It's a handy piece of kit that's a 3-in-1 multi-surface cleaner: it mops, vacuums and dries at the same time. It's a more advanced version of the Bissell CrossWave 3-in-1 Multi Surface cleaner, with a sleeker look, which cleans on a variety of surfaces and can even clean itself with the push of a button. This sets off an automatic clean of the rotating brush bar - and it works pretty well. Ours looked nearly completely clean - and that was after an intense 30 minute vacuum of the whole ground floor. When it comes to hard floor performance evaluation, I’d like to think I have a good test bed for a device of this nature. Yes, kids make a mess and even some grown ups do, too. But nothing – nothing I tell you – messes up a house more than a bunch of animals. I have two labs and three cats and that means muddy floors on a regular basis… and hair. So. Much. Hair.

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Anyway, the upshot is that the CrossWave Cordless Max performed a miraculous feat by restoring the floor to its original condition – well at least close enough. I then added a squirt of ketchup to see how well it cleaned it up and how well the self-cleaning system performed. Lo and behold, my new floor dynamo completely eradicated the ketchup after just two passes, depositing it all in the dirty water tank which by now resembled the contents of a cesspit. Emptying the contents into the sink was easy but I did have to manually remove a bunch of hair and rinse the whole tank under the tap – par for the course with any floor cleaner. There are two separate compartments for bagless cleaning: one is designed for cleaning solution and water, the other collects the dirty water and debris. The automatic self-clean function has become a bit of an obsession of ours (yes, it's fun to watch it in action, too). The Bissell CrossWave Cordless Max is quite heavy The Bissell CrossWave Cordless Max: how does it work? On running out of power, the CrossWave Cordless Max takes four hours to recharge. Depending on the size of your home, then, you may need to schedule your cleaning over a couple of days.Note that you should only use this cleaner on rugs that are marked as suitable for wet cleaning (look out for W or WS on the care label). For day-to-day cleaning, the CrossWave Cordless Max can handle all surfaces, but if your home is mainly carpeted, or you need to deal with tougher stains, then a proper carpet cleaner such as the Vax Platinum SmartWash might make more sense. This multi-surface cleaner automatically cleans itself Credit: Bissell What's new with the Bissell CrossWave Cordless Max? Powered by a battery, the Bissell CrossWave Cordless Max provides the freedom of cordless operation, eliminating the hassle of dealing with tangled cords or limited mobility. This makes it easier to maneuver and clean hard-to-reach areas without the constraints of an electrical outlet.

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The best update on this vacuum compared to the CrossWave we'd previously tested is a new automatic cleaning function.This is ideal if you want to make floors look glossy and give carpets a sort-of deep clean (it really is fantastic; 30 minutes with this vacuum and half the house looked like it had undergone a complete makeover). There's a power on button at the top and another one on the underside of the handle, which lets you squirt out a mix of water and solution, for a wet clean. The Bissell CrossWave Cordless Max is a bagless vacuum cleaner designed for cleaning both carpeted and hard floor surfaces. With a battery voltage of 36V, it provides a runtime of approximately 30 minutes, making it suitable for light to medium cleaning tasks. This writer despises household cleaning machines that can’t stand up on their own so you’ll be pleased to learn that this one can. Like an old-fashioned Hoover, you simply push the handle into an upright position and, voila, it stands up on its own. That’s what I’m talking about. Aside from the on/off button, the CrossWave Max also has a floor selector that activates two types of water intensity for treated wooden floors and non-porous compounds like tile, linoleum, polished concrete. A separate button activates the self-cleaning mode when the unit is mounted to the charger-cum-cleaning station.