This $100-Off Cordless Bissell Will Halve Cleaning Time before Guests – Banish Stains, Mop and Vacuum All at Once

If the doorbell has ever rung before you’ve finished cleaning, you’ll know that pre-guest prep never feels quick enough. Floors always take too long – vacuuming, then mopping, then hoping things dry before anyone sets foot on them.

That’s why I’m relieved to have found a solution that does all three in one. The Bissell CrossWave OmniForce Edge, $100 off right now, is a cordless vacuum-mop combo that vacuums and mops simultaneously, leaving the floors dry a few minutes later.

I’ve reviewed this exact model, and it genuinely halves the time it takes to make floors guest-ready. Plus, it's one of the only vacuum-mop combos that can dry vacuum area rugs, too.

Speed up the Pre-Guest Clean-up With Faster Floors in Fewer Steps

Most of us already know the drill: Vacuum crumbs, get mopping, then wait for wet patches to dry before anyone walks in.

With the Bissell CrossWave, those steps disappear. It sucks up debris and washes the floor in one smooth pass, so you can blitz the kitchen and living room right before guests arrive, without sacrificing the results you’d expect from using your best vacuum and mopping the floors separately.

What impressed me most during testing was how confidently it handled different surfaces. My home has a mix of hardwood, laminate, and rugs, so I'm used to swapping tools, but this cordless Bissell transitions seamlessly – even dry-vacuuming rugs – meaning there’s no time-wasting pause in chores or running a mental checklist of what you need next to continue cleaning.

I once used my vacuum-mop to clean my kitchen, living room and hallway in under 10 minutes, after my friends announced they were arriving early. With a regular vacuum and mop, that'd take at least half an hour.

The cordless Bissell is also brilliant for reducing those small habits that make floors feel dirty fast – like crumbs under the dining table or drips near the kitchen counter. A quick once-over helps prevent grime from building up without committing to a full cleaning session.

The way it handles hard floors is especially satisfying if streaks usually bother you. Its brushroll lifts dust and sucks away spills, while the cleaning solution scrubs away stains, cleaning your floors without streaks. And because it sucks the moisture away, it's dry within a few minutes, which is often not the case with regular mopping.

This makes it great on sensitive surfaces, such as when you are cleaning hardwood floors, but if you're worried about particularly precious floors, you can also lower the moisture levels when cleaning, then use its dry vacuum function afterwards to remove the remaining water.

This speed and convenience are also owed to it being a cordless vacuum. There’s no wrestling a cable around furniture or unplugging halfway through the kitchen. And as someone who many times has rushed to clean up kitchen spills or mysterious crumbs before guests land, having a single tool that deals with everything – wet, dry, rugs, and hard flooring – is honestly a game-changer.

The Bissell CrossWave OmniForce Edge is discounted to $299.99 for Cyber Week.

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All prices correct at time of publication.

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