Hoover SteamVac F7452-900 All Terrain Steam Cleaner with SpinScrub: Maintain a clean home environment with help from this steam cleaner, which delivers 12 amps of power to efficiently remove soils from carpets, bare floors and other surfaces. SpinScrub brushes remove set-in dirt without harming your carpets.
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We bought this yesterday. It did not take very long to put together. We used it to clean the kitchen and bathroom floors (linoleum and tile) with good results. The tile floors get clean but they don't get dried as well as the linoleum due to the grout lines. However, a quick wipe after and no problems. The machine will leave a line of dirty water on the floor after you shut it down so you may want to put an old towel under it when you turn it off.
MANUAL SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDS USING ANY DETERGENTS OTHER THAN THOSE MADE BY HOOVER WILL DAMAGE THE MACHINE AND VOID ANY WARRANTIES. Keep this in mind. Name brand Oxyclean will mess it up.
I had no problems with the clean/dirty water tanks or using the attachments after reading instructions carefully.
You do need to clean the machine after each use for best results. Particularly the handtool and hose attachment. Run clean water down the hose to get excess dirt off or I imagine it will build up over time effecting performance and possibly causing a smell.
Only reason I give 4 our of 5 stars is that this is a BIG bulky machine and does require some TLC to work properly.
What's great about it: Cleans laminate/linoleum/carpet well.
What's not so great: Not the best option if you have lots of tile/grouted floors