Bissell CrossWave Cordless 2588F

Handy but time consuming – I bought the crosswave 10 months ago, soon after lockdown lifted in 2020. I found that it cleans ok, but it leaves streaks on both my blackbutt floors and dark matte tiles in the bathrooms. I have to go over the slightly damp area with my flat microfibre mop to prevent those. It refreshes the carpets which is a plus and it is quite easy to… Read more

maintain (comes apart easily to wash and dry). Another thing I don’t like is that it leaves a mark where the wheels go over, so i have to make sure that I go over exactly the same area in a dead straight line to avoid that. It mops when pushed forward and sucks up the water when pulled back. My house is quite big, so I usually stop halfway to recharge it whilst I put all the furniture back, then do the front of the house. That way I have enough battery to last the whole clean.

Upgraded from the corded version, so disappointing – I originally had the corded version that was faulty so when I sent it back to Bissell I paid the extra $200 and got the cordless version sent back instead, what a mistake. The power of this machine is useless, it doesn't suck much water back up so floors take longer to dry, I have tiles and vinyl plank. It leaves so much streaking behind because… Read more

as the wheels get wet the don't turn and just drag across the floor. Even the shortest length of hair now just wrap around the brush, you then have to pull it all off as the auto clean doesn't. When you use the auto clean function the water left in the tray has to be wiped up as it won't suck it all up no matter how many times you run it. 30min run time and then 4+ hrs to charge. The only pro I can say about this machine is it's cordless but that's it, a waste of money. As much as I found the cord annoying at least it worked as described.

Good product – I used my new Bissell Crosswave Cordless on my vinyl floors For the first time to day, my floors look great it was easy to us and easy to clean afterwards. I have only given four stars because of the very flimsy 3 in 1 Docking station, it is very cheaply made and I didn’t think it will last long, for the money I paid for the unit I feel Bissell could do a great deal better in the making of the dock. Show details

Impressive! – Wow! I love this vacuum/mop. I have tiles with lots of area rugs, so great you can vacuum and wash the floors and rugs at the same time. Battery lasts a very long time, really impressive. It is a bit heavy, but so is carting buckets of water around. It cleans itself, although you do need five minutes to rinse out the filters afterwards, but no… Read more

big deal at all. It even copes with a fair amount of dog hair without getting clogged, cleaned dog sick of the rug with no mark left. I have bought and been through at least 6 other cordless vacs including a very expensive dyson (which gave us electric shocks amongst other issues) so I was sceptical about this one, but it turned out to be a winner.

Works great on tiles not on carpet like advertised – If you have a large tile and floorboard area it may be worth it not having to vac and mop. But i have equal parts of tiles and carpet so i have decided to send it back. It's heavier than I anticipated, it's actually hard on the wrist and if you have a step down somewhere in the house its awkward to lift up using only the stick handle but there… Read more

is no where else to hold for support.

I love the concept behind it and it is great machine that works great on tiles and floorboards, absoloutly terrible on carpet.

Vacuum doesnt compare to a dyson in anyway It's more like the standard vacuums that "suck" air so anything largish in its coarse will be pulled up but doesn't give a deep clean where all dust particles are pulled up. Unless ur wet moping and dust sticks on roller brush.

On carpet, it doesn't do cleaning at all. Its more like a surface wipe with a cloth. As though you have a cloth you wipe over a wet carpet without any pressure. The bristles don't aggitate the carpet fibres at all. Whatever is on the carpet is now is still on the carpet after 5 mins of constant backwards and forwards. Except now its smeared..

I had an oil spill on tiles, i thought the crosswave would suck it up, it just smeared and flicked it everywhere. In the end i had to use a dry cloth to get it all off. And then had to clean the machine too.

You also need to clean and dry the parts every time you use it, otherwise it smells. The brush also needs to dry between tasks so you would need at least 3 as it takes 24 hours to dry.

It does come with self cleaning but often leaves a mess on its tray which needs to be wiped. You will also need to clean the containers after the self clean - again if you don't it smells.

You cant just use it for small clean ups as the cleaning process of the machine will take longer Honestly certain things are just easier with a wet pad.

I think its over priced. It's a wet vacuum with a rotating roller brush. If you realise the ads are of small smeares of things as it cant handle anything large.

I could justify $300 for it but definetly not worth $650 - 700 for myself. Maybe i would have a different oppinion if i had a larger mopping area.. but the ads make it seems like it works well on carpet - it doesn't.

Does what is says on the box – Does an amazing job of cleaning the floors The difference between using this vacuum is like wiping a surface with dry cloth vs wiping it with a damp cloth. The damp cloth picks up much more dirt and that is what happens when you use this vacuum. Note: the floors remain wet afterwards - without accurate measurement estimate 75% of the water… Read more

remains on the floor which is a little disappointing

Some review complain about the cost of the cleaning solution - This is a little harsh since a bottle lasts a long time and leaves the floors much shinier than some cheaper cleaners I have tried

Battery life only adequate to clean about 5 rooms. Once flat it has to be plugged into the charging stand for at least 30 minutes before you can clean the unit because the charger can not run the motor

Note it is also quite heavy compared to a standard vacuum cleaner/mop

Great floor cleaner, easy to use. Now stopped working after 6 weeks and Bissell replaced quickly – I am very impressed with this machine. It was easy to unbox and assemble (only the delivery and receiving tanks need to be attached which even a child could do). Setting up the cleaning solution couldn't be easier with marks on the delivery tank where to fill to with water and then where to top up to with the cleaning solution. I was a little… Read more

concerned that the cleaning solution could work out expensive but I would guess only about 150-200ml of the cleaning solution would be needed to do a very large area. The 'sample' bottle supplied (236ml) allowed me to do one large area and just about two small areas. I have used the machine on a very large vinyl tiled area (the tiles have the texture of stone and feel like stone), a ceramic tiled area and a synthetic thick rug with a dense scultured pile and it cleaned them all. The only dirt the cleaner was unable to remove was some dried on (pet) bird droppings which had gone so hard that they had to be scraped off and so I wouldn't think that any cleaner would remove. The run time before needing recharging was extremely long. I didn't time it but I am sure it was at least 40 minutes. I am a bit of a fastidious buyer and do a lot of researching before forking out my hard earned money and I am extremely happy with this machine and would recommend it.

Added 5 weeks later - After using the machine 4 or 5 times it now will not work. Checked that everything is inserted correctly and that the battery is fully charged but still will not work. Have just contacted Bissell via their website and waiting on a reply. I'm not impressed. Hopefully they will tell me to take it back to the retailer and that will be bad enough as they are 30 minutes from where I live. Added later I have been in contact with Bissell and after sending them a video which shows the problem they have stated that they will replace the faulty untit but I need to wait 5-7 business days. I am desperately waiting on the replacement so that I can clean my large hard surface floor. 25/3/2020 Received replacement from Bissell. I am now a 'happy little vegemite' again.