As they sound, mopping vacuums suck up dirt and also wipe clean floors, many times seamlessly with a sensor detecting which option is best for the situation. No lugging of a bucket of water. No back and forth of the mop. Mopping vacuums give you a hassle-free, time-saving cleaning of your floors.
One of the best-quality and most affordably-priced mopping vacuums on the market is the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro Wet Dry vacuum. Released in July 2023, the vacuum was originally priced at $1,299. Today, you can find it for a bargain $639 on Amazon.
I had the pleasure of trialling it. I already had a mopping robot vacuum (an Ecovacs model), so I didn’t think I’d need another handheld vacuum, but I was wrong. While the robot vacuum is great for roaming around cleaning while I’m working or even leaving the house, it doesn’t get into corners. Because of its circular shape, it cleans near a corner but, annoyingly, doesn’t get into it.
The Tineco vacuum, though, can get into any corner, plus it’s easy to use and hold. It has an LCD screen that shows its cleaning mode, remaining battery life, dirty monitoring loop and levels in the clean water tank.
It’s also easy to maneuver with its ergonomic handle and its voice prompts tell me exactly what it’s doing and how it’s feeling. Oh, and it has a headlight on the front of the roller brush that reveals debris I might not be able to spot with my naked eye on my floors.
I’m not one to read instructions — I just want to open a box, put the device’s parts together in a few steps and for it to start working. This was the case with the Tineco vacuum. I always use the vacuum in Auto mode and find it does the trick of cleaning well, though I’m sure you could experiment with using other modes, including Max, Ultra and Suction for even better cleaning.
I also really like the device’s self-cleaning feature — I put the vacuum on its base and hit the ‘self-clean’ button and the wheels will start spinning as it cleans itself. You can choose between quick self-cleaning, which takes two minutes, or super self-cleaning, which takes about six minutes.
The only two negatives I’d say about the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro Wet Dry vacuum is that it’s a bit harder to store in my small apartment than my Dyson vacuum, which I can easily put in a cupboard. It comes with a base, as I mentioned, that’s about the size of a laptop with a few built-in holders to store extra vacuum accessories like a brush roller.
I’d also say that it can be annoying to replace the dirty water tank every clean. I initially tried to get away with not emptying it between cleans, but when a pungent smell would start filtering out, filling a whole room, as I vacuumed, I quickly realised it was a must.
When I do dump out the dirty walk, though, it’s incredibly satisfying to see all the dirt, dust and hair I’ve sucked up. The 701ml clean water tank also doesn’t need to be refilled as often.
The verdict? The Tineco Floor One S7 Pro Wet Dry vacuum is certainly expensive, but as someone who owns both a Dyson vacuum and an Ecovacs robot vacuum, I can say that this one device offers the best features of both of those devices. Like a good handheld vacuum, it’s easy to maneuver, get into corners and has a helpful LCD screen that shows you updates.
Like a good mopping robot vacuum, it eliminates the need for mopping (I don’t even own a mop anymore), wiping down my hardwood and tiled floors so they’re free of stains and spills. When you think of the 2-in-1 factor, plus how much hassle it saves, the price sounds bit more reasonable.
If it’s worth it for you, though, I’d say it depends on how much home floor surface you have to clean (the more, the more worth it this vacuum is), the type of floor surface you have (more hard floors make it more worth it) and how often your floors get dirty (the more often, the more worth it).
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