Customer Reviews

Hoover F4300 Floormax Supreme

5 star:		(30)
4 star:		(21)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

The machine is very light, easy to set up and use, but the waxing, buffing and polishing that I wanted to do on my kitchen floors can ONLY BE DONE ON WOOD FLOORS, which I don't have. The instructions say it CANNOT be used on 'no wax floors"!(I tried it-took the shine off) The ads state you can wax and polish 'hard floors', which I took to mean non carpeted areas, so I probably would not have purchased it if I had known. There is no water extractor, so it's not good for large carpet areas. It will stay wet a LONG time. For just floor scrubbing, it's great! Light, easy, etc as above. Couldn't ask for an easier, lighter machine -- if only I could use it for more tasks!!!

Wrote review last week, but don't see it. Machine was simple to operate, set up and use. Very light weight. My problem was that I didn't know that hard floors does not include vinyl or linoleum kitchen and bath floors( anything that is 'no wax'). So that means you CANNOT wax, polish and buff your vinyl or linoleum floors with this machine.. It spec. says not to, I tried anyway and it dulls the finish significantly, It's great for WOOD floors, but that's it. It did scrub nicely, but there is no water extractor, so it has to be mopped dry and it would be useless for a large carpet area for the same reason. Would take forever to dry, so only good for carpet 'spot' jobs. I have now learned that 'hard'floors do not mean 'uncarpeted areas,but wood, tile or cement floors.

This machine is great. A child can use it. It was very easy to put together. Less then 5 minutes. I have 3 cats, a dog and 3 teenage girls that have friends over all the time. They all spill on my carpets and forget to clean up. My carpets had so many stains. I used this machine with the stiffest brushes and man did it get the stains out. I was amazed. I had a hoover once before and it did a great job. I was concerned this time because the unit was smaller. But it did the job just as well. I am very happy with this unit and would advise anyone to use it.

I originally received a hoover FloorMATE for Christmas, but found it was too lightweight for my ceramic tile. So we did a ton of research and returned the MATE for a floorMAX. I am sooo pleased. I have a toddler and two messy dogs, and my floor goes a long time without getting cleaned. This machine scrubs up dried apple skins, bits of dried strawberry, jello, etc. I do not use it on my carpets because I have a bissell green machine that I'm happy with. But this has been a lifesaver on my ceramic tile floors. I'm so lazy, I have to admit that I actually used the floorMAX in my shower to clean the shower floor. Worked beautifully. :) The tank is more than adequate - I used only half a tank to clean my 3000 sq foot home that is about 50% tile.

I ordered the Floormax supreme on April 16. 02 and it was delivered within a few weeks. I used it for the first time during the Memorial day week-end, scrubbing twice the venyl kitchen floor and once the bathroom tiles floor. I also tested briefly the buffing pads.
On June 3. 02, I started shampooing a carpet, unfortunately I was only able to shampoo 3 square feet of it, for one of the brushes was not longer attached to the shaft. After a short inspection of the machine, I noticed that one of the plastic shaft was so deficient that the brush could impossibly be fastened... What for a poor quality !!!
Resumee : the floormax supreme does a good job. The reliability of the parts used are far below average. Why making such parts out of plastic when they are put under stress again and again ?
The machine is now beeing serviced, by the way : it will take 3 weeks.
Where is the legendary Hoover's quality ?

I absolutely loved this machine after I shampood my carpets with ease, reloaded the tank with ease and changed the scrubber heads with ease, then came the bare floors. For some reason it decided it had had enough of me and refused to start! I tried everything and finally started shaking the thing and it finally came on! This was the first day I had it. Then it started smelling a faint odor of burning machinery, so now I will take it to a hoover repair place. What a hassle! I am not happy!

Japannese Shale is a compressed layered floor tile of multicolors reds, yellows, browns and some black. it is laid in the same manner as Quarry tile joined at the edges with a light sand textured hydro type cement. It is a very attractive hard floor with a rough shale looking finish.

I purchased the Floormax specifically to cleaning this floor in that shale floors presents a problem and cannot be succesfully scrubbed with conventional methods.The Hoover Floormax does anan excellent cleaning through the brushes ability to ride over and into the crevises of the tile.

With over a thousand square feet of uneven-surface ceramic tile in our home, I was desparately seeking an alternative to cleaning with a mop and bucket. I considered the Hoover Floormate and similar products, but decided on the Floormax after reading product reviews that these products failed to clean uneven surfaces. I have to say I am so glad I got the FloorMax--it is just what I needed!

Here's a rundown of the positive aspects: light-weight, easy to use, motor has ample power for scrubbing or buffing, small footprint for easy storage, great for price. The only negative aspects (which are minor, in my opinion) are that the cord seems somewhat short and the product does not suck up the water solution that is sprayed down--the result is a long drying time for floors or else you can wipe up the water solution with clean towels after scrubbing.

Overall, great product! Would recommend to anyone with ceramic tile!

Had an older model of this before...it's long gone, gonna get another and read these reviews. Help to all about carpet cleaning with it...DON'T SATURATE your carpet. Wet it as little as possible and put 1/4-1/2 cup of alcohol in your cleaning solution. That with hottest water you can use and you'll be happier with the drying time. Using on no-wax floors---DUH! Why do you think you have to be so careful about dragging things across the vinyl floors etc? Don't keep using really hot water on the no-wax floors either, breaks down the glossy top and speeds the aging of the floor, ie dulling the finish. If you are using a good grease cutting cleaner---something with ammonia or orange type oil/grease cutter, then only tepid water is needed to clean. Best bet on the no wax floors...don't get anything with a textured finish....just grabs and builds up dirt and just about has to be hand scrubbed with no more than a rough nap towel or such...stay away from brushes to keep the finish. Hope this helps all.

We got ours about a week ago and spent this past weekend scrubbing our dining room/kitchen floors- self-stick tiles. Awesome job, only took about 2 hrs of slow careful scrubbing, the machine does ALL the work, you only have to move it back and forth and mop up. Should've invested in this a long time ago, sure helped make our floors shine!