Customer Ratings & Reviews

My wife and I were looking for an old-style buffer to clean and polish our wood floors. We found this Hoover Floormate Hard Floor cleaner and realized that it can be used on hardwood, ceramic, tile and brick-paver floors. When we bought it, at first it sat unused for a couple of weeks until my wife got up enough nerve to tackle the "difficult" job of cleaning the floors. Then, after reading the directions, mixing the cleaning solution (sample bottle included) with water, and getting started, it was off to the races. Since we purchased it, my wife has used it several times with great results. Pros: Easy, no bending over and scrubbing, the tank and brushes remove and clean easily, and the cleaner does a great job of picking up the used water/cleaner mix leaving the floors dry and streak-free. We've used it on both wood floors and sealed brick pavers with great results. Cons: none to speak of. The solution must be mixed and tank filled and emptied, but that's a heck of a lot easier than getting on your knees and scrubbing. Since this machine is so easy to use, it's easier to clean our wood floors more often, so they don't get that greasy grimey buildup, and look better all the time. Expect that the first time you use the machine, you may have to clean your floors a couple of times to realize the full effect of the way it cleans. Also, we haven't attempted to use anything else other than Hoover's recommended cleaning solution, and I'd guess from seeing how it performs that it's formulated correctly and one wouldn't want to uses anything else.

I have been searching for a floor scrubber for at least 5 years for my quartzite floors. My goal, find a cleaner that lifts and takes away the dirt. Like slate, each tile has variations in height and therefore, when I mop, dirty water gets left behind and I have to towel dry my floor. That's 1500 sq ft of stone! With the holidays coming I found myself suddenly hosting Thanksgiving. Not with these dirty floors I declared! I spent hours researching floor scrubbers. Not able to spend over a $1,000. for a commercial cleaner at this time, I couldn't believe it when I convinced myself to give the Hoover Floormate Deluxe Hard Floor Cleaner FH40160 a try. Seriously, this floor has been VERY difficult to get clean. I just went over about 40 sq ft in the kitchen, 5 times with the Hoover. It's still lifting dirt! I empty the dirty water and go over it again, and there is more coming up! I can't believe it! The best part is that the suction is better than ANY cleaner I've rented to clean this floor. Seriously, I spent $400. one day last year on a rental machine that left me feeling less than totally satisfied. For the price, I thought the floors should look spectacular. After spending about $150. on the Hoover today, I left the store today thinking I'd probably be returning this scrubber. I am actually delighted! I'm thinking with weekly use, the rest of the dirt will eventually come up. I can't wait! I'm keeping it!

I purchased this to make housework easier and caring for stone tile and hard woods are no walk in the park. With two dogs and two cats it is a never ending battle to keep floors clean from dirt tracked indoors and litter dust. I noticed that my hardwood floors had a slight film no matter how much dry mopping, regular mopping and steam mopping I did. Saw this online and decided to give it a shot. After the first use, I noticed the sheen come back to the hardwood. The water in the return tank would convince an onlooker that the floor had never been mopped although I had gone over them 3 times the day before wiry various methods (even hands and knees micro fiber cloth). Ran into a few grody sticky stains in the kitchen. Yes it took a couple of passes but the stains were lifted. Both stone and hardwood appeared 'brightened' after use, The down side of this unit is that brush placement and nozzle direction does not allow it to clean corners effectively so don't toss your scrub brush and mop just yet. The corners and baseboards are the most problematic areas in my home. That and the fact that a 'deluxe' model floor cleaner should have a built in water heating option to keep the water at a higher temperature is lacking brings my rating from 5 to 4. Compared to my mop bucket and swiffer tools however, definitely a 5. I work a lot of hours and the time spent mopping, rinsing and re-rising floors has been cut by 75%. Because the machine self rinses by suctioning up the cleaning water, that is a step I have been able to skip. With this machine, I can go from one room to another and have the house clean in 4 refills. About the same number of water changes for a mop bucket, minus the step of washing the mop head and the floor rinsing step. Turns mopping from all out physical exercise to something more along the lines of running a vacuum.

Easy to use, easy to clean, easy to store. We have a 2,000 sq ft house with no carpeting or area rugs, so floor care was a huge chunk of house chore time. Now I can clean every rooms floor, from ceramic tile to vinyl, to in about 35 to 40 minutes. And the fact the machine drys means we can walk on it right away and/or do it just before company comes. Uses very little cleaner so that helps with the cost of that product plus the stuff smells great. I do sweep before use, mostly because we have long hair kitties (3 cats and 1 dog total) and don't want the pet hair to clog the machine. Don't be surprised if you want to use it every few days... Actually makes cleaning fun! Mrs O

I was looking for a solution to the ridiculous amount of time I would have to spend on cleaning my hardwood floors. I would have to make multiple (average 5, alternating between wet and dry) rounds just to get them really clean. This was getting out of hand, spending hours just to clean the stubborn floors. And time is money! So I did my research, looked at other reviews, and ended up getting this bad boy. One pass would get my floors clean (I would still do a round with the swiffer just to make sure). Wow, I am so shocked at how effectively this product works, and saves me so much time whenever I clean. TL;DR: if you have hardwood floors, get this now!

Purchased as an open box item at my local best buy. did not come with a box or manual, but all other parts were included. Does clean very well, but does not do a fantastic job around edges. The tile near doors, which seems to get the dirtiest quickly, doesn't get cleaned. Does do a wonderful job on all other areas, including grout and hardwood. Tested it right away without cleaning solution and still picked up a lot of dirt, works even better with the solution.

I cleaned all my tile, marble with the floormate deluxe and was shocked and surprised there was so much dirt on my 'clean' floors. Now my floors look very clean and I am very happy with this product. No more getting on my knees to clean the tile and was not cleaning as well as the deluxe. Great engineering and great machine. I highly recommend it to ALL tile, marble, and wood floor owners. You will be pleasantly surprised!

I love this product. It was cheap and works great! It even cleaned up paint we spilled on our hardwood floor without ruining the brushes. It got out dirt from the spaces in our hard floor that I never knew wasn't part of the grout color. Lightweight, easy to use, and easy to store. The only thing is that if you don't clean it after each use, and I mean the entire bottom, not just the brushes and tank, then it will smell like whatever you cleaned before.

My sister-in-law has one and highly recommended it but it does take getting used to because, in wash mode, it scrubs going out but sucks up the dirty water when you pull it back. I was going too fast at first like a vacuum cleaner, but you have to go slower and do small sections because it tends to leave a little water near my feet but all that gets sucked up on drying mode. This being said, I am thrilled with the result. Bamboo floors look brand new. They had not been cleaned in years , tried vacuum cleaner and some swifter but it was just spreading the accumulated grime. Now I can use the swifter for upkeep and just break out this bad boy when I need some deeper cleaning.

This floor cleaner is amazing! The brush for tile floors does an awesome job cleaning both the tile and grout lines. I could not believe how dirty the water was that was collected in the reservoir. This is very easy to use and light weight. I was so impressed by this floor cleaner that a week later I bought a second one for my mother for Christmas as she has all tile floors as well. Highly recommend - you won't be disappointed!

This floor machine has been improved since the original. I love the fact that it can be safely used on hardwood floors. It has a brush for both tile and hardwood. I would have given it 5 stars if it got closer to the edges. I still have to scrub them by hand.

Does the job. I always felt that mops just move dirt around and are hard to get clean. This one has some improvements over the old one I had and allows you to put the cleaning liquid down and scrub and then suck it up and the brushes do not accumulate a lot of dirt and are easy to clean

I purchased this scrubber to do my kitchen and dining room floors in my apartment. It did better than being on my hands and knees with a scrub brush, but it doesn't get into corners. I still have to scrub the areas where the brush doesn't fit. Maybe Hoover can come up with an attachment with a hose that can go in harder to reach areas. The length of the power cord is great, but you have to hold it so that you don't run over it with the scrubber. All in all it's a pretty decent product, and sure beats scrubbing the major part of the floors on my hands and knees.

My floors have not looked this good in years. We have 3 dogs and keeping the hardwood floors clean is a struggle. It was very easy to use and the results are fabulous!

I have a tile floor in my kitchen which can be entered directly from the backyard. My 4 children track in lots of dirt which is trapped in the surface of the tile and the grout. This cleaner does a great job of removing the dirt and making the floor look much better.

I was pleasantly surprised this product did all it was advertised to do. The machine is easy to use, lightweight and cleans great. I have no complaints and am quite satisfied with my decision to purchase this product.

I am extremely happy with the Hoôver hard floor cleaner. Easy to use ! My floors have never been so clean! The cleaner is a bit loud, but I feel that is to be expected. I highly recommend the product. Best Buy mailed it directly to our home quickly with no issues.

Very happy with this Floormate deluxe for cleaning our tile floors. Easy to use, large reservoirs for clean and dirty water. "Dry" setting suctions up nearly all the water and what little is left on the floor dries very quickly. The only cons are that you still have to clean all edges by hand as it doesn't get right up to the baseboards and it is a bit noisy. Those two cons are easily outweighed by all the pros. I like it so much I am buying another for our second home.

Purchased this because I was tired of scrubbing my tile floor and it still looking dirty! It does an excellent job cleaning and drying the floor. I'm now done in half the time and the floor looks great. I was surprised how well it cleaned the grout.

Was skeptical on how well it was going to work. To our surprise it worked great. Our tile has looked this good in a long time. Easy to use. Go slow for best results.