There seem to be numerous variants of this machine about. Review is based on the model with the light green plastic, not the blue-green. Got this item to clean ceramic floor tiles which cover about 75% of the downstairs of a 3300sq ft house. Previously used a Shark S3325 'Ultra Steam Blaster' with the towel mop head attachment, but that was a waste of time.
The SpinScrub actually does a pretty good job of washing the floor tiles, and an even better job of picking up the residual water afterwards.
Complaints:
* Clean water reservoir too small. I have to fill it 3 times to do the whole floor.
* Safety float mechanism in the waste water collection tank will 'false trigger' very easily, which results in the characteristic high-pitched whine and complete loss of suction. You then have to turn off the machine and wait about 5s for the motor to slow enough for it to release the float from the filter intake. This would happen about 20 times during an average floor cleaning exercise, which drove me nuts. This is by far the most annoying 'feature' of the unit.
I resorted to circumventing the safety mechanism and tying the float valve up with a rubber band. This means that I can throw the machine about and get the cleaning done much more quickly, but the motor has taken a lungful of dirty water once or twice. It doesn't sound very happy now, and I can hear the bearings grumbling every time it's switched off. I don't recommend that anyone try this, as you might end up killing your machine or causing a small electrical fire.
* Brushes are too soft. To pick up stubborn stains, e.g. dried popsicle residue, I have to hold the water trigger on, put my foot on top of the brush head and glide the brush head from side to side across the dirty area. This means that the stain gets literally thousands of scrubs from the brush and it eventually relinquishes its grip on the floor.
* Dry pick-up setting is almost worthless on anything other than the minutest of dirt particles. It won't even suck up un-popped popcorn kernels.
* It's loud.
* Tool storage thingy is completely useless - just took up space in my laundry room - I tossed it into the attic.
Pro's:
* It does clean a tiled floor slightly better and slightly quicker than a traditional mop. Seeing the filthy water in the tank is satisfying.
* Picks up residual water very well.
Recently it stopped picking up altogether, and I thought I'd trashed the motor. Was pleased to find that suction head was just bunged up.
UPDATE - 3/10/09 - The motor bearings have almost gone. It must have sucked up one lungful of water too many because the last time the misses switched it on, it made an awful grumbling noise. I took the motor out to grease the bearing but couldn't get the impeller off. (Surprisingly, the impeller is made of metal; I expected plastic.) The motor was almost totally seized at this point. I had to resort to squirting WD40 down into the bottom of the motor and letting it run out through the bearing. This freed up the motor nicely but with the grease flushed out of the bearing along with the rust, it's not going to last for long. There's about 1/16" sideways play at the impeller, and it makes an awful din now. Still cleans the floor though, so until it dies completely I'm going to keep using it!
Recommendation to users - don't circumvent the device that stops the motor sucking in water - You'll lose your bearings!
Recommendation to Hoover - Please redesign the aforementioned device so that it doesn't keep tripping accidentally.Get more detail about Hoover H3060 Floormate Spinscrub 800 Wet/Dry Vacuum Cleaner with Tools.
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