 "Broke after 1 year!" | 2008-06-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1ASDHO4EVEDWB |
| I made the mistake of letting my mother keep my original Floormate. I had it for 4 years and she has had it for the last 2 years - and it is still going strong. I went to buy a new one when I moved across the country, only to find the original having been "improved". After 1 year with the 500, the suction completely gave out on me. I had it repaired. 8 months later, the same thing happened again. The quality on this new model is nowhere near what it was on the original. I have come to love the convenience of the Floormate, so I will be trying a different model. Hopefully that one will fare better than this one did. |
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| "Short lived convenience" | 2008-04-09 |
| - Reviewed By nothing_like_a_good_book |
I purchased this product a couple of years ago and used it for about a year. I recently disposed of it because it was taking up too much room in my closet since it stopped working. I have gone back to using my mop!
Theoretically it's a great idea - an appliance that vacuums and mops your floor! Practically here's what you do: you drag it out, plug it in, vacuum, clean out the receptacle of dirt, fill the reservoir with the cleaner, "mop" the floor, empty out the receptacle of dirty water, rinse it out and keep it for drying, rinse out the lint filter, and put it all away. With my mop here's what you do: You fill a bucket with water, get the mop out, mop the floor, rinse out the mop a couple of times, and put the mop away. Basically it's about the same amount of work except maybe you use a *little* more energy to mop.
But here's the main reason for my rating: after a year of use, water started to puddle on the floor and the unit lost it's mopping function which is what I used it for mainly. It just sat in my closet since I didn't want to mail the vacuum back to Hoover and pay shipping costs to fix it. I finally got rid of it last week |
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 "I've used 2" | 2008-04-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3KUTXF2UCJSPA |
I sold floormates along with other cleaning tools for a couple of years but I wasn't able to see them in action.....so I relied on customer's reports. Some customers told me that this was an excellent product and I never had one returned. I finally gave in and purchased one a few months ago. It was easy to set up out of the box.
I have ceramic tile throughout the house. I also own a Flip-it and it did a terrible job and took forever to clean the large area. I tried the dry vac on the Floormate and I was shocked to see it pick all the dirt it came into contact with....as well as loose hairs instead of blowing them around. So I went over the entire floor very satisfied with that feature. Then I tried the wash feature. My pup had dirty paw prints all over the floor and I was looking forward to testing the Floormate on them. And again the unit prevailed and removed the dirt. And amazingly I did the entire floor never needing the wet/dry (wet pickup) feature, the floor was drying as I was washing....squeegee did an excellent job. So I poured water on the floor to test the wet vac and it picked it up immediately...once again pleased. The tank fills up just about the time I finish so there is no need for running back and forth to the sink. The floor was shiny and smelled clean.
Now the downside with MY unit.... there is none. But a friend purchased one and it isn't nearly as good as mine (where I dropped 1 star). I tried it out and the dry vac seemed similar to mine....but it didn't clean the floor as well and the wet/dry (wet pickup) feature still didn't dry the floor completely after washing....which was a function that I didn't really need on my Floormate. I tried to convince him to take it back because it's my assumption that it's a faulty unit but they kept it anyways. So there's my suggestion, if it doesn't seem to get the job done take it back...it could just be the unit. |
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 "This is FANTASTIC. If you have hard floors - A MUST" | 2008-03-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3JOEL93Z7AH5G |
I have read all the reviews on this page and several other blogs on the internet. I knew what cons to look for, and to be honest, I didn't find any. The first time I used it, I did take it very slow and went with the length of the boards (not across the boards). I couldn't believe the dirt it picked up -- I thought my floor was "clean" when I started. (I used warm tap water and vinegar)
I could see some of the cons people were stating if you went too fast. If you are WASHING your floors -- there is nothing better! Even if you have to take it a little slower(than regular vaccuming) - It still beats getting on my hands and knees scrubbing the floors or mopping the floors. It is soo much easier on your back and arms! Also, I think the tank sizes are perfect, I wouldn't want them any bigger - that would just make the size of the cleaner bigger and bulkier. This fits in my coat closet with my vaccum cleaner.
I wish I had bought this years ago. I highly recommend it - just don't rush it.
P.S. It also worked great on my bathroom floor--getting up the hairspray!
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| "Several Flaws Make The Floormate a Bad Choice for Laminate." | 2008-03-14 |
| - Reviewed By lancer96 |
I purchased the H3030 Hoover Floormate. I read many reviews on Amazon to guide my decesion.
I personally don't understand why there are so many glowing reviews for this product. The following list kept me from enjoying the unit:
1. The suction is not strong enough to pick up the water it puts down. Pergo floors do not like excess water. The flooring will buckle.
2. The unit is hard to navigate.
3. The unit puts dry and wet debris into the same chamber. The chamber is a soup of dog hair and dirty water after using it. The soup will make your sink dirty after doing a rinse to clean it out. Dog hairs stick to part of the chamber which you can't reach with the faucet to clean out.
4. You have to keep the containers out to dry after you are done using the machine (or they will start to stink). You can't just empty the containers, put them back in the machine, and put it away.
5. The cleaning results are poor (streaking is my main issue)
6. I can mop the floor using my micro fiber mop and laminate spray cleaner in less than 1/2 the time it took me to use this device. You have to move the device very slow back and forth several times to clean and then attempt to pick up the water.
Lance |
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| "Leaks, leaks, leaks!" | 2008-01-10 |
| - Reviewed By lsymos |
| I've had this Floormate for a year now. It was a floor model... no box or warranty. Buying it that way was a mistake. The brushes don't actually hit my tile floor. I think they just help to swirl the solution around as it comes out. So any marks that require friction to remove have to be cleaned by hand. The solution does come back dirty in the dirty tank so it does a fairly decent job cleaning the floor. It's easy and comfortable to use. When I first got the machine, I noticed a bit of puddling on the floor whenever the machine was turned off. I didn't think it was a big deal then, but it got progressively worse. Now it puddles very quickly, even when on, and goes through the clean solution in a very short time. Granted, I have a large kitchen floor, but I am filling the clean solution tank 10 times plus before I'm finished! Hoover has a problem with leaky machines. My Hoover Widepath carpet cleaner leaked like crazy! When will I learn? So I just got a Bissell Flip-It and will be trying it today. Bottom line with the Hoover... make sure you can return it if you have a problem! |
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| "Not that good" | 2007-12-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1SYJ0945DJNS2 |
I purchased this floor cleaner 4 months ago. The first time I used it, the time spent cleaning my kitchen linoleum was excessive. The brushes do not contact the floor well enough to "scrub" it. They just sort of whisk the floor. The second time I used it, some stains were removed, but the vast majority of the black marks and food droppings stayed on the floor. It cannot remove a black mark from your floor.
My solution? It is too late for me to return this item, so I will use it to vacuum up the water left over from the 12-inch floor scrubber that I will be renting from Lowes or Home Depot.
The Hoover Floormate is designed for light-duty only. |
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| "Decent enough to clean floors at an affordable price." | 2007-10-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2SH6A32BE6NEV |
Got this for $119 so overall I am quite pleased with my purchase. My wood floors come out much cleaner than they ever would with a mop or sponge cleaner could handle. My only complaint is how the plastic float valve that prevents waste water from enter the intake is very dinky, poorly designed, so that when you bang the unit against something or tilt the angle of the handle too low it will close up. You are then forced to turn the unit off and wait for the float to drop off its suction until you can turn it back on again. I've never seen a float so poorly designed in my life and I've used a lot of wet cleaners before. Otherwise, the brushes do their job well and while the wasterwater tank is small it's no more so than any other non-commercial unit out there. The clean water tank is small too but a bigger tank would just get cold faster and since this unit doesn't have a heating element on it (only much higher priced machines do) a smaller tank makes more sense. One other thing I didn't like is how one needs to be careful when removing the wastewater tank from the vacuum unit as there's TWO pieces that come out and it will literally collapse on you spilling the crud out onto the floor if you aren't very careful.
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 "Awful floor cleaner" | 2007-10-21 |
| - Reviewed By jollyfisher271 |
| My parents recommended the floormate to me when I moved into a house with some tile. They have one and they think it works well. We, however, think that it is awful. First, it does not save any time - in fact, it takes more time than mopping. Second, it does a horrible job - the scrubbers don't do much at all. Third, the wheels get dirty, and then when the floor is wet and you go to dry it, the wheels leave streaks of dirt on the floor. Finally, you have to change the water very frequently. |
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| "Satisfied Customer" | 2007-08-09 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2EIMPDAMS7JYD |
| After using this product for one month I am completely satified. It far exceeds my expectations. I would recommend it to anyone. |
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