Customer Reviews

Hoover H3045 FloorMate SpinScrub Wide-Path Hard-Floor Cleaner

5 star:		(27)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I recently purchased this for cleaning the tile and grout lines in my house. Roughly 80 percent of my house is tile, and it was pretty dirty. This machine did an excellent job cleaning the tile surface but it could not deep clean the grout as I was hoping. If you have extrememly dirty grout you will still need to scrub it by hand. Once you performed the initial cleaning though, this machine will maintain the tile and grout great. I am so glad I bought this. I had a party last night, and this machine made cleaning up dirt and spilled alcohol easy and fast.

I just bought the WidePath SpinScrub yesterday, and I love it so far! It is relatively light-weight, easy to use, and does a great job cleaning. The dry vacuum setting does as good a job at picking up stuff as my regular vacuum does. Although it is a bit difficult to push when on the wet setting, as long as you don't rush the job and take your time, it gets the job done. You don't even need to use the dry option because it sucks most of the water up. My ceramic tile floors are dry after about 5 minutes.
One important note...When I first assembled the machine yesterday and used it, after a few minutes it was shutting itself off like a previous reviewer mentioned. It kept turning itself on and off and I was so frustrated! I put it away and took a fresh look at it this morning. What I discovered is that the handle was not fully locked into place. (Even though I swear it locked into place when I first assembled it!) Once the handle was locked into place (again), it worked perfectly!

THIS IS A NEEDED PRODUCT.. WORKS GREAT, BUT PLASTIC PARTS BREAK IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS. (UNDERSIDE CASING HOLDING WHEELS.) I KNOW THIS WELL, AS I HAVE TO BUY ONE EVERY SIX MONTHS.. MOTOR HOLDS UP, AS DO OTHER PARTS, BUT UNDERSIDE IS ALL PLASTIC... I HAVE NO OPTIONS. THIS IS "THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN".. I HAVE TRIED OTHER BRANDS BUT THEY AREN'T EVEN ON THE MARKET ANYMORE. THEIR'S FELL APART EVEN FASTER. FOR THE MONEY, THIS IS GREAT FOR WHAT YOU GET. JUST REMEMBER, IF YOU USE IT EVERYDAY LIKE I DO, YOU WILL NEED ANOTHER ONE DOWN THE ROAD. WISH HOOVER WOULD SPEND MORE TIME MAKING BETTER QUALITY PARTS..
BUT.. LIKE I SAID, I NEED THIS MACHINE . WOULDN'T GO BACK TO A MOP.. I WILL KEEP BUYING IT...

I've had the Hoover Floormate (red) for several weeks now. I loved it. I won't ever go back to regular sweeping and mopping again. My husband and I just purchased our first home. It's new and I wanted to "prevent" the floor from becoming stained. We have tile in kitchen, foyer, hall way, landry room, and two bathrooms. I can run the sweeper option and afterward walk across the floor and feel nothing under my feet. It really sucks up the pet hair. I have a Great Dane that stays in the landry room when where away and the floormate sucks up all the pet hair she leaves behind. It's hard to do that with a regular broom because it just gets pushed around and gets released into the air. It's also nice to mop (don't know if I would call it that with new way of doing it). After the cleaner is release and the scrub brushes do their job the floormate just sucks up all the dirt and cleaner left behind. After I do this it might take maybe a minute for the floor to be dry! Great with pets because the first thing they want to do after you mop the floor is walk on it and leave their paw prints behind. I gave the floormate 4 stars because it does take a little time to clean the floors. You can't rush the process. The slower you move the cleaner your floors will be. This is more with
the mopping feature. With sweeping you can moved at a normal pace. Not a problem for me. Using the floormate is a lot easier and cleaner than using a traditional broom and mop. Like some of the other reviews, I also only use less of the cleaner than they recommend. If you use the recommended amount you see what I'm talking about. The cleaner smell is to strong. I use about 3/4-1 oz. It's also nice because there is a built in measuring cup- connected to the nob that opens the cleaner/water tank. I would recommend this product to anyone who has hard floor surfaces in their home. This would be a great wedding or house warming gift.

I have used the Floormate for 6 months and it cleans our tile floors well. It limits the yucky build up of dirt and soap that darkens grout but the Floormate (and really no household machine) can clean grout -- hand scrubbing is the only remedy for this problem. Because I do not like to leave a soap residue on my floors, I spray my floors first with a floor cleaner (I use one of the enzyme pet cleaners because I have four dogs) and I place clean water in the Floormate's tank and use that to rinse away the cleaner I sprayed on the floor. Finally, the machine does a nice job of removing the residual water on the floor.

I'm Julie and I have been toying with the idea of getting this type of machine for more than a year. I'm glad I waited and got this particular model. I bought it April 7, 2008.
This is a great investment. The product works great! I tried it yesterday and my floors which I hadn't mopped in a month looked FANTASTIC. I love that I am not hurting my back anymore trying to mop all the floors. It took half the time to do as a bucket and mop and way less water! When I do my floors, I usually end up using about 4 buckets. With this machine I didn't even use enough water to fill 1 bucket!! And my floors were so clean! This is a great way to conserve water! Also, I didn't have to wait for them to dry like you would with a mop! I loved that! Also the handle folds down for storage!
Today I accidently spilled a glass of water on the floor and this machine made for a speedy clean up! Less than 2 minutes! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this machine!

This machine is better built than the previous model. Since we have burned out one floor cleaner about every 6 to 8 months, we are also hoping that it is longer - lived.

Don't buy this machine if you want something to do a quick kitchen mop up after dinner. Don't buy this machine if you can't handle the truth when you discover that your floors are filthy despite your best efforts.
DO buy this machine if you want really clean floors without having to get on your hands & knees with a scrub brush. Mine arrived today, I put it together with the intention of trying it out in the front hall. It took me about 6 minutes to put it together and another 5 to scan the instructions. I have 70 year old red oak floors. I live with all boys, so I'm lucky if I can get them to hang up their coats, never mind remove their shoes when they come in the door. 90 minutes after I put it together my whole first floor is spotless. It did such a marvelous job on the front hall that I just kept going.
Some tips: 1. Do a good sweeping or vacuum with a real vacuum first. 2. Don't rush, think of it like a carpet shampooer for your floors. Work on small sections of floor at a time. Empty the dirty water tank and rinse all it's parts every time you fill the the fresh water tank. 3. Use hot, hot tap water (you don't have to use the expensive cleaner, white vinegar works just fine). 4. Don't think using it will be quick and easy. It took me longer to do my floors with this than with a mop, but the return on the time investment was much greater! I won't use this every day, probably every other week or so, and I'll never go back to a mop!!!

This cleaner works so much better than a mop, and it's easier to use. With one quart of water we can clean about 500 sq feet of tile. And it does a great job of cleaning. The floors feel clean for about one week. The really nice thing is that you're always using clean water, as opposed to using a mop; with a mop, you're always putting dirty water back on the floor. I strongly recommend this floor cleaner.

With a toddler, cat, dog, 160sf kitchen, and 3 bathrooms this machine gets a weekly workout in my house. I LOVE IT!!! I hated cleaning the floor before owning this, now I find excuses just to get it out and use it. My son was crawling at the time I first purchased it. I was grossed out by how dirty his knees and hands were after crawling around all day... I never took note until then how dirty my floors were. This cleans up every thing my son tosses on the floor within minutes (watermelon, rice, juice, oatmeal, etc). Sticky messes are no more in my house. I also LOVE how it easily glides under the kitchen cabinets and how close it gets to an edge.

I also use it in the bathroom and it is great for picking up hair, short or long.

Like a previous post said, this is perfect for floor maintenance. I still need to get on my hands and knees every so ofter and clean out the corners with a scrub brush but I'd need to do that with a mop too. But no mess is too big or too small. It is just as easy to get this out as any vacuum would be. I actually think this gets my floor cleaner than any mop or scrub brush I used before. I would think my floor was fairly clean, use it to clean a small spill then continue cleaning the kitchen's entire floor since I had it out and find the water filthy in the chamber.

My only con is I wish the container that you put the cleaning solution in had a lid that really locked and sealed. The cap just kinda sits on top and I've had some spills carrying the full container from the sink to the machine.

Well worth every cent.