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Rating:  - Cannot Live Without
After using this product for the past three months, I have decided that I could not live without it. I have tile floors in my kitchen and hallway - and the grout had become so dirty and I never felt that mopping was doing much more than redistributing the dirt. It is a pleasure to clean the floor with this machine! I use HOT water which really helps to kill the germs and by taking the dirty water up off the floor after it is scrubbed, it truly gets the dirt up and off the floor. Thirty years of dirt embedded into the grout is coming out - and my once blackened grout is now white again. The other benefit of this is that the floor is dried almost instantly - which prevents my small children from slipping on a wet floor. If this machine ever broke - I would replace it immediately. I put it in the same indispensible categories as my dishwasher, vacuum, and washer/dryer. I recommend this machine - which is especially nice to be able to clean floors such as basement, garage, and other areas where a sink is not available to aid in mopping - besides, this gets it much cleaner.
Rating: - This has made my life so much easier.
I've never done a product review before but was very impressed with this one. I am almost eight months pregnant and live in an older home with various difficult-to-keep-clean floor surfaces: black and white vinyl flooring in the kitchen, ceramic tile with light grout in the bathroom and wood elsewhere. I have used it on each with great results. It is SO much easier to use than a mop, bucket, broom and dustpan. It's easy to fill the cleaning fluid reservoir and dump the accumulated debris. I was a little hesitant to use it on my wood floor, but it doesn't put out that much liquid and can be quickly "squeegeed" up. My husband, who put down the wood floor, deemed it suitable to use after seeing how much liquid was being disbursed. The squeegee action is greatly helpful because you can get your floor dry so much faster. For me, that was always half the battle, getting the floor dry before someone walked across it and got it dirty again. The only improvements I could see Hoover making is putting the on/off switch in a higher position for easier access (again I'm eight months pregnant) and the mechanism that releases the handle is a little awkward for me to operate for some reason. Otherwise, I have only good things to say.
Rating: - The Day my life Changed Forever.
I finally bought the Floormate after researching it for about a year. I have read many mixed reviews about it and decided to purchase it figuring I could return it if it was awful...nothing ventured, nothing gained. Now I have A LOT of very shiny, smooth porcelain flooring throughout my new home that I would have to clean on my hands and knees; buffing each tile dry or I would get hazy, foggy streaks. It took me on average about 4 hours to get it perfect (and the kids, husband and dog approximately 4 minutes to dirty it up!) I got it assembled no problem (all I needed was a screwdriver.) I loaded it up with water and vinegar (all I can use on this type of floor, besides white ammonia. ) I couldn't believe the job it did on my highly difficult floors. Beautiful, shiny clean floors! I was so excited I was screaming Thank you! Cleaning it up when I was through was a breeze. All the parts pop on/off for easy cleaning. There are some downsides. NO, don't expect it to scrub the grout, it will reach down there but not very effectively. If your grout was gross like mine was, use baking soda and peroxide and several toothbrushes (or the Scum Buster, which I don't have, but I hear it has a grout attachment.) The Floormate also doesn't get into the corners/edges all that well (I just do minor touch-ups here and there when I am through.) Yes, it makes a loud noise like a vacuum. Big Deal. It does seem to go through a lot of solution and the canister is a little small, so expect to make a couple of trips to the sink to reload. Again, no big deal. No, it doesn't pick up big pieces of food or the like, but I wouldn't use it for that reason anyway, that's why I have a vacuum. It does pick up sand and dog hair and minor dirt, which are my main concerns. It also isn't very quick. To be effective, you have to move it slowly over the tiles (forward to clean, backward to dry.) It did, however, cut my torturous cleaning time in half (and saved my back.) So goodbye (and good riddance) to all my old mops. Goodbye Clorox Readymop, Swiffer Wetjet, and the hideous, hated O'Cedar string mop and pail. I am in love with my new Floormate!!
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