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!
1. Leave a comment telling me your biggest floor cleaning dilemma.
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Entries will be accepted until February 15th at 12 Noon PST. Winner will be announced on this site on February 18th. Winner will be notified via email and will have 24 hours to respond to claim their prize. Winner must be a resident of the USA or Canada. Again, you must leave a comment for each option you choose to enter. *Rules subject to change without notice*
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spills are a common thing around my house! with tile floors the grout is always looking a little funky! could certainly make good use of the Hoover!!
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My biggest dilemma is getting my 12 year old WHITE linoleum kitchen (& bathroom) floors clean! I scrub & have tried several mops. I would LOVE to give this a try!
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Hello! My two sons, a new puppy and a 16 year old large dog all contribute to doing some damage to the carpeting, linoleum and wood
floors that we have! Of course, there are the tracks from the boys and the two dogs coming from outdoors. There are certain shoes that people that visit wear and leave black scuff marks, mostly on the linoleum in the kitchen. I am also tired of smudges on the wood floors. The Hoover FloorMate sounds wonderful. Please enter me in your fantastic giveaway drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
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Biggest problem has to be grout goo! There is always something to try to remove from my kitchen grout!
My biggest dilemna is definitely the messes my cats make! I feed them wet foot (the kind with gravy), and of course they pull the little pieces out of the bowl and the gravy hardens on the floor…it is SUCH a pain to clean up.
This Hoover might just be the answer!
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I would love to win this, I have trouble keeping my floors clean with 4 kiddos, it is rarely ever clean, especially with a white linoleum floor, and tan carpets!
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My biggest floor cleaning dilemma is mud and grime being tracked all over the linoleum and carpet.
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I\’d say my biggest dilemma is a tie between keeping the toilet clean and sanitary (which means it must be cleaned every day in this house…lol) and figuring out how to clean the hard wood floors. So far, I\’ve been sweeping it regularly, and doing a barely wet mop every once in a while with hot water with a little bit of white vinegar. I\’m sure the FloorMate would make that task a lot easier!
My biggest dilemma is 3 boys! Do I really need to say more, LOL
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Biggest dilemma is cleaning up after my dad. He just eats around the house leaving crumbs everywhere!
Dirt, snow, food, kids … you name it!
Biggest Delimma is the dog hair!
My 3 year old son along with his 2 sisters make the biggest messes for me. I am all the time with a mop and a broom. Thanks for the chance to win this.
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Two kids create my cleaning dilemma – mostly in the kitchen and family room.
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Light colored grout is my constant floor dilemma. It’s awful! It looked so good before the grape juice spills and constant pitter patter of toddler feet running all over it! I would LOVE to try this machine’s grout cleaning brushes and solution.
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I ahve two dogs….I swear it can be winter or summer but they seem to always be shedding! Keeping up on the cheeriois and dog hair and everything in between seems to be my biggest challenge.
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My dog and cat are my biggest floor cleaning issue.
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I would say cleaning up behind 6 little ones all day, then 2 after school, a dog, a cat, and upteen other people running in and out all day long is what I clean up behind all day. The reason I need it is to help me with all this cleaning. Please….
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My biggest floor cleaning dilemma: Someone suggested I mop once a week or at least once every two weeks. I explained that to keep it clean, I have to do so multiple times/day. We were very messy people before we had 3 kids, one of whom is an autistic food thrower…
I just cannot seem to keep the grit up off the hard floors in our house, it drives me crazy.
My biggest floor cleaning dilemma is getting the cat’s urine and poop stain from our carpet! I have tried scrubbing to no avail! I wanna win!
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I NEED a new vacuum! I bought a (won’t say the name brand) but after it kept overheating and shutting off, I checked with Consumer Reports…it was near the bottom of the list for reliabiltiy oh great! I only have one room that is wall to wall, all other floors are hardwood/laminate, and vinyl. We heat with wood and live on a farm….broom sweeping just doesn’t get up all the fine particles of dust….I need to vacuum the floors and get it out of the house! This floor mate would be great going from carpet to floor and light enough to do stairs…Sign me up please!
Paw prints on my wood floors *shudder*. It\’s a never ending job keeping the livingroom floor clean!
My biggest problem was when my 2 yr old son dumped red paint into the carpet in his bedroom!
my big floor dilemma is PET HAIR! i love my pets but i HATE cleaning up their hair!
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Believe it or not, cleaning up after my husband! He is forever tracking in dirt from the yard. I would love to try this! Thanks!
My daughter’s tend to make messes the second I’m done cleaning a room. It’s almost like a conspiracy!!
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My biggest floor cleaning problem? Honestly, it is the full grown adult male I choose to live with who does not pick up full pieces of food if he drops it somewhere that I will not notice right away. LOL. It’s true.
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My biggest floor dilema was cleaning up a rotten egg that had broke on the floor while I was pregnant with morning (all day) sickness! It was totally awful!
I am a cleaning lady so I see a lot of messes and this sure would help!
Crushed food is my biggest problem as my toddler loves to throw food and then stomp on them. IT’s a mess especially in the carpeted areas.
Thanks for this awesome giveaway and review.
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