BISSELL® CrossWave® HydroSteam™  Wet Dry Vac, Multi-Purpose Vacuum, Wash, and Steam, Sanitize Formula Included, 35151

Very happy with my purchase of Crosswave Hydrosteam. The product is easy to use and made quick work of the messes stuck on my floor. The product also has a few different modes making it easy to go from room to room. Cleanup was pretty simple with the docking station too.

I really wanted to like this dry/wet/steam vacuum. It worked great at first but then the suction stops working so well. I dumped the dirty water and would start again and even with very little water in the dirty water tank it wouldnt pick up water very well. I had to continually go over and over it. That is the main reason Ive sent it back. The second reason is that it doesnt do a great job on tile. If it had a different type of brush maybe it would clean better. The brush is too soft to get up dirt that is down in the tile and grout. This is the second wet/dry/steam vacuum Ive tested. Neither performed well on very dirty tile. They both had the same problem with the brush being too soft to really scrub the tile clean. The first product controlled the water and steam that was dispersed based on how dirty the floor was so I was hopeful with this the steam would be constant and would clean the floor. This one only put out a minimal amount of steam. The same as the other machine at its lowest detection setting. If you have wood floors I wouldnt recommend this due to its suction power being inconsistent.

Cleans the floor pretty good and is good for my house with LVP everywhere, i do have to go over some spots a few times. Cleaning the machine is decent but careful when dumping the tank, theres loose pieces in it and theyll fall out if you dont take them out. overall i like it a lot and has a lot of good features and makes cleaning LVP floors pretty easy.

Pros: steam works great, suction on smooth tile and textured left almost no water in first wipe. Self cleaning on its own dock, cleaned entire base and roller impressively! Cons: it is loud and heavy piece of equipment. Dirty water tank is a third the size of the clean water. Stopping to dump tank, is irritating. Overall, I really like the Bissell! Its a steam mop, light duty vacuum, and a scrubber all in one! Its understandable its heavy.. but way heavier than I expected.

Cleans really well and love the wet/dry combo

I bought the Bissell CrossWave HydroSteam as a hoped-for upgrade to the Bissell CrossWave Pet Pro (model #2306A) that I already own. My house is all hard floor, and I dont use either on rugs or carpet. The bottom line is that the HydroSteam machine cleans about the same as the Pet Pro, but has some very small design improvements that make me recommend it over the Pet Pro if youre going to get a CrossWave (and I dont necessarily recommend them). The HydroSteam has the same cleaning width as the Pet Pro, but a slightly smaller foot, though HydroSteam is maybe a half inch taller with a larger diameter brush roll. The headlight is brighter on this machine and stays lit when just suctioning and gets brighter when dispensing cleaner; its off or very dim with the Pet Pro when not dispensing. The underside of the lid and filter of the cup (where the worst of what you picked up will collect) is curved on the HydroSteam, and its much easier to clean than the corners of the Pet Pro. Theres an extra squeegee on the underside on the HydroSteam, where the Pet Pro collects grime thats hard to clean off. The downside is the HydroSteam is 12.5lb to the Pet Pros 11.5lb, and the weight is distributed in a way that makes it feel slightly harder to maneuver. Neither machine gets the floor cleaner than I get with vacuuming and a rag mop. The benefit is doing both in one step, and being able to pick up wet/sticky/greasy things in the kitchen without ruining my nice canister vac. Neither machine is a good substitute for a regular vac because they lack edge brushes and gaskets to keep debris from flinging around on hard floor. Neither does edge-to-edge cleaning, and leaves at least a half inch margin around the baseboards. To not have streaking, you generally have to use a lot of solution or at least plain water, and I have never been close to the area estimates Bissell claims you can cover. Neither machine actually heats the cleaning water, and the HydroSteam doesnt clean or sanitize with steam. It has two tiny steam vents that inject steam into the top of the brush roll (not on the floor!), where it puts on a big show of venting out through the window. It helps to warm the liquid in the brush roll a little, but it wont take it from room temp to hot, so it doesnt improve cleaning significantly if at all. In order to sanitize, you have to use their proprietary sanitizing solution which has to remain wet on the surface for at least 5 minutes (this will take multiple passes). For comparison, plain Lysol sanitizes a clean, hard surface in 3 minutes. The liquid capacities are small; both machines hold 28oz total of water + proprietary cleaning solution when filled to the max fill line. The dirty water capacities are debatable; Bissell says the HydroSteam holds 17.5oz and the Pet Pro holds 14.5oz, but set on a level surface and filled to the max fill line, HydroSteam holds 12oz and Pet Pro holds almost 20oz. Both machines have a float that cuts off suction when they hit max fill, and it depends on the angle of the machine when the float will engage--Im not about to pour that water into a measuring cup to find out the real capacity. In either case, a full bottle of solution means emptying the dirty cup at least twice. The solution and water mix in the same bottle, which you measure using fill lines, and there are only two sets. Bissell claims the higher (28oz total) will do up to 750sqft, which is technically correct as ~300sqft is smaller than 750, but thats about the most Ive ever done on one bottle. Since the machines dont heat the cleaning solution, you probably want to use up all of what you mixed (you will never mix the correct amount) or pour solution down the drain at (best case) $0.25/oz. (A full bottle uses 2oz of solution, I think the small area is about half that). Both machines have the same plastic strainer in the dirt cup, which catches almost nothing. Its poorly sized to the cup so debris falls into the cup all around the edges, and since its perforated plastic instead of mesh, the most hair itll ever catch is whatever sticks to the handle youre supposed to use to fish it out. Given that you have to handle this thing at least 3 times for each full bottle of cleaner, I recommend you toss it out and dedicate an old metal strainer to whatever drain you use to empty the cup, unless you love paying plumbers to snake your drains. If you have the cleaning tray for the Pet Pro, youve already experienced self-cleaning on the HydroSteam. The only difference is that you dont have to hold the button down for ~30 seconds. Bissells idea of self cleaning is to run some solution through the machine, and then you take it apart and rinse it all, wipe out the tray, clear the hair from the openings, and wipe out the part that holds the roller and the squeegees. The best I can say is that they made the parts snap on and set in, instead of requiring a screwdriver.

This Bissell is easy to use and does an incredible job on all floor types. I highly recommend it.

I have 2 puppies!! This cleaner, was easy to use, fast and worked wonderfully!! 15/10

We had just cleaned our floors and the HydroSteam water was brown after each pass. My girlfriend said it was so fun she cleaned the whole house. We much prefer the HydroSteam to mopping.

In love with my purchase of the CrossWave HydroSteam. This is my second BISSELL product, but first with steam function. Assembly was super fast and the instructions are very easy to follow, with great resources online for tips and tricks to get the most out of the vacuum. I have already needed to use on multiple different messy surfaces, mud/food/spills, all with the same fresh and clean results. This is now my go to, everyday vacuum. Highly recommend!