We’ve done the research on products designed to save you time and money. The BISSELL CrossWave Cordless Max does a great job of sucking up water. It leaves the surface slightly damp but has no trouble clearing the water as a whole. The water tank has clearly legible fill lines for cleaning either large or small spaces. The BISSELL CrossWave Cordless Max feels decently well-built. It’s similar to the BISSELL CrossWave Pet Pro in terms of overall build quality, with a body made mainly from hard plastic and an aluminum wand.
The BISSELL CrossWave Cordless Max is a cordless upright hybrid vacuum/mop. Compared to the corded BISSELL CrossWave Pet Pro, it has a less powerful motor that leaves it incapable of cleaning dense high-pile carpeting. That said, it’s easier to maneuver and does just as good a job when vacuuming debris or scrubbing away stains on bare floors. The BISSELL CrossWave Cordless Max is good for cleaning bare floors. It easily clears away pet hair as well as small and bulky debris on this surface type, with no significant loss in suction performance as its dustbin fills up.
However, the Cordless Max can be used to easily clean faraway rooms with minimal difficulty. It also features a self-cleaning function that slightly reduces hands-on maintenance requirements. The BISSELL CrossWave Cordless Max is reasonably maneuverable. Its floorhead pivots, allowing you to maneuver around obstacles pretty easily. It can be hard to push around on low and high-pile rugs, as its brushroll can get bogged down on carpet fibers pretty easily.
I should say it does an okay job with corners, but not as well as it would do with a hose. So If I wanted to wash down my furniture I actually have to lift up my vacuum and place it bissell crosswave cordless on my furniture and work it back and forth. The website does say that they have improved this feature, but it’s still not ideal for those areas because there are no attachments.
This way, I can alternate the two between cleaning my floors. The crosswave is much more expensive with many more features but essentially does the same thing as the pet pro model. I don’t think it has a strong enough mopping function to clean grout lines. It does a great job at refreshing everything, but it’s not as powerful as say a steam mop.
Probably my favorite feature of the Bissell Crosswave Max is that it works on carpets! Not only does it vacuum everything up on my carpet, but it refreshed my carpets making them smell fantastic. It helps with maintenance tracking, usage tips, and offers customer service, all within the app. Yes, the Crosswave pro max does have wifi connectivity that works well with bissell app called the bissell connect app. If the upgrades are worth it and its in your budget, go for the pro max.
It will then enter into a self-cleaning mode where It flushes out dirt, hair, and debris. When the self cleaning cycle is finished, simply empty the dirty tank of water irobot vacuum cleaner and its ready for the next use. Get helpful alerts, maintenance tracking and usage tips sent to you with Wi-Fi connected capabilities and the BISSELL Connect App.
This isn’t deep cleaning your carpets, but it gives them a nice refresh. It will definitely help with the lighter stains, but for tough stains, you’ll either have to spot treat of shampoo. My home is over 4,000 square feet and any small appliance that is going to save me time cleaning my floors is totally worth the splurge. Both will do well to clean up floors, including pet hair.
But be careful not to use too much cleaning solution as it could leave a sticky residue behind. The Crosswave tests show that it is very effective at removing almost 100% of all wet and dry debris. Vacuum and wash your floors at the same time with the cordless freedom of this shark cordless MAX Floor and Carpet Cleaner with Wet-Dry Vacuum.