Bissell CrossWave HydroSteam

CrossWave HydroSteam vs Bissell CrossWave HF3 - Battle of Bissell's New Hard Floor Cleaners

What We Loved

• Brush-roll agitation strength
  soft rollers that are great for collecting debris on hard floors
• Dried-on stain cleaning performance
  Hydra steam did outperform the hf3 here
• Generic Performance
  performed extremely well in most of our pickup tests
• LED headlights brightness / usefulness
  LED lights on the floor head which helps to see any debris that might have otherwise gone unnoticed
• Sanitizing performance
  extra heat gives it more sanitizing power
• Steam cleaning performance
  produces steam which is supposed to make it better at cleaning dried on stains
• Suction power (air watts)
  Hydra steam had the highest score that we've seen so far more than double the average for this category
• Value-for-money
  a good buy
• Wet glow-in-the-dark test performance
  performed better than average here
• Wet-dry 2-in-1 design
  premium vacuum mop combos with plenty of impressive features
• Wet-spill pickup capacity (for wet-dry vacs)
  they both did a fantastic job

Just Okay

• Cleaning performance on hard floors
  designed to handle hard floors and pick up any debris that's lying around
• Corded power requirement for steam
  corded but that makes sense because it needs more power than a cordless vacuum because it uses steam which takes a lot of energy
• Mopping performance (robotic or wet-dry)
  can also mop your floors at the same time
• Self-cleaning cycle effectiveness
  self-cleaning mode where you can place them in their dock push a button and it will run clean water over the brush and through the system

Needs Improvement

• Large-debris pick-up
  made it a bit more challenging for it to handle big pieces of debris
• Weight
  hydrosteam is one of the heaviest