Others say...

"good for large rooms"
Good product for a large open space (big rooms with no furniture). I was not able to use it in a small apartment. It was difficult to menuever around furniture.

"Hoover Floormate - Gets Floors Really Clean"
This is better than a mop that pushes the dirt around. I do find the Lavender fragrance of the floor to floor solution freshens your home, unlike others who said it made them feel sick. It gets the floors really clean, picks up cat hair and stray bits of kitty litter. I got the detailing set with it and we have already used one of the tools to get under the metal covers that go over the heating pipes that run around the floor. The wide path nozzle seems to get a large area of floor at once. I have sealed wooden floors and tiles. I use another lighter vacuum to pick up debris first, then use the wash function and wet pick up as I go so I don't damage the wooden floors. My main complaint is that it is darn heavy. I would not recommend this for someone that has a bad back like me. I'm fortunate that I do the vacuuming part with my other vac and my partner does the washing part. The glide action is OK but too frequently it gets stuck back into the locked position. It is cumbersome to use on stairs and smaller areas. Despite these drawbacks, the floors do stay cleaner for longer which is great. I wish they'd make a new version that's lighter but has a larger clean tank, as the clean tank and waste tank are different sizes and the clean tank only lasts for half a bedroom.

"Hoover H3060 FloorMate"
This is a great machine for touch ups. I scrub my tile ( and I have a lot of it) and use this machine in between scrubs. Saves me a lot of time and back ache. Instead of scrubbing the floor every week, now I scrub once a month. I have an elderly dog and this machine is excellent for cleaning up behind her.

Pro: Great for small cleanups and touchups between scrubs

Con: Grout attachment does not do a good job on the grout. The regular brush does better.

Recommend: Yes

"Take Me For a Spin "
I now have owned my Hoover FloorMate for 8 months. I purchased this as a lighting deal, then tried to cancel after reading through all the negative reviews, but it was too late to cancel. My first use of the machine I followed the instructions, and pointers about putting the water in the tank and then adding the cleaner, and it took me quite awhile to do what is large area of tile between my kitchen and family room. I didn't even try to use it as a vacume based on the reviews, and used my regular vacume, then I cleaned the floors. But, I'm lazy and got tired of having to fill up the small dispenser tank which runs out of cleaner and water very fast. So, up to my old tricks, I just poured hot water and the cleaner on the floor and sucked it up with the Hoover FloorMate. Then with further occasions to use the Floormate, I have now resorted to just pouring hot water on my floor and not prevacuming and let the Floormate pick up the dirt and the water (I only do this when there is not a lot debris on the floor). Now I find if I just want a quick clean for my floors, pour the water on the floor and let the FloorMate pick up the water and the dirt. It does a great job, sometimes if something is stickey on the floor in the kitchen I might have to go over it a couple of times, but hey I would have to do that no matter what method I used to clean with. I now find I use my Floormate every time I need to clean my tile floors. The only thing I can't comment on is the grout cleaning feature, because I haven't tried to use it for that feature. I can now clean my kitchen floor in about 10 minutes no streaks and the floor shines. Family room takes longer because I have to move my furniture and rugs, but I have to do that anyway no matter which method I use to clean.

"Amazing cleaner"
I origiannly borrowed one of the Floormates from my sister but realized how good it worked and had to have my own. I only use it as hard floor cleaner (not really as a vacuum) and it works terrific. It's amazing the dirt that collects on my floor. Used it once right after mopping and I was surprised at how much more dirt was on my floor. Worth every penny. I feel like I am getting the dirt up not just pushing it around with a mop.