Leaving water on a wood floor is a no-no. We will see if not having rinsed the soap from the floor will be an issue, The good news is its ability to almost completely dry my wood floor when done with an area. ![]() Sure it sprays cleaning solution and scrubs the floor nicely and has incredible suction leaving the floor virtually dry when done, but I was always told to make sure not to leave any soap/cleaning solution behind as it will attract dirt, This unit only has a tank for cleaning solution and another for the dirty water, There is no clean water to rinse with so that is why I'm only giving this 4 stars. Very similar to a carpet cleaner in operation, it only lacks one important feature- a rinse cycle. My experience with other Hoover products has been all positive and this one continues to impress. Read full reviewĪlmost perfect, but very close. I hope they can come out with a better, more reliable design before the one I just bought seizes up. You would think that something that is designed to pump water would be waterproof. ![]() They start to rust, then start squealing, and eventually seize up completely. There is an obvious engineering flaw in that the motors are not waterproof, or ever water-resistant as far as I can tell. The common problem with them is the suction motor/pump assembly. The third lasted about 15 months, and the last one was shot by 10 months. The first two that I owned lasted almost three years each. The only thing I've noticed with these machines is that the quality seems to be going downhill the past few years. The Floormate leaves very little moisture on the floor. I used to use a mop, but it would leave too much water on the floor that would seep into the seams of the flooring, causing them to swell. Definitely not designed to last several years. But overall, it's the best unit of its kind that I have used. It's not a task for the feeble minded for sure, you need to pay attention to where stuff is when you take it apart. The parts are pretty cheap and all you really need is a Phillips screw driver to disassemble the entire unit. I also replaced the detergent valve assembly because the seal on the bottom of the piston would pull off of its rib that holds it and the button wouldn't pull the piston high enough to let a good amount of detergent flow onto the floor. After a couple of years of use I had to replace the sucker hose assembly because it simply broke in half from all of the up and downs of the handle. It uses all of the same size screws throughout the machine. I have had my machine almost entirely taken apart and it is actually pretty easy to work on. #2 are the small clips on the waste water tank, they are unnecessary and I removed them after the first time they got in the way when I was putting the tank back in. #1 is the placement of the on/off switch, it is in a bad location but was probably cheaper to put it there. ![]() There are two things that I think could be improved. My floors even have some pretty wide grout gaps but this unit still sucks all of the water up. I have been using this unit for a few years now on my tile floors and it works great.
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