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Hoover H3030 FloorMate SpinScrub 500 Upright Wet/Dry Vacuum Review Love it! Hoover Floormate Spinscrub 500 Well, I read EVERY review on the Hoover Floormate Spinscrub 500. Many thumbs up, a few thumbs down. Being less than domestic just the fac...

Hoover H3060 FloorMate SpinScrub 800 Upright Wet/Dry Vacuum Review Does a great job with much less effort than a mop!!! I recently bought the FloorMate SpinScrub 800 because we have probably close to 900 square feet of porcelain tile. I noticed that the kitch...

We have a very large kitchen and laundry room, both sporting old embossed vinyl floor tiles. Traffic is heavy through these rooms from the garage and the yard. For five years now I have mopped, I have scrubbed on my hands and knees, I have Swiffered and I have Mr. Cleaned. Nothing really cleaned them, and everything left grunge behind. If you ran you hand over the floor after cleaning, it always felt sticky. Run a paper towel over it, and dirt still came up.

I read all the reviews here and decided to take a chance on the FloorMate. I ordered it on line and got free shipping, plus a $15 discount. When it arrived, I wondered how anything so adorably whimsical looking could possibly be effective. And that little 8 oz. bottle of cleaning solution seemed rather inadequate. We assembled it and the next morning I gave it a run. Since I had to use my regular vacuum to do the edges and corners first, I simply vacuumed the entire floor with that. Later I used the Floor Mate to vacuum our tiled hallway and it did a very decent job. I doubt it would pick up Cheerios or bits of crackers, but it definitely picked up cat hair, dust bunnies and even bits of fine gravel that we track in from the yard.

It took a little while to figure out the proper angle for the “floating” handle. At first, I held it straight down at the end of my arm and it didn’t do much. Bringing it more upright did the trick and I could see that it really was scrubbing. I found that you do have to move slowly back and forth for the brushes to do their job. On “inhale” mode, it did indeed suck up virtually all of the cleaning solution and the floor was dry almost immediately. I was horrified at the filthy black water in the recovery container. Our vinyl floor tiles are the same width as the FloorMate brush, so I worked in manageable quadrants, first cleaning a section and then using the Wet Pickup before moving on.

The FloorMate obviously does not fit into narrow spaces around toilets, next to the fridge, or between the washer and dryer. In those areas I just used my Mr. Clean MagicReach mop and called it a day.

I refilled the FloorMate cleaning solution tank three times to cover the big kitchen, laundry room and hallway. It’s not a big deal and a lot easier than filling and dumping buckets of water. The recovery tank is also easy to empty, and I probably did that more times than necessary just because the water looked so gross.

There’s really nothing I don’t like about my FloorMate. It’s rather noisy, but that didn’t bother me. The cord is generously long, the controls are easy to use, and it’s not too heavy for me to maneuver. A retractable cord might be a nice feature but that’s not a deal breaker for me. Best of all, the floors were really clean and did not feel sticky. Now that I’ve got them clean, it will be pretty simple to keep them that way. I bought a 48 oz. bottle of the FloorMate cleaning solution at Lowe’s so am set for quite a while. I will probably use the FloorMate twice a month, and just use the Mr. Clean mop between times to keep the cat hair and dust under control.

Hoover H3060 FloorMate SpinScrub 800 Upright Wet/Dry Vacuum Review A GOOD PRODUCT I studied the reviews on the different models of this product for some time before I bought one. I finally settled on this model that inclu...

Hoover H3030 FloorMate SpinScrub 500 Upright Wet/Dry Vacuum Review A more love than hate relationship! I've had two of these machines. The first model didn't scrub, I now have this scrubbing model. With tile and hardwood floors throughout my...

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Hoover H3060 FloorMate SpinScrub 800 Upright Wet/Dry Vacuum Review Best Appliance I’ve Ever Owned I have the Floormate 500 (purple in color). I also have experience with the Floormate 800 (blue/green color). The main difference between ...

Hoover H3030 FloorMate SpinScrub 500 Upright Wet/Dry Vacuum Review Mediocre at best Having had the early H3000 model I thought I'd take a chance and try the Spinscrub 500. Yes, Hoover has improved the design but they have N...

Hoover H3030 FloorMate SpinScrub 500 Upright Wet/Dry Vacuum Review Good for a lazy apartment-dweller! ...such as myself. Okay, I used our new Spinscrub yesterday for the first time, and I liked it overall. But I know it's not for everybody...

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