Recently just upgraded to the latest F7 cordless model and was pleasantly pleased with battery life (did all of our hardwood floors AND tiled floors on one charge with charge to spare), streak-free floors that looked amazing. While floors were dirty to start with, I always vacuum ahead of time and I can’t say I had any really messy spots to tackle. The only thing that I thought was a hastle was having to empty the dirty water bin four times throughout the cleaning. I only used the turbo-mode once for a small area and immediately had to empty the dirty water bin after just having emptied it. I never had to empty the much larger, easier to empty bin more than once on previous F5.
I love Karcher products, I also have the steam cleaner and have bought the floor cleaners for each of my sons and my father-in-law. So then why did I give this product a 4-star review? I was pretty disappointed that despite mere routine usage of my previous F5 and following all cleaning and storage steps, it only lasted 4 years; just over the 3-year warranty. It’s hard to toss out a machine that looks brand new and not get any support from the vendor. My husband is pretty handy but couldn’t get it fixed.
I can’t say enough good things about this floor cleaner. Easy to use, delivers a clean floor every time. Long battery run time and the cleaning products you use with the floor cleaner are outstanding.
This is my 2nd Karcher. I really like it since it cleans all but the most ground in dirt easily on all types of hardwood floors. Leaves no residue and leaves a nice shine. Its compact and sophisticated but is susceptible to failure/breakage if you treat this as a typical floor cleaning machine. Parts are nonexistant therefore it cannot be repaired.
Really needed a practical efficient way to clean vinyl laminate floors has we have about 1800 sq feet to keep clean. This machine was a game changer. Floors are spotless and no residue left behind which keeps floor cleaner much longer. I have to do sections at a time due to such a large area of cleaning but it’s fine. It’s worth it, very easy to operate easy to clean I so pleased with machine and my great results justify the price. Not a lot out there to clean an unsealed floor has steam will ruin floors like mine. Great product ….. no regrets.
This is a great improvement over the 2 roller models, and additionally it is incredibly quiet (can be used downstairs while people sleep upstairs). They've also made it more user friendly with the self-clean mode. The one thing I wish they would do is make the same thing but with a thicker nap roller to clean grout better. I realize it would need to be a taller machine, but it doesn't fit under my cabinet overhangs anyway.