My wife and I were looking for an old-style buffer to clean and polish our wood floors. We found this Hoover Floormate Hard Floor cleaner and realized that it can be used on hardwood, ceramic, tile and brick-paver floors. When we bought it, at first it sat unused for a couple of weeks until my wife got up enough nerve to tackle the "difficult" job of cleaning the floors. Then, after reading the directions, mixing the cleaning solution (sample bottle included) with water, and getting started, it was off to the races. Since we purchased it, my wife has used it several times with great results. Pros: Easy, no bending over and scrubbing, the tank and brushes remove and clean easily, and the cleaner does a great job of picking up the used water/cleaner mix leaving the floors dry and streak-free. We've used it on both wood floors and sealed brick pavers with great results. Cons: none to speak of. The solution must be mixed and tank filled and emptied, but that's a heck of a lot easier than getting on your knees and scrubbing. Since this machine is so easy to use, it's easier to clean our wood floors more often, so they don't get that greasy grimey buildup, and look better all the time. Expect that the first time you use the machine, you may have to clean your floors a couple of times to realize the full effect of the way it cleans. Also, we haven't attempted to use anything else other than Hoover's recommended cleaning solution, and I'd guess from seeing how it performs that it's formulated correctly and one wouldn't want to uses anything else.

My health restricts me from some heavy household cleaning projects, scrubbing the kitchen floor being one of them. I find this scrubber easy to handle and it does a good job on the floor once you get the hang of how to move the cleaner. A slower motion works better than trying to be too speedy. I do wish the cord was just a bit longer, but I am able to work with this length. Wishing I had purchased sooner!

I love this product. It was cheap and works great! It even cleaned up paint we spilled on our hardwood floor without ruining the brushes. It got out dirt from the spaces in our hard floor that I never knew wasn't part of the grout color. Lightweight, easy to use, and easy to store. The only thing is that if you don't clean it after each use, and I mean the entire bottom, not just the brushes and tank, then it will smell like whatever you cleaned before.

I am always amazed at how much dirt this machine pulls off of the floor and so glad I purchased it. After cleaning, the floor looks much cleaner than when cleaned with a mop and I don't have to wait for the floor to dry as this machine cleans and then removes the liquid from the floor. It is easy to fill with the water and cleaner and easy to pour out the dirty water. This will not scrub the grout because it isn't designed to clean deeper than the tile (unless the grout line is very shallow, then it may work). The cleaning formula is relatively expensive, but the machine uses a small amount and so it will last a while. I am still using the sample that is included.

I purchased this to make housework easier and caring for stone tile and hard woods are no walk in the park. With two dogs and two cats it is a never ending battle to keep floors clean from dirt tracked indoors and litter dust. I noticed that my hardwood floors had a slight film no matter how much dry mopping, regular mopping and steam mopping I did. Saw this online and decided to give it a shot. After the first use, I noticed the sheen come back to the hardwood. The water in the return tank would convince an onlooker that the floor had never been mopped although I had gone over them 3 times the day before wiry various methods (even hands and knees micro fiber cloth). Ran into a few grody sticky stains in the kitchen. Yes it took a couple of passes but the stains were lifted. Both stone and hardwood appeared 'brightened' after use, The down side of this unit is that brush placement and nozzle direction does not allow it to clean corners effectively so don't toss your scrub brush and mop just yet. The corners and baseboards are the most problematic areas in my home. That and the fact that a 'deluxe' model floor cleaner should have a built in water heating option to keep the water at a higher temperature is lacking brings my rating from 5 to 4. Compared to my mop bucket and swiffer tools however, definitely a 5. I work a lot of hours and the time spent mopping, rinsing and re-rising floors has been cut by 75%. Because the machine self rinses by suctioning up the cleaning water, that is a step I have been able to skip. With this machine, I can go from one room to another and have the house clean in 4 refills. About the same number of water changes for a mop bucket, minus the step of washing the mop head and the floor rinsing step. Turns mopping from all out physical exercise to something more along the lines of running a vacuum.