Just received the Crosswave. It is great for cleaning large tiled surfaces. In the bedroom Iit is easier to use good old mop if you want to clean under the beds.
I bought the machine primarily to clean a lot of small carpets and rugs. Otherwise we have to pack them up and send them to the carpet-cleaner service or pull them onto the balcony and wash them with Vanish Carpet cleaner by hand. Instead of that expensive and time consuming annual job, I washed the large rugs with this monster machine and watched the colours I had forgotten come back to life in front of my eyes. No soggy carpet to dry, just a little damp and OK leaving windows open. The other thing I like about the Crosswave is that if you are lazy like me you can wash the carpet in the middle of the room then flick the switch and wash all around the edge with the hard-floor setting. This is a good system if you are expecting visitors and want everything to look and smell clean without doing all the work that this would normally require! Let’s hope the visitors do not inspect under my carpets. I tried to clean some small tufty rugs but the edges got slightly caught with the hoover action. And because of the lumpy tufts (woven strips of material and jute) it didn’t do a great job which is fair enough. Although it is sold as a multi floor cleaner and recommends ‘rugs’ I can’t see why this will not work on my larger carpet. I am actually looking forward to taking out that dusty old carpet to see what I can do to it with this machine. Moving onto the bathroom floor tiles – OK you need to clean the bathroom floor with more than just this machine as it doesn’t get into small spaces but if you push and pull it slowly you will see the colour of the grouting improve. It is best not to have any witness to see what is in the dirty water tank when you empty it. After two loads of cleaner fluid the stuff collected from my floors added up to what looked like a small dead cat.