Don’t mistake a combo vacuum-mop with a dedicated carpet cleaner. In fact, they can’t be used on carpet at all because, while they do suck up some of the liquid they dispense, the suction power is not sufficient enough to get all the liquid out of the carpet, leaving it wet. And since they distribute liquid as they work, their vacuuming capability is limited to hard floors like wood, tile, laminate and vinyl. And be careful using one on hardwood, as too much water can damage a wood floor. In addition to cleaning up messes (on hard floors) that a vacuum alone can’t handle, one of the reasons you may want a wet mop is to get rid of stains. You know, all that stuff that falls on the kitchen floor when you’re cooking. To find out how well they remove what you leave behind, we applied spots of three tough stains (hot sauce, espresso with milk, and baby food) to ceramic tiles and allowed them to dry overnight. Overall, the combo vac-mops performed very well. Hot sauce was the toughest stain to erase followed by the baby food (puréed peas). Coffee was the easiest.
I have 2 hairy, drooling German Shepherds and I like clean floors. I have tried wet/mop Roomba, Bissell Crosswave, spin mop, and Dyson Stick… they all worked fine but didn’t fit what I was looking for. I wanted to be able to quickly sweep and mop my floors every day with not a lot of effort on my part. Yeah…I know … very high expectations. The Roomba worked OK… it just didn’t meet the demand in the mopping department that’s necessary when living with the big hairy, drooling beasts… Also, I had to remember to fill it, change pads, etc… Bissell Crosswave worked well but you had to spend some time cleaning when done.
I didn’t want to deal with it every day or even several times a day. Also, it was a plug-in and not convenient to carry up and down stairs. I researched the Tineco for quite a while before biting the bullet. I set it up and charged it. I stared at it for a couple of days. I admit I was a little intimidated. It was pretty fancy with all the lights and talking. I read the brochure, watched the video and went for it. The Tineco far surpassed my expectations. It did exactly as promised. It swept and washed my floors and cleaned itself all in 15 minutes.
It was very light, making it easy to run upstairs with it…and helped propel itself. I love that it lays flat and can go under the bed to clean. The charge was more than enough to clean my entire downstairs and itself. Extra hair (did I mention giant hairy dogs?) will make it work harder but that is to be expected. This is exactly what I needed! I can clean the floors several times a day with hardly any effort!! I will no longer panic when someone is” dropping by” … drool puddles, paw prints and hair gone in minutes!!! A 5-Star Product!
