I was expecting a big sloppy mess inside the dirty water tank but when I went to empty it, I found that all the debris had been sucked up and directed to a little trash bin that was separate from the dirty water. Even though I thought I had avoided the sort of objects that you normally wouldn’t want to suck up with a hoover vacuum, in a single room, I found a paper clip, bits of broken plastic, several screws, pieces of old Amazon bags, a single purple Mardi Gras bead, human and dog hair, and little balls of the pink kinetic sand (kind of like Play-Doh) that my niece gets all over the place.
Yikes! I dumped the debris in the trash, re-filled the clean water tank, and moved on to less embarrassingly filthy rooms in the house. My sister has a large house and the floors were disgusting so it took me about 30 minutes to vacuum/mop 10 rooms, plus a few hallways. Not bad. I appreciated how clear the instruction manual was, in addition to the handy instructions that are printed directly on the clean and dirty water tanks. There are also lots of audible reminders the vacuum gives so you don’t have to think too hard about when to do what. One time, I forgot to fill the clean water tank before vacuuming so a little automated voice notified me.
The automated voice also lets you know when the battery is low when it’s been sufficiently charged, when it’s time to empty the dirty water tank, and when you need to activate the self-cleaning step (a simple, two-minute process initiated by placing the vacuum on the charging base). The vacuum has a large digital display with 3D animation and smart sensors that go from red to blue when the floor is clean. I didn’t expect to like this feature so much but it was helpful when I was going over areas that didn’t look too dirty but which had more filth than I could see (also a nice feature when reaching the vacuum to hidden areas like under furniture). I don’t think that I’ll ever actually enjoy mopping floors but I know I’ll never stop loving clean floors. The Tineco Floor ONE S5 wet/dry vacuum has made it so much easier for me to keep my floors clean and I’ve been enjoying walking around barefoot a lot more lately. Happy cleaning!
