Domestic Goddess sort of query... (Read 752 times)

I've heard tell of the hoover floormates. Most people either love em, or hate em. eh. I'm no help, LOL! I actually bought the $100 one from Target and brought it home but I got it put together and it seemed sooooooo cheap, I just couldn't bring myself to even try it. I returned it. I use a Meile Silver Moon on my wall to wall hardwood floors and the tiled baths and kitchen. Then I mop with a...gads. oh yeah. one of those Orange Glo Hardwood Floor cleaning systems with the washable microfiber mop head. I've gone through several of the swiffer type mopping systems, since I fired the cleaners, and so far the orange glo has been the best. YRMV. good luck.

I have a Floormate. Does that make me a domestic goddess? Err... god rather? I had it for several years. I got it because I got tired of rinsing the mop in between. The Floormate is decent, but don't expect it to do heavy duty cleaning. It has these spinning brushes, but sometimes I wonder if they even touch the floor let alone clean it. I usually do a couple of passes with it, first time with the detergent, and the subsequent ones with just plain water. It doesn't really save me much time because it goes pretty slowly. It does do a good job at wet pickup. The last time I used it was two weekends ago. I resorted to scrub down the floors first and then used it suck up all the soapy water. Its brushes are only good for superficial scrubbing. All in all, I think it's marginally ok.

I have one, Blondie. You need to try mine before you go buy one. You know our anti-allergy house with it's absolutely no carpet...I decided the hands & knees scrubbing was too much work. So, I broke down & bought the Floormate. Typically, what happens is that I start with using it on the kitchen and/or bathrooms & then decide I can use the mop or scrub on my hands & knees faster & I scrap it. I agree w/ Mile Collector...it does great on wet pickup. On our unfinished floor in the basement, I can dump mass amounts of Lysol & water & use the broom to "scrub", then suck it all up with the Hoover. It works good for getting rid of the dog, kid & husband tracks in the basement. As for scrubbing, I also question how well the brushes actually touch the floor. I have used vinegar water in mine when I tried it on all of our laminate, but it didn't work out well. There were no problems with the vinegar & the machine, it just streaked the hell out of the floor. But, no need to blame Hoover for that...EVERYTHING makes laminate floors streak. If anyone has the solution for that problem, I'd love to hear it!! All in all, I'd say save your money. For my uses, I'd rather just mop. I do use the Floormate to vaccume the dog hair & dirt sometimes & it works well. My only complaint about the dry part of it, is that it isn't big enough. As you know, we have alot of open floor space in this house & the thing is narrow enough that sweeping is sometimes just faster. And w/ 3 kids, 3 dogs, a construction hubby & a farm, sweeping hair & dirt is a 3 times per day job!!!! By the way, where have you been?? I've tried to call you the last few days, but I think you've been buried under the new kitchen floor or something???

You know what kills me?? Our house is piped for central vac, but we don't have the vaccume unit. Putting the piping in when you are building new is really cheap. Of course, after building the new house, you have to wait 30 years to afford the damn vaccume unit!!

I don't have an opinion, other than to say that vacuuming sucks.

I don't have an opinion, other than to say that vacuuming sucks.

Pron8r, I love your deep insights!!!