Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I will start this much the same as my review of the previous model: This is not a vacuum. It sucks water. It does not clean up debris that isn't dissolved in that water. If you are content with a quick vacuuming of your floor and only find yourself mopping during "spring cleaning" or a few other occasions then you will likely just see these types of more electric mops than vacuums as a needless extra step rather than useful. If you mop a lot or want to clean better than your typical vacuum and hand mop they can be a great additional cleaning tool. If you want to replace your vacuum and mop completely you will need something considerably more expensive that is capable of doing both jobs fully. Second: REMOVE THE CARDBOARD! I failed to do so on both hoover models despite a sticker on this one. I checked the brushes where the cardboard was previously and didn't see any. Turns out it's in the suction cover on this model. If someone says their new vac refused to pick up water they probably failed to remove the cardboard blocking the suction. We have 4 large, heavy shedding dogs with 1 getting old enough to have problems making it outside and one younger one that decides to copy the older dog. We also have several cages of chinchillas that like to throw bedding dust, poop, and food out of their cage. Our house is all 1800's hardwood or vinyl. We started with a hoover floormate. It was awesome compared to hauling a mop and bucket around. Often 2 buckets so I wouldn't have to dirty my clean water and end up changing it as much. We probably save as much on cleaner in a year or 2 of using these mop/vacuums compared to buckets full of water as the vacuums cost. Unfortunately the motor on the floormate died quickly (probably death by dog hair) and it cost about as much to ship it back as to buy a new one. So we bought a bissell crosswave. The crosswave has benefits and negatives compared to the hoover versions. in the end I found the bissell great for quick, light cleaning but mostly useless for thoroughly cleaning our old wood floors. We finally had the extra money to buy a new floormate and saw it was discontinued for this model. The powerdash is very similar to the floormate. It seems less prone to clogging by pet fur. It has much stronger suction than the crosswave. That may be due to design as much as the motor. The powerdash has a narrow strip in front of the brushes that it sucks water up into with a rubber/plastic squeegee type edge on it. The bissell crosswave has a roller brush and sucks water behind the entire thing without a lower front edge. On a very flat floor you can feel the resistance from the powerdash sucking itself down on to the floor. The bissell crosswave will pick up dog fur with ease and even bits of large dog food or other small debris. The hoover powerdash will just push the debris around in front of it and clogs quickly with things like pet fur if not cleaned after nearly every use. However, the crosswave is more a light rinse for the floor that removes some surface dirt and obvious mess. It also does not put out enough liquid for dried on or larger messes so we have to keep a sprayer on hand to apply extra floor cleaner. The powerdash will get cracks, uneven areas, and ground in dirt much better than the bissell and leaves less water behind despite pushing more water out. The brushes also seem to scrub the floor much better than the roller. but you will need to vacuum the floor of all visible clumps of dirt, dust bunnies, spilled pet food, cat litter, etc... first. I would not trust either brand to fully clean grouted tile but the powerdash would do a much better job on uneven surfaces. If you have messy pets, messy children, allergies, or just like to keep things cleaner than most the powerdash is a good choice to simplify frequent mopping and pick up more dirt or allergens. None of these mop vacs are a fast way to clean a whole room. They must be pushed slowly to have time to fully clean. They are quick at cleaning up small contained liquid messes and will suck up a considerable amount of liquid in seconds.