 "Just not that great." | 2008-09-26 |
| - Reviewed By chance20_m |
We have owned the 800 for about a year now. I am unsatisfied with its performance.
My biggest complaint: the reservoirs are much too small. I don't have that much floor that needs mopping, and yet I have to stop repeatedly to empty the dirty water and put clean water in. A point in its favor, adding water and dumping the dirty water is pretty easy.
My next problem is with the plunger in the dirty water reservoir. This is what stops the suction when the container is full. The problem is that jostling will caused the plunger to set even though it isn't full yet. You have to turn off the unit to fit this. It is very annoying.
I've actually went back to regular mops, and have experimented with using my carpet cleaner vac instead. It seems to work much better, and its reservoir is huge, no unnecessary stopping.
I'm actually surprised this thing is getting as high a reviews as it is. |
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 "Clean floors so easy" | 2008-09-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3HYU1IPGGUNKS |
| A friend told us how nice this was for cleaning floors. It is better than they told us. Great for cleaning hardwood and tile floors. |
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| "Better than I could have hoped for!" | 2008-09-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2I3SRF5ECG7ZN |
| I love this vacuum. I live with my 91 year old grandfather and he is constantly leaving a mess due to his poor eye sight and starting to lose some hand eye coordination. I use this cleaner at least 3-4 days a week and it picks up everything from spills to crumbs and leaves the floor much cleaner that I could ever do in the short time it would have taken me otherwise. I've had it for just over a month and I don't know how I got by without it. |
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 "Cool but short-lived" | 2008-09-09 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1B5VUW0IPNB0O |
I loved it at first, it certainly does what it says it will do. But the top tank empties fast and the bottom fills fast. Very soon began mopping separately and using this to suck up water. That was best use for us.
I used it only a limited number of times before it was parked in closet for a while. (I had surgery and spouse refuses to use new-fangled contraptions.) Got it out recently and it won't work. Just stopped suctioning. Cleaned it out every which way. Probably used all of 15 times total. Two years old, so warranty gone. Final analysis: a little too frail for the money. |
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 "Picks up the filth left behind by mops" | 2008-09-08 |
| - Reviewed By neekpeek |
| I own the 3020 model which is a bit simpler and smaller. I consider this as useful as my dishwasher -- and just like a dishwasher, you have to use it right to get the best results. I find it pretty simple. First pass picks up dry dirt - better than my regular vac. Second pass scrubs with soap solution. Third pass picks up the water and dries the floor. In case you're wondering if it works, you'll know when you dump the filthy black water out of the holding tank. I always think how disgusting it is that mopping left all that behind on my floors. Two things to remember, if you move it back and forth very rapidly, the tank can dribble out, but no problem, you can pick it up again easily. And sometimes if I pick up a lot of hair, I have to stop and unclog it. My floors stay cleaner longer than mopping. |
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| "good for large rooms" | 2008-09-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1K4K9OQ40EDJ3 |
| Good product for a large open space (big rooms with no furniture). I was not able to use it in a small apartment. It was difficult to menuever around furniture. |
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| "Hoover Floormate - Gets Floors Really Clean" | 2008-08-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: AIYDFZN97LEGW |
| This is better than a mop that pushes the dirt around. I do find the Lavender fragrance of the floor to floor solution freshens your home, unlike others who said it made them feel sick. It gets the floors really clean, picks up cat hair and stray bits of kitty litter. I got the detailing set with it and we have already used one of the tools to get under the metal covers that go over the heating pipes that run around the floor. The wide path nozzle seems to get a large area of floor at once. I have sealed wooden floors and tiles. I use another lighter vacuum to pick up debris first, then use the wash function and wet pick up as I go so I don't damage the wooden floors. My main complaint is that it is darn heavy. I would not recommend this for someone that has a bad back like me. I'm fortunate that I do the vacuuming part with my other vac and my partner does the washing part. The glide action is OK but too frequently it gets stuck back into the locked position. It is cumbersome to use on stairs and smaller areas. Despite these drawbacks, the floors do stay cleaner for longer which is great. I wish they'd make a new version that's lighter but has a larger clean tank, as the clean tank and waste tank are different sizes and the clean tank only lasts for half a bedroom. |
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| "Take Me For a Spin" | 2008-08-07 |
| - Reviewed By aztegger |
| I now have owned my Hoover FloorMate for 8 months. I purchased this as a lighting deal, then tried to cancel after reading through all the negative reviews, but it was too late to cancel. My first use of the machine I followed the instructions, and pointers about putting the water in the tank and then adding the cleaner, and it took me quite awhile to do what is large area of tile between my kitchen and family room. I didn't even try to use it as a vacume based on the reviews, and used my regular vacume, then I cleaned the floors. But, I'm lazy and got tired of having to fill up the small dispenser tank which runs out of cleaner and water very fast. So, up to my old tricks, I just poured hot water and the cleaner on the floor and sucked it up with the Hoover FloorMate. Then with further occasions to use the Floormate, I have now resorted to just pouring hot water on my floor and not prevacuming and let the Floormate pick up the dirt and the water (I only do this when there is not a lot debris on the floor). Now I find if I just want a quick clean for my floors, pour the water on the floor and let the FloorMate pick up the water and the dirt. It does a great job, sometimes if something is stickey on the floor in the kitchen I might have to go over it a couple of times, but hey I would have to do that no matter what method I used to clean with. I now find I use my Floormate every time I need to clean my tile floors. The only thing I can't comment on is the grout cleaning feature, because I haven't tried to use it for that feature. I can now clean my kitchen floor in about 10 minutes no streaks and the floor shines. Family room takes longer because I have to move my furniture and rugs, but I have to do that anyway no matter which method I use to clean. |
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| "Amazing cleaner" | 2008-08-05 |
| - Reviewed By jamfly52 |
| I origiannly borrowed one of the Floormates from my sister but realized how good it worked and had to have my own. I only use it as hard floor cleaner (not really as a vacuum) and it works terrific. It's amazing the dirt that collects on my floor. Used it once right after mopping and I was surprised at how much more dirt was on my floor. Worth every penny. I feel like I am getting the dirt up not just pushing it around with a mop. |
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| "It really helped me" | 2008-07-22 |
| - Reviewed By dawnmwinters |
| I have reconstructive knee surgery and was talking to a co-worker who recommended the floor mate. It was so much faster than the old ways I washed the floor and safer for me. My floors are beautiful. I did call Hoover's customer service, because sometimes I have issues putting things together, and they were very helpful. If I couldn't fix my problem, they would have given me a local dealer to take the product to. I didn't need to do this, but it's still a nice touch. |
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