Review & Giveaway: Hoover FloorMate
 From the moment my girls were sitting in high chairs, learning how to eat solid foods, they were also mastering the art of ending up with more food on the floor than in their mouths. I used to wonder if they actually ate anything or if they really just got food all over themselves so I’d think that they ate. It has been better, but they’re still a little on the messy side. I’ve really gotten tired of constantly having to mop up after them, and I’ve tried just about everything! We bought those little mats you can place under their chairs to catch food, but they’re still just as bad. You have to take them outside to shake the crumbs off, and spray them down if there’s anything sticky on them, and they tear quite easily! I wasn’t impressed. I had just about given up, until I was contacted by Hoover and offered the Floor Mate Spin Scrub Wide Path. I’ve seen these machines in the store, and wondered if they were really worth buying. I do have a Hoover carpet cleaner, and absolutely love it, so I figured this one would probably work well too! It does!Â
I made myself not sweep or scrub the linoleum floor all day. It was difficult, trust me. At the end of the day, after my girls were in bed for the evening, I got to cleaning. Daddy and I moved the furniture out of the dining area and swept up all of the larger pieces of whatever was on the floor. We couldn’t get all of the smaller particles with the broom and dustpan, but the FloorMate had it covered! We turned the switch to Dry Pickup, it turned off the brushes and lifted it just off of floor to vacuum up what was left on the floor. Again, it truly had to be small bits of things. The intake area is very thin, since it’s made more for picking up liquids rather than solids. It actually picked up things I didn’t even realize were still on the ground. We then emptied the container, and replaced it.Â
Daddy filled up the cleaning solution reservoir, and connected it to the machine, turned the switch to “Clean” and powered the machine back on. The machine was a little lower to the ground, and the brushes were now spinning. It took a couple of passes with the cleaning solution, but I was able to get just about all of the spots off of the linoleum. The only things that required a little bit more scrubbing were the scuff marks left by shoes, and that was not a big deal. I actually did a side by side comparison, exactly like what they do in the commercials. I cleaned half of my floor, and there was actually a significant difference! When the whole floor was complete, it looked cleaner than it ever did with a broom and mop. I was very impressed!Â
The FloorMate also came with special grout cleaning brushes, and a grout and tile cleaning solution. I did try it out in my entryway, and noticed a pretty big difference in how clean it was too! Now I only wish I could use this on my while tile counter tops…Â
One other thing I liked about the FloorMate was that it is pretty compact. It’s thin, and the handle folds down so I can store it underneath shelves, in a closet, just about anywhere, and it’s light enough to carry up and down the stairs so I can use it on the upstairs bathrooms as well!Â
It’s a great machine and I highly recommend it to anyone that wants to keep their hard floors clean! It’s so easy to use, and saves so much time and pain! If you’d like to take a look for yourself, or purchase one, go to the Reviews store!
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Thanks to Hoover, I’m able to giveaway a FloorMate to one of my very lucky readers! I’m so excited! Here’s how you can enter!
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my biggest dilemma right now is my little one. She leaves a huge mess after eating all over the floor and she drips her sippy cups all OVER the house. This would be great!
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The biggest dilemma I have is the fact that my boyfriend unknowingly spills grape jelly on the kitchen floor and I find it when I feel something sticky on my bare foot the next morning! I usually end up with a glob of jelly stuck to the bottom of my foot at least once a week!
well three kids and i just dont have time anymore. the first kid i was a neat freak, the second one still a neat freak but not as bad, now that the third on is here and i am in college full time i am not doing so well with keeping up on the house cleaning anymore. need all the help i can get
Dog and cat hair, 2 cats- 1dog. Alot of hair! help!
My 4 kids. :)
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I have 2 boys and another on the way. Somehow with my kitchen being right off my back door I CANNOT keep the floor clean! There are always leaves, rocks, dirt, crumbs and playdough covering every nook and cranny on my floor! I would love the chance to win this! Thanks!
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I would definitely have to say all the crumbs left on the floor. You want to get all of them but some are just so small and then you’re left spending so much time cleaning up!
My biggest dilemma: dog pee. Uck. It’s such a mess and there isnt a perfect way to tackle it! Thanks so much for an awesome giveaway- I could really use this!
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My biggest is when our puppy eats too quickly and upchucks all his food. He dosen’t do it very often. Yuck!
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Hair in the bathroom floor. Its a huge pain!
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Having 4 dogs and 1 cat means I have to sweep and vacuum a lot. :)