The Bissell CrossWave Cordless Max is a bagless vacuum cleaner designed for cleaning both carpeted and hard floor surfaces. When I first mounted the unit into the cleaning station’s provided port, it refused to engage with the power supply.

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Its multi-surface cleaning capabilities let you easily switch from cleaning sealed hard floors to refreshing area rugs and tackling messes, whatever they may be – wet or dry. Depending on the size of your home, then, you may need to schedule your cleaning over a couple of days. Overall, the Bissell CrossWave Cordless Max is a reliable and efficient vacuum cleaner that offers the convenience of cordless operation and the ability to clean a variety of surfaces. And because the roller brush stretches across almost the entire width of the cleaning head, it will tackle spills right to the edge. If you need some more vacuum recommendations, then check out our review of the Lupe Pure Cordless vacuum.In addition to general cleaning it can handle real messes: food spills (dry or wet), liquids, mud and dirt stains. In fact, this part of the process impressed me so much that the machine has become my new go-to floor cleaner for all eventualities. Clean and dirty water is kept in separate tanks, ensuring you are always using fresh water and solution on your floors. Here, it picked up everything without dropping any grains back onto the floor, showing that this cleaner can easily cope with bigger debris.

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This versatility allows the user to effectively clean different types of surfaces in their home without the need for multiple cleaning tools. The Crosswave Cordless Max can also be used to vacuum a rug or refresh it with a quick wet application though, in the latter respect, it’s no substitute for a bona fine Best Carpet Cleaner. There will be times, mind, when you will need to remove the dirty water container and rinse it under a sink, especially if the catch filter is clogged with hair or other unsightly muck.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. It’s also more readily available online and from a company with a foot placed firmly in the UK – and that makes it easier to get things fixed when/if required.