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I've NEVER Cleaned My Floors...

8/19/2020

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Yeah, that title expresses truth about Steph's floor. Yes, she's spot cleaned because she is not a total cavewoman, but mopping the entire floor has never been on her to-do list! The greyhound living at Steph's house pushed the need for daily cleaning because shed and drool happens!

Hoover sent us four different ONEPWR cleaning tools recently. We used three in a previous video, but felt the ONEPWR floor cleaner warranted its own closer look video. The floor cleaner, we felt, would be the perfect tool to help Steph manage the care and cleaning of her floors. 

Take a look at this cordless cleaning machine.

Materials/ Tools:


  • Hoover ONEPWR Cordless FloorMate Jet Hard Floor Cleaner, Wet Vacuum (Amazon)

  • Hoover Renewal Multi Surface Floor Cleaner, Concentrated Cleaning Solution for FloorMate Machines (Amazon)

Hoover ONEPWR Cordless FloorMate Jet Hard Floor Cleaner, Wet Vacuum sitting in the rinse and storage tray.
This is it! The tool comes with a floor tray that is used to clean the roller and to hold them vertical as they dry. With the tray, there is no water leakage onto the floor after using the machine. I know this is a great feature as I've experienced the dreaded "after cleaning puddle" with my old corded machine. With that machine, I'd have to remember to put something down for it to sit on while it dried. Hoover has designed that problem OUT of this machine!
Before cleaning with the Hoover ONEPWR Cordless FloorMate Jet Hard Floor Cleaner, Wet Vacuum
The floor at Steph's house. Gross--dog drool! But she's so cute, we have to overlook a little doggy mess.
The Hoover ONEPWR solution tank is clearly marked for proper filling.
The solution tank is clearly labeled to make sure the water to cleaning solution ratio is correct. My old machine did not have this feature and in frustration, I finally wrote on the outside of the tank the ratio that was needed! Again, Hoover makes it simple.
The trigger on the handle sprays the solution, the roller scrubs and the vacuum picks up excess water.
Cleaning is as simple as filling the solution tank with water and Hoover Renewal Multi Surface Floor Cleaner, inserting the battery and it's go time! The trigger on the handle sprays the solution, the roller scrubs and the vacuum picks up excess water.
There are a pair of lights on the ONEPWR FloorMate.
The light is a handy feature to help you not to miss a spot.
The rinse and storage tray is used to clean the onepwr brush on the cordless battery powered FloorMate
After the floors are cleaned, the machine is put on the rinse and storage tray, water is poured into the tray using that cup on the side, and the machine is left to run for 15 seconds. This action cleans the roller making it ready for the next time. It is extremely easy to remove from the machine. You don't have to remember the steps in the process as Hoover has smartly added a label to the back of this machine with all the info you need.
The rinsing instructions are conveniently placed on the back of the floor mate.
Here's that label about the rinsing steps. How smart!
All the parts that need to be cleaned after use are easy to remove, clean, and put back.
All the parts that need to be cleaned after use are easy to remove, clean, and put back.
Personally, I have two previous versions of corded FloorMates. I've liked them both, that's why I was personally very excited about this version. The only thing I really didn't like about them was the cord. I know it's a simple thing, but I found it frustrating not to be able to finish the floors without having to replug the cord closer to where I was working. Plus, this version is way lighter which is a consideration for older consumers. 

Tell us, what is your biggest floor cleaning issue? How have you solved it?


Please note: This is not a sponsored post. We received product from Hoover. All thoughts and opinions are our own.

FYI: We are not professionals, and we don’t claim to be. This is what we found worked for our project. Yours may need a little different approach. Safety first!

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1 Comment
Tim
12/11/2020 07:26:59 pm

I find the “brushroll” floor washers to be even better as a complement to the corded floormate units. The corded floormate puts down more water than the onepwr floormate jet (which in turn puts down more than the bissell crosswave), and I find that to be better for large dirt. If people track sand or similar into the house, sometimes the onepwr jet leaves enough solution behind that it can leave a bit of graininess behind. I think this is a function of wetting the sand before it has a chance to be sucked up, coupled with the lower suction of a cordless unit versus a corded unit. Even so, the corded crosswave also has the same issue, to a lesser extent, that it can leave behind grains on heavily sandy/soil-y floors. I have not had the same problem with the corded floormate, probably because it has the suction power and the suction is ahead of the wetting, so it has a chance to vacuum up the grains before getting them wet.

The follow on to that though, is the floormate jet and crosswave both do better for “micro” dirt than the corded floormate in my experience. I can wash the floor with the corded floormate and get moderately dirty water up (I don’t leave it long enough to get seriously dirty water), then immediately wash it again with the floormate jet or my preference, the crosswave, and that machine will also have moderately dirty water, but it seems like less grainy dirt and more the fine stuff that colors the water more than being visible. Also, for crevices in tile and such, I think the brushroll type units like the floormate jet or crosswave do a better job of getting in the cracks, assuming you use the right brush.

I keep all of them around (along with a bissell spinwave) because of the complementary nature of the products. For general cleaning I’ll usually try to use the corded floormate, with an extension cord so I don’t have to move plugs. If I’m looking more for a touch up type clean, or hit certain spots, the convenience of the onepwr floormate makes it the go to, which also contributes to me cleaning the floor more often and not letting things get super dirty anyway. Then every couple weeks or once a month or so I’ll do the cleaning with the Bissell Crosswave, get the tiny dirt and crevices and such the other machines seem to miss.

Solution wise, the convenience of hoover’s ready-to-use solutions can’t be beat, but I still find they can sometimes leave a bit of a residue, particularly in conjunction with the floormate jet because of how much solution it “leaves behind” comparatively. The corded floormate does a better job I feel of sucking up all the water so is less of an issue. The steam plus solution with my old Hoover twin tank steamer was even worse about being a sticky residue. The multi-floor plus is my go to for tile, or wood oil soap for wood floors (if you can still find it, otherwise I’ve also used Murphy’s occasionally when I feel the shine on the floor needs a boost). For the crosswave and floormate jet, I usually use Method wood floor cleaner, because it has a pleasant smell, and even leaving solution behind, it doesn’t seem to leave as much residue as the others. My theory there is the Hoover and Bissell solutions are meant to be applied with a floor washer machine, and thus mostly sucked back up, while the Method cleaner is meant for mopping, which assumes more liquid left on the floor, which seems to make it better suited for like the floormate jet.

Have a good time using the new toys! Can’t beat that cordless convenience, especially when cleaning is something to trudge through as fast and easily as possible.

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