Has anyone tried a Hoover Floormate, Bissell Flip it, or the Kenmore EVO hard floor cleaners? Are they worth the investment? I have primarily hardwoods on both levels of my house. Just wondering what you all think?
Tim

Yes Tim, I bought a Hoover for my daughter almost 5 years ago now. Just replaced the squeege on it. Not great as a crumb
vacuum, but dose do an outstanding job of scrubbing the wood floors and vacuuming up the water. So I feel it was a good
buy and has had the use in her foyer, kitchen, dinning area.
With the 4 of them and the 4 day care kids 5 days a week.
I recently picked up the smaller model in a thrift store. It has a stationary brush rather then a the 5 swirling ones the better model has. Get the better one, its worth the difference.
Norm

Here's the one I got awhile back at a liquidation store for $60. It works well but quite honestly I find it easier to just get out the Swiffer Wet Jet or the Vileda mop and bucket. I wished it scrubbed a little harder on the tiles than it does.

I got out my Hoover Spin Scrub Steam Vac that I use on area rugs last night. I found the hard floor attachment. It doesn't work very well at drying the floor because there is not a squeeqe to sweep up the water. However, my floors do look cleaner and the water was pretty filthy. I'm still checking into a Hoover Floormate. How loud are they? They can't be as loud as my SteamVac on bare floors. If I decide not to go with an mechanical cleaner, what kinds of mops have you guys found that work best? I am using a Libman string mop that has a washable head on it. I can't stand the Swiffer ordeal. I don't like to clean floors with cold solutions. I would rather use good,hot water and a mop.
Tim

I have a steam mop which uses either disposable cloths or washable cloths for cleaning the linoleum. I just had laminate flooring installed and was going to use it on that also but the floor installer told me that wasn't a good idea because the steam could damage the laminate. I don't think it could be any worse than using a liquid and mop or swiffter in fact I think it would do less harm because it is producing steam which then gets absorbed by the cloth head and leaves the floor much drier? Any opinions?

Gary

The Hoover Floor Mate is loud, forgot to mention that.