I am an old man living by myself and have an ill gotten reputation for not mopping enough. Not so fast pilgrim. Got this yesterday, charged it overnight, used it this morning and now I dare negative comments from my grand daughters impinging my housekeeping skills. I admit I did not have a high bar to meet but this thing is is spectacular. I almost look forward to using it again. I have a Tineco vacuum cleaner which also works great but you still have to drag out a mop to clean my entirely tiled house, no more. If you doubt how well it works just wait until you empty the wastewater tank, not for the faint of heart but it is scary to think I was walking around the house with that much dirt and dog hair. The self cleaning mode is the cherry on top. It even has voice notifications to let you know what to, just like my ex-wife but nicer, a lot nicer. My only concern is the fact it does not have a replaceable battery. My Tineco vacuum has an extra battery that charge’s on the wall holder. I do not know how many cycles the power mop will handle but I will cross that bridge later. In the meantime, I will keep my floors clean and have a pleasant conversation with the nice lady in the power mop.
I’ve had a Bissell Crosswave for years. I did like the convenience of mopping and vacuuming all at once, but the hassle of grabbing it and plugging it in, and then cleaning it out by pouring water into the tray myself each time was a huge turn off. So much so that I didn’t use it as much as I wanted because I didn’t want to deal with all the hassle. Then came the Tineco…
First off, it seems to clean much better than the Bissell. My floors are noticeably shinier, and it detected that my floor was extra dirty right where my dog always lays… and that has been recently mopped by the Bissell. Best of all though, the fact that it recharges and *actually* self cleans makes it perfect. I was worried when it said “self clean” that it meant I would still have to pour water in the tray like with the Bissell. Not the case… it sprays water from its clean water tank and runs through an automated cycle cleaning the brush roll and all inner compartments completely on its own. I simply press a button and walk away. Literal perfection, especially if you’re a busy mum like me.
Good semi automated floor cleaner. I would have given a 5 star rating except for the fact that unit does not fully clean our textured title floor completely. It leaves dirty reside in the deeper surfaces of the tile. I wish they offer a deeper nap map roller to penetrate these lower surfaces.
I've only had the S5 for just a few weeks but it has helped so much. I live in a ranch with hard floors throughout. Between my kids and dog, things are constantly dragged in and around my house so quickly. It used to take me 45 minutes just to sweep the main areas of my house. Then, it was another 1.5 hours to properly wash my floors if it was needed. I was concerned the battery life wouldn't be able to do my entire main area in under 35 minutes (the battery life of the machine). It does it just fine. It picks up everything without issue. It's impressive what it can do. The only reason i gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is the water tank capacities which I end up cleaning out several times during use. It also could use a smidge of improvement for some tile areas. A portion of my floors are old tile with aging grout that has settled a bit lower than it should. If I need to clean them, I need to make multiple passes to get it to clean down to the grout on those floors. It doesn't concern me much as i know the floors are problematic, not the S5. If you're short on time, have a majority of hard flooring and something in your life needs to give (like cleaning times), this really does help. I've cut my daily floor sweeping time in half! That's a big deal when I've recently gone back to work and am trying to balance kids, work and house chores.