Hoover FloorMate Deluxe Hard Floor Cleaner, FH40160PC

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Price: $139.99    

Product Feature

• SpinScrub Brushes, counter-rotating brushes gently wash and scrub hard floors from all angles
• Dual Tank Technology, keeps clean and dirty water separate so you never put dirty water back on the floor
• 1.5 Quart Tank Capacity, reduces the number of trips to the sink while cleaning more surface area
• 11.5 inch nozzle provides a combined squeegee and suction to quickly dry
• 20 foot cord
• Spin Scrub Brushes, counter-rotating brushes gently wash and scrub hard floors from all angles

Product Description

The Hoover FloorMate Deluxe Hard Floor Cleaner makes cleaning hard floors easy. Go from sealed hardwood, vinyl, ceramic tile, laminate, and marble in a snap while exclusive SpinScrub Technology counter-rotating brushes gently wash and scrub hard floors from all angles.

Hoover FloorMate Deluxe Hard Floor Cleaner, FH40160PC Review

I have owned Hoover FloorMate Hard Floor Cleaners for at least the last 7 years and for the most part, I love them. They do a great job cleaning the floor, and I really like that I'm not washing the floor with dirty water. I was excited to see a new model, and bought one at Target.

This is what I was hoping to find in a new machine:

1. Larger/longer spin and scrub brushes.
2. A quieter motor. I really don't like how loud the old model is. (I'd say the noise level is equivalent to an inexpensive vacuum cleaner.)
3. Larger holding tanks.
4. If you don't take the dirty water tank off as soon as you're done with the floor, a little bit of the dirty water leaks back onto the floor. It would be nice if they fixed that, too.

Anyway, I was really excited to get the new "Deluxe" model. (As excited as I would be to get a deluxe apartment in the sky. Seriously.)

When I got home and assembled the machine, I noticed right away that the spin and scrub brushes are a couple inches smaller than the original model (reduced from 6 scrubbers to 4). Why?! Who wants to spend MORE time cleaning?! Still, I was hopeful that this would turn out well, and at least the motor would be quieter. I filled the tank with hot water and the provided cleaning solution. Another thing I don't like--the tanks are now tall and thin...too tall to fill in the bathroom sink like I've always done with the other model. Since I dump the dirty water in the toilet, it's convenient to be able to fill the cleaning tank in the bathroom sink. I can't do that any more. Now I have to fill it in a the kitchen sink or laundry room sink--whichever is closer to the toilet I'm dumping the dirty water in. More steps, more work, more time spent cleaning. Add that to the smaller cleaning surface, and I'm starting to wonder who designed this machine and if they've ever actually cleaned a floor. Or anything.

I put the tanks on the machine and started it. Holy Mother of God!!! Have you ever heard the scream of a thousand tortured souls? I think I did when I turned that machine on. Certain there was something very wrong with the machine, I turned it off and made sure all the connections were tight and tried it again. Same God-awful screeching sound, you know the kind that actually makes your ear hurt deep inside? Like somebody is stabbing you in the ear with an ice pick? That's the sound this machine made. It isn't that it was just loud, it's the high pitched ear shattering tone that feels like your ears might start bleeding.

I used the machine for a few minutes to see if the noise got better, but it didn't. I called Hoover's Customer Service and explained my findings with their new machine. In the 17 minutes I was on the phone with them, an unsightly amount of water leaked out onto the floor.

Also, they have moved the on/off switch to the side of the machine so I have to bend over to turn it on/off. That's just plain inconvenient. The cord is shorter than the old model too, so now I have to spend more time searching for outlets to plug it into.

I think the floor cleaner performed well, although I can't say it cleans better than the older model.

In all seriousness, I would not recommend this model to anybody considering purchasing a Hoover FloorMate. I do highly recommend the other Hoover FloorMate Hard Floor Cleaner, however.

If Hoover is trying to improve their Hard Floor Cleaner, they should:
1. Make the cleaning surface larger.
2. Make the motor quieter.
3. Make stiffer bristles for tile flooring.
4. Figure out a way to get the machine to clean closer to baseboards.
5. Make the holding tanks larger, but make sure the one that holds the cleaning solution is still short enough to be filled in the average bathroom sink.

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