messy spills, dried liquids, food that's fallen and been stomped on, and this has no problem cleaning it up.Ease of Use: 3/5The winner here is clearly the spray mop or swiffer. I would say the mopping itself is extremely easy, but you're only deferring your effort. After use, you'll have to run the cleaning cycle, empty the drain water container, clean out the solid waste from the basket, rinse the filter, and possibly clean the rotating head every few uses with soap and water. I still find this easier than dealing with a mop and bucket, but barely. Just don't expect to be able to grab this, mop up, and then throw it back in the closet having saved so much time and energy.Price: 3/5Well, it's a bit more than a mop and bucket to say the least. I got mine on sale for less than $300, and I'm not sure I could justify spending full price ($411 List Price) on this. But, I don't have any regrets so far. I find myself much more likely to mop daily, and my house has been cleaner since I've bought it.Reliability: -/5This is an unknown, but its already lasted longer than any spray mop I've bought, which seem to fail after 2-4 months. The win here will definitely go to the mop and bucket. I'll update this if anything changes.Maintenance: 4/5Maintenance is pretty easy here. I'll eventually have to replace the filter, but it came with an extra mop head. The mop head seems high quality and should last quite a while. The filter is washable, so I haven't had to worry about that yet. I haven't tried any other cleaners, but you're supposed to use the stuff from the manufacturer, so be prepared to pay more for cleaner than you're used to, but it's pretty reasonably priced.Build Quality: 4.5/5This feels like a high quality product in line with a Dyson or Miele. My only concern is that the charging/cleaning station feels quite cheap. Other than that, I have no worries that this will last a while. The battery lasts plenty long to mop my whole house.Overall: 4/5If you have the money to spend and want to make daily mopping part of your routine, this really does beat the spray mops and swiffers of the world. It's very nice having something I can easily grab after cooking dinner and give the kitchen a once over, mopping and vacuuming at the same time. It certainly beats the mop and bucket for cleaning a localized spill, and can still handle my whole house if it needs to. It won't replace the deep cleaning of a good mop and a bucket of hot, soapy water, but it will get you 90% of the way there, and for me, that's enough to make it worth it.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:I’ve wanted this vacuum/mop for a while. I got lucky and found this on sale. I use this a few times a week on my hardwood and vinyl floors. It is easy to maneuver and lightweight. I’m disabled and in a wheelchair. I have a hard time pushing a vacuum around but this one doesn’t weigh much. I’m able to vacuum and mop at the same time. This makes it easier for me. I’m able to clean one room, then I clean the roller or it will leave streaks on the next floor. That’s the only bad thing about this product. It’s easy to fill up and empty out. I like that it’s cordless and has a charging station to charge it. It also has a self clean option for when it’s on the charging station. I highly recommend the vacuum/mop.ExcellentExcellent

Honestly I spent two weeks desperately trying to love this machine, but I just can't.I have hard floors throughout the house. Gemcore. Full disclosure: My floors are not clean, mobs of children, 3 dogs, one a 3 month old puppy, 5 cats, and an indoor/outdoor lifestyle on a 4 acre mini farm makes for a lot of dirt. I mop and vacuum most days. My hopes were high that this machine would cut down the time spent cleaning floors.The system basically works by squirting cleaning solution onto a spinning brush that uses the cleaner to brush and mop the floor. The brushes are very absorbent and hold quite a lot of liquid, and include a bristle ridge wrapped through it to add a bit of scrubbing power. It does OK, but not great. My biggest problem is that the thing simply does not exchange enough water through the brush remove the dirt. My good sized living room returns about half a cup of water. The rest of the dirt forms a sludge that essentially sits in the brush and is then re-distributed onto the floor as the brush spins. The more dirt it picks up into the brush, the more concentrated the sludge gets. While you are using it you first notice it starts leaving sludge globs around. Anytime you tap something it shakes off a glob, if you go over a transition piece, like floor to tile, it glurps off a sludge puddle, return the thing to its upright position and lift it up and you are rewarded with a sludge mini-lake. If you made the mistake of trying to suck up anything of substance, like dog kibble, it will be sitting in the middle of the sludge lake. Animal hair is either balled up and shot back out at you in a glurp of sludge, or carefully saved tightly wrapped around the brush for your removing pleasure.Worst of all the thing doesn't even distribute the sludge evenly. The cleaning solution squirts on the center portion of the brush, so by the time you have created a heavy sludge suspension on the brush, the fresh solution acts to thin it out in the center. This makes for a streaky pattern on the floor that dries to something Jackson Pollock would covet.OK, my floors are filthy, so I went into mitigation mode. I would mop a section, then return it to the self cleaning station to clean off the sludge. The self cleaning station spins the brush at high speed while feeding it with fresh cleaning solution, and is reasonably effective in getting most of the sludge out of the brush. Unfortunately most of the sludge it removes forms a sludge puddle under the brush in the tray, so when you lift the machine and return to where you left off, you create a sludge splatter trail that follows you all the way back. Keep my finger on the trigger (which is easy BTW, not a burden at all as described in other negative reviews) results in a more saturated brush spinning off more sludge glurps. Less time on the trigger, a more Jackson Pollock streaky effect.Icing on the cake? The more you use this machine, the worse it gets. The first time you use it, the sludge distribution layer is relatively thin. The second time used, it rehydrates the first sludge layer, incorporates all the new dirt, then distributes the result. It effectively concentrates the dirt on the floor. By the end of 2 weeks of increasingly desperate daily use, the sludge had completely overwhelmed the system, the floors were dirtier than have ever been.I went back to the Rubbermaid mop and bucket today. Ironically even though I had to run the Dyson over the place to pick up the worst of the 'stuff', then mop, it was actually quicker than fussing with this thing. My floors are clean, blissIf you have mostly pristine floors, or you have mastered the ability to levitate, then this may be the product for you. As far as I am concerned its not worth the price of the box it came in.