Bissell Flip-!t Bare Floor Cleaner, 5200 – Hoover Bagless Canister Vacuum

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I have 3 shedding dogs and a tough floor to clean., November 11, 2004

Judy L. (Marengo, Il. USA) –

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I have 3 large dogs that drool any water left in their mouths after a drink, and a large textured ceramic floor that collects dirt in the grooves of the texture. I bought a Hoover Floor-mate in hopes of eliminating the mop and bucket, and because I felt that after a while I was pushing around dirty water. The Floor-mate did pick up a lot of dirt, but it is too large to get under cabinets and the brushes are too soft and too high to get into the crevices of the texture in the ceramic.

I decided to try the Flip-It because it is supposed to vacuum and wash the floor. First of all, you really have to vacuum first and clean the receptacle before washing. Otherwise, you will end up with a yucky mess to clean from the receptable and filter. I didn’t find that the vacuum blew the hair as one other buy had reported, but I agree that it doesn’t vacuum very well. It picked up some hair and small crumbs, but didn’t get all of it. This was obvious when I washed the floor. More hair was picked up in the washing process.

With the rubber brush and a little pressure, this cleaner did get much more of the dirt out of the floor texture. I still had to scrub some with the brush on the unit, but I would have to do the same with a sponge mop. At least with this cleaner, the dirty water is vacuumed up and clean solution is dispensed for the next section. Even with my uneven floor, the unit did pick up the water, and the floor dried quickly.

The first floor bathroom, hall, kitchen, and foyer are pretty large, kitchen alone is about 12′ x 18′. I had to refill the cleaner 3 times. I filled the unit with hot water from the tap. So maybe that helped. I don’t think this is too bad because I had to refill the Floor-mate as many times and it didn’t get the floor as clean.

I wouldn’t use this unit as a vacuum again, but as a hard floor cleaner, I think it works well on floors that need more scrubbing than a soft brush.

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Judy L. June 16, 2011 At 4:31 pm

210 of 211 people found the following review helpful:

I have 3 shedding dogs and a tough floor to clean., November 11, 2004

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Judy L. (Marengo, Il. USA) –

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This review is from: Bissell Flip-!t Bare Floor Cleaner, 5200 (Kitchen)

I have 3 large dogs that drool any water left in their mouths after a drink, and a large textured ceramic floor that collects dirt in the grooves of the texture. I bought a Hoover Floor-mate in hopes of eliminating the mop and bucket, and because I felt that after a while I was pushing around dirty water. The Floor-mate did pick up a lot of dirt, but it is too large to get under cabinets and the brushes are too soft and too high to get into the crevices of the texture in the ceramic.

I decided to try the Flip-It because it is supposed to vacuum and wash the floor. First of all, you really have to vacuum first and clean the receptacle before washing. Otherwise, you will end up with a yucky mess to clean from the receptable and filter. I didn’t find that the vacuum blew the hair as one other buy had reported, but I agree that it doesn’t vacuum very well. It picked up some hair and small crumbs, but didn’t get all of it. This was obvious when I washed the floor. More hair was picked up in the washing process.

With the rubber brush and a little pressure, this cleaner did get much more of the dirt out of the floor texture. I still had to scrub some with the brush on the unit, but I would have to do the same with a sponge mop. At least with this cleaner, the dirty water is vacuumed up and clean solution is dispensed for the next section. Even with my uneven floor, the unit did pick up the water, and the floor dried quickly.

The first floor bathroom, hall, kitchen, and foyer are pretty large, kitchen alone is about 12′ x 18′. I had to refill the cleaner 3 times. I filled the unit with hot water from the tap. So maybe that helped. I don’t think this is too bad because I had to refill the Floor-mate as many times and it didn’t get the floor as clean.

I wouldn’t use this unit as a vacuum again, but as a hard floor cleaner, I think it works well on floors that need more scrubbing than a soft brush.

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