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Post# 25316   11/25/2007 at 19:50 (5,990 days old) by timborow (Georgia)        

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


Post# 25403 , Reply# 1   11/26/2007 at 21:34 (5,989 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO)        
Hoover Floormate

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


Post# 25408 , Reply# 2   11/26/2007 at 21:56 (5,989 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

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.

Post# 25493 , Reply# 3   11/29/2007 at 07:51 (5,986 days old) by timborow (Georgia)        
Hoover

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


Post# 25504 , Reply# 4   11/29/2007 at 10:48 (5,986 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)        

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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


Post# 25505 , Reply# 5   11/29/2007 at 12:39 (5,986 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

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


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