The 6 Best Vacuum-Mop Combos of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

The Bissell CrossWave has been known to be one of the first mainstream vacuum-mop combos, and to date, we think it’s still one of the best available. The HydroSteam Wet Dry Vac model, a recent release, topped the charts during our recent lab testing, impressing us with its performance, versatility, and overall ease of use—we even included it on our list of the best vacuum cleaners.

This wet-dry vacuum is designed to vacuum, wash, and steam your floors simultaneously. In other words, the future is here, and it comes in the form of this mop and vacuum combo machine. Switching between vacuuming and washing, or vacuuming and steam cleaning, is as simple as pressing a button on the handle. And, unlike many other similar products, it can be used on area rugs and floor mats, as well as sealed hardwood floors and pressed wood floors.

When we tried it on carpeting in our lab, it handled a mess of coffee grounds and cereal in a jaw-dropping 21 seconds. We were also impressed by how it only took a few minutes for hard floors to dry after use—although a few subtle streaks were visible.

The vacuum weighs just 12.5 pounds and is designed with two tanks, so dirty water never contaminates your clean water. This CrossWave is powered by a 25-foot cord for unlimited run time—although, you may need to pause to refill and empty your water tanks, depending on the type of cleaning you’re doing.

The potential hiccups we noted (its noisy operation, and how the cord could get in the way) felt especially minor compared to the overall powerful performance. This is an easy-to-use machine that lives up to its ambitious promise of smoothly handling multiple types of cleaning.

_{Weight: 12.5 pounds | Cord Length: 25 feet}

While Airthereal may not have the name recognition that Bissell does, the brand’s vacuum-mop combo, the Airthereal VacTide V2, impressed us just as much. We tasked it with soggy messes like a broken egg (including the shell!), cereal, and oats, and it smoothly handled everything. In fact, the phrase used to describe its performance in the lab was “like a champ.” We also used it entirely on auto mode, and we never even had to bump it up to the max mode.

Strong battery life is a common theme among many of our favorite vacuum-mop combos, and this pick is no exception. We didn’t quite come close to reaching the brand’s posted limit of 35 minutes, and still had roughly 80% of power left after we completed all of our cleaning tasks in the lab. We think this bodes well for this machine’s ability to both clean up quick messes and do a full cleaning pass around your kitchen.

A few smaller but notable details that we appreciated include the quiet operation (except for parts of the self-cleaning cycle, but that was pretty quick), and the voice commands (which you can turn off, if so inclined). One minor quirk that we encountered was, after taking apart the dirty tank to empty it, the pieces were a bit confusing to put back together—the float in particular. But, we managed!

One big difference between this pick and our best overall pick, the Bissell Crosswave HydroSteam Wet Dry Vac, is that the Bissell has the ability to steam clean, while this option doesn’t—although with a price difference of roughly $80 at time of publish, that seems like a reasonable trade to us.

_{Weight: 10.1 pounds | Battery Life: 35 minutes}

Out of all the vacuum-mop combo machines we tested, the Ecowell Lulu Quick Clean P05 was one of the highest performing. It impressed us from the get-go, fully clearing heavy debris from hard flooring in seconds—without leaving visible smears.

We found that carpet cleaning was also very smooth. During testing, the mess of coffee grounds was quickly and efficiently cleared away. The carpet was just a bit damp afterward. While we did notice that this model was a little more resistant over the carpet than the hard floor, this also made it feel as if it were cleaning deeper.

We found that the maneuverability of this model was quite good, and the small related maintenance tasks, like emptying the water reservoir and cleaning the brush, were simple, too. We encountered some egg shell debris lodged behind the roller brush, but it was easy to wipe away with a rag. Speaking of the brush, we appreciated the drying feature.

Buyers should know that we did notice a slight high-pitched whirring noise when it was running, and we found that our testing process depleted nearly half the battery, which was higher than most that we tested. Still, all in all, this vacuum-mop combo compares very well to the big brand names in both effectiveness and ease of use.

Additional features like a self-cleaning mode and a HEPA filter are the icing on the cake.

_{Weight: 10.03 pounds | Battery Life: 25 minutes}

The Roborock Dyad Pro is a newer combo vacuum on the market, and it offers a variety of useful features that help it stand out from other upright models. For instance, it has not one, but two brush rolls that help it pick up more dirt, dust, and liquid from your floors, and one of the brushes offers edge-to-edge cleaning that allows you to get closer to baseboards (a big perk, if you ask us!).

When we tested it in the lab, we were especially impressed with how effective it proved to be at picking up both wet and dry messes. It had no issue going from coffee grounds to mayo to soggy cereal, even pulling residue from between grooves.

In addition to its efficient cleaning, we liked the digital display that shows how much battery life is remaining. During our testing, we used roughly 30 percent of the battery power, which gives us confidence that it would comfortably last for most home cleanup tasks. There’s also an app that allows for some control of the machine, but we were not able to connect with it during the lab testing because of 5G limitations.

The vacuum features separate tanks for clean and dirty water, and you can mix the brand’s floor cleaning solution into the clean water tank for a more thorough clean (we didn’t try this when testing, though). This high-end model even has a self-cleaning button that removes dirt and grime from the brush roll, sucking it up into the dirty water tank, and it tells you when the brush rolls have fully dried, too (which took roughly 3 hours and 15 minutes).

We found that the brush rolls were a bit tricky to remove (which needed to be done to check an obstruction), but overall, we were very impressed with the Robotrock Dyad Pro. If you’re looking to invest in a wet-dry vac with lots of bells and whistles, this a great option.

_{Weight: 10 pounds | Battery Life: 43 minutes}

The Tineco Floor One S5 is another example of a high-quality machine that handled our testing tasks well—especially on grouted flooring, which appeared so clean that it was as if someone had run a washcloth over the grout lines. These results were easy for us to come by, too, because the machine has what the brand has dubbed iLoop Smart Sensor Technology that automatically manages suction, water flow, and brush roll speed to handle various messes.

After all of our testing, the battery life appeared to deplete by roughly 20%, which was less than many other battery-powered vacs that we considered. A sensor indicator gives a read of battery status, along with other key details like whether or not the machine has detected debris, and the flow of water it’s using.

Like most machines, the hardwood floor, which we dirtied with egg and granola, posed a bit more of a challenge than the grout. We were still satisfied with the S5’s performance though, since the floor had only a bit of residual mess in the tiny hardwood floor cracks. We did find that going more slowly over messes helped its performance, too. We were also pleased with how easily this vacuum handled chair and table legs.

Another feature we appreciated was the self-cleaning process. We utilized it in between each test, and it really seemed to make a difference, in a good way, for how the machine performed overall. The squeegee strip on the vacuum was still visibly messy after the self-cleaning mechanism though, and a separate wipe with a washcloth was necessary. This felt like a minor concession for an otherwise impressive machine though, and we still heartily recommend it.

_{Weight: 9.9 pounds | Battery Life: 35 minutes}

While upright vacuum-mop combos simplify your routine by combining tasks, robot mops (most of which will vacuum, too) take it to the next level. These cleaning machines can be impressively efficient, easy to set up, and a breeze to maintain thanks to the number of functions that are automated for you. The Ecovacs Deebot X2 Combo All-in-One Robot Vacuum is a great example.

During months of at-home testing, this machine was tasked with cleaning and maintaining a busy family home. You can run the vacuum and the mop features separately or simultaneously, allowing you the flexibility to clean your floors how you want and when you want. A number of the maintenance tasks, like emptying the dust bin, washing the mop brushes, and checking the components, are pre-programmed for you.

When you first set up the station, the robot will run and automatically map your home with its sensors. Then, you use the corresponding Ecovacs app—which is one area of minor complaint for us, since it’s not very intuitive—to manage your cleaning sessions and schedules. You can also task it with mapping other levels of your home, if it’s more than one story tall.

Now, we do want to call out that robot mops tend to excel at general maintenance cleaning and upkeep, but they’re not the product to get if you expect to target big messes and spills. With this one in particular, the mopping mechanism is brush only, and it doesn’t have a collection basin on the robot for dirty water or solids. We’ve found it to be great regularly cleaning and keeping our floors looking shiny, but we wouldn’t necessarily send it out to sop up a spilled bowl of cereal without first manually cleaning the big pieces first.

And as much as we love this set, we do recognize that it’ll be more than some households need or want. If you’re just after the robot vacuum and mop without the additional stick vacuum, Ecovacs does sell the Deebot X2 Omni on its own, too.

_{Weight: 41.5 pounds (entire set) | Battery Life: 210 minutes (robot)}