Hoover H3060 FloorMate SpinScrub 800 Hard-Floor Cleaner with Portable Detail Kit | 
| Brand: Hoover
List Price: $259.99
Buy New: $165.00
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Rating:  202 reviews
Sales Rank: 456
Color: White/Green
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 36
Dimensions (in): 32.5 x 17.5 x 12.2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: H3060
Model: H3060
UPC: 073502027998
EAN: 0073502027998
ASIN: B0007MS5B2
Release Date: February 12, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Never used, in original packaging.
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| Features:
| • | All-in-one cleaning system vacuums, washes, and dries hard-floor surfaces | | • | 2-motor system; EZ Select dial; 15-inch cleaning path; fingertip trigger control | | • | Interchangeable SpinScrub and grout brushes; separate tanks for clean and dirty water | | • | Fold-down handle; portable detail kit and cleaning solutions included | | • | Measures approximately 20 by 15-1/2 by 45 inches; 1-year warranty |
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Product Description
All-in-one machine dry vacuums, washes and dries floors. SpinScrub technology, 15" widepath nozzle, Hose, hand grout tool, utility tool and telescoping wand tool included. Bonus brush block for grout cleaning - White/Alaskan Green
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| Customer Reviews: Read 197 more reviews...
 Forget the mop and bucket this is so much better! March 27, 2005
H. R. Tucker (New York, USA)
254 out of 257 found this review helpful
We're a 2 person 2 cat 1 wheelchair household. We track in a lot of dirt and mud (especially with my wheelchair). After reading the reviews on the Hoover H3000 Floormate, (pros and con's) we decided to go up one step as the info on the box mentioned many things that would have made even the people giving negative reviews on the 3000 Floormate happy. There is a new grout cleaner attachment and hose/extension wand attachment for vacuming and wet cleaning that works great. We don't have much grout, just in our bathroom. We do have sealed hard wood floors through most of the house and either tile or vinyl in the rest. All we want is to keep it clean with minimum work. The idea of mopping the old fashioned way just seems outdated and it really doesn't get things clean when you put dirty water back onto the floor. This though was a splurge - meaning it isn't necessary to life, it's a convenience.
Wow, are we impressed! We expected the vacuum to not be powerful but it is! It picked up everything, cat food, people food, cat hair, dust bunnies, cat litter, you name it. Then, you simply dump the dry crud out of the bottom refuse tank and add water and cleaner to the top tank. Then just wet clean. It's a fantastic change from lugging around a mop and bucket of any kind. It gets our floors squeeky clean and shiny. We both have asthma and THIS enables us to clean more often. We run it on dry almost every day and on wet a couple times a week at least, aside from picking up spills. I can't tell you what a change this is. We've gone from barely keeping up with the floors to a "eat off the floors mama would be proud" type of clean. Best part is it only takes about 10 - 15 minutes to complete both the vacuum and wet cleaning.
Perfectionist alert - We left our italian marble floors, perfect grout etc for the maid in our mansion in Florida. (joking) If you want perfection with grout or anything it takes more than any machine normally, it takes a person with a toothbrush you pay to clean it. Do yourself a favor and do what my grandmother did for 20 years and use a solution of bleach and water and just pour it on it, it gets white in a minute with no scrubing. Of course, colored grout is a different matter.
No machine will be perfect. This though does the job you buy it for - to clean floors. It's great for everyday normal families and anyone who doesn't expect perfection. As for the review before this one that says the suction is bad and the brushes don't work, they must have bought a defective machine because this one works perfectly and cleans great. We're never going back to mopping with a mop and bucket again.
Dirty Floors No More! April 23, 2005
Martin Method (Granada Hills, CA United States)
121 out of 123 found this review helpful
I just got my SpinScrub 800 today (4-22-05) I have never had more fun cleaning my floors. I have over 600 sq ft of porceilin tile, the Floormate cleaned them all.
As for any new product make sure to read the manual to learn how to operate properly. At first I was using the wrong solution, and brushes. For tile you use the grout solution, and the grey spinscrub brushes.
I have all new tile that had a lot of grout residue, and the SpinScrub 800 took it almost all off. There were a few places that I had to use a rag to get up the heavy grout residue. Overall the machine worked graet.
I have not used the attachments yet, but plan to, and they look like they will do the small corners great.
I would have given it a 5 stars, but they scimped with the cleaning solution. Hoover only gives you two 8 oz bottles for $204.00. They should give you the 32 oz for that kind of money.
I used to use a Siffer Wet Jet, and this does a much better job. Not to mention that the FloorMate does all the work. No more pushing back, and forth (Hard on the Back). I had back surjury six months ago, and I need something that was going to easy to use in a physical sense. The SpinScrub 800 will definately do the job.
I was able to get the Top of the Line model for the same price as the middle model. Amazon had a $25.00 coupon, free shipping, and no tax.
Thanks,
Amazon
 Just finished my first use, which will also be my last. January 23, 2006
Cutedeedle (Whidbey Island, WA)
76 out of 83 found this review helpful
Well, it seems that people either love this floor scrubber or they hate it, there doesn't seem to be much in between. I have read every review and tip all over the internet about using this floor scrubber, and I thoroughly read the instructions before starting. I think I was pretty educated as to its flaws, which I thought I could live with. I bought this for my hard floors only, since I have a Bissell steam cleaner for the carpets.
It is fairly complicated to set up but if you take your time and follow along with the book, it's not bad, just takes about 20-30 minutes. I'm the least handy person on the face of the earth and I put everything together, including the tool caddy, by myself.
My hard floors are Pergo tile. Yep, that's right, tile. The quirk about them is they are coated with aluminum oxide, which makes them extremely durable and indestructible, but it also means the dirt gets trapped and is really tough to remove. With two dogs tracking in Washington mud and debris right through my kitchen, I could see the embedded mud trail from their little paws. I expected this to be a tough job, so I went directly to the grout scrubbing brushes, although there's no grout with Pergo tile floors. I vacuumed the floor first, not with the Hoover FloorMate, but with my usual cannister vacuum.
First of all, you should know the cleaning solution foams and bubbles up like crazy, so put the hot water into the small tank first, THEN add the cleaning solution, contrary to the manual's instructions (see, I told you, I read the book and followed it carefully!). I used the grout cleaning solution since my floors were too filthy for ordinary cleanser. I had planned to use Armstrong Once `n Done after I ran out of the supplied solutions. Okay, solution loaded, grout brushes attached, floor vacuumed, ready to go.
The first failure was the small floor swivel too, which attaches to the hose and telescoping wand and then into a convenient side opening. I thought I would clean the edges and corners first. WRONG. The cleaning solution didn't come out of the hose/floor tool, it came out of the main floor brush area and puddled there. The attachment I was trying to use was securely locked into place so that wasn't the problem. I quickly determined this was a waste of time and removed it, giving up on getting the edges and corners clean.
On to floor cleaning with the regular grout floor brush head. I had pre-sprayed the doggie mud tracks with Castrol Super Cleaner, which will eat through the worst dirt or grease you can imagine. The floor cleaning commenced, and this FloorMate did a good job. The appliance itself is darn loud, more so than vacuum cleaners, so be advised. I did the recommended very slow cleaning, about a 4x4' section each time, switched to the wet pickup for each section, and continued on. I did manage to get pretty close to the edges of my cabinets so I wasn't too concerned about the previous floor tool failure.
Another annoyance was every time I turned the unit off, it left little puddles. All parts were securely clicked into place, so I don't know if the dribbling and leaking is the nature of the beast or if I have a defective/leaking unit. I also encountered a bizarre high pitched sound at times, with no apparent cause or reason, I had not bumped the unit, I hadn't run out of solution, the recovery tank was never full, there was just this awful and inexplicable screaming noise. Each time it happened I turned off the unit, turned it back on, and it stopped for a while.
My floor is pretty small - maybe 8x15'. I had to fill up the cleaning solution tank three times - it's definitely not large enough for even small floors. I also emptied the recovery tank when it was about half full. I found out you have to be extremely careful when pulling the recovery tank away from the unit, since the top part, which acts as a cover for this dirty water recovery/collection tank, has no way of being secured. The top just sits on the recovery tank. Thus I almost spilled filthy water out, twice. That indicates very poor design. The top section of the recovery tank is also where the filter is, which can also get clogged with dirt, so you need to keep an eye on it.
The best part of the whole operation, which took about an hour of actual cleaning and pickup on my small floor, was the wet vacuum/pickup. It does a good job of that, and normally these Pergo tile floors take 6-8 hours to dry. I'm not exaggerating, it's true. The floors were dry by the time I finished this cleaning ordeal.
This thing is quite heavy for me, a tiny lady - it's almost 25 lb., then of course add the cleaning solution and dirty water to that weight. The products specs say the cleaning path is 15" and that's accurate. The unit is about 12" deep from front to back, and the clearance is about 4" high. That will give you an idea of how much floor space it requires when in actual use, and how much clearance it would require if you need get under low tables and cabinets. The whole apparatus with the regular floor scrubbing head is useless on stairs, of course, although I tried it on my somewhat wider and deeper three steps into the kitchen, to no avail. I had to scrub those myself, since I couldn't use the hose and brush attachment. If you buy one of these you might have better luck with the hose/wand/small brush attachment on stairs and such.
The on/off button is easy to find and use, as is the lever that is used to squeeze out the cleaning solution - both are on the handle. The handle tilts back nicely, but I also found out when the cleaning solution tank is half empty or less, the cleaning solution won't squirt out from the bottom properly unless the handle is in the fully upright position. That was quite an unpleasant surprise too, quite inconvenient to say the least. The 27' cord is plenty long but it also kept getting caught underneath the back rubber wheels. I did try to keep it in my other hand but there was too much other activity going on!
I do like the very handy tool caddy and all the extras fit perfectly on it. The caddy rests on the front of the unit when it's time to store it away. The two bottles of cleaning solution are only for starters, so don't expect anything more than one cleaning from them. You most assuredly don't have to use their expensive cleansers, on my third fill I used the Castrol Super Cleaner.
Like others have mentioned, you should take the unit apart, rinse everything thoroughly with hot water when done, including the brushes, and let it all dry before reassembling.
All in all, the unit has so many quirks, gotchas, and possible defects, plus is extremely heavy, that it wasn't worth the effort expended. I don't mind spending the money if it's easy to use, but this was a terrible and tiring ordeal. Yes, my floor is sparkling clean but I can't face doing this ever again. It's going back to the store and I'm getting a Hoover FloorMax instead, which I've owned before.
Hoover 3060 FloorMate Review May 28, 2006
Dr. T (Mesa, AZ USA)
39 out of 40 found this review helpful
I ordered this machine with some trepidation after reading what others had to say in their reviews. I also decided to upgrade to this system over the smaller unit which sells for less money. However, after using it for the first time to clean over 2700sf of tile and marble, I am very happy with the machine on most accounts. Yes, one must move slowly to accomplish the best cleaning job, but that is true of doing it by hand as well. I start at one wall and follow the row of tile to the other wall, move to the next row, and so on, until a room is completely cleaned. This way, I do not forget where I last cleaned, nor do I miss any spots. It goes at about the same pace as using a buffing machine on tile floors. The nasty, dirty water collecting in the lower reservoir is testament to the job the Spin Mate is doing.
The negatives: the cleaning solution is overpriced and the reservoir doen't hold very much. I had to refill 9 times to clean my floors. The add-on tools are pretty useless, they just seem to spray out cleaning solution without much cleaning taking place.
The positives: No dirty mop water left on the floor! No scrubbing on hands and knees! The grout brushes do a very nice job on my grout lines, which are all done with brown-toned grouts. Thank goodness I had sense enough when putting in these floors to stay away from white grout!
My summary: if you are patient enough to let this machine move at it's own pace across your floors, and you do it in a systematic way, you will be very pleased with how clean and fresh your floors look and smell.
By the way, a long-time janitor friend told me to always use only a dab of cleaner in proportion to water when doing floors, as the cleaners build up over time resulting in a sticky mess. Therefore, I used only 1/4 of the recommended cleaning solution in my mixture, and used very hot water.
Hope this helps anyone else who is considering this cleaning machine.
Don't make the same mistake I did............. April 5, 2006
Allison (Coral Springs, FL United States)
30 out of 32 found this review helpful
I've owned the original Hoover Floormate for several years, and it served me very well. When it finally broke, through no fault of it's own, I didn't hesitate to buy another one. At the time, about 1 year ago, the SpinScrub 800 was so new that the only way to buy it was through Sears online.
I waited with great anticipation for it to arrive. When it finally did, I immediately set out to clean not only the floors but the grout as well.
Within moments of turning it on, the receptacle tank would shut off. I called Hoover, and they said they'd send me a replacement. After a couple of weeks, I received a piece which I couldn't possible replace on my own. Hoover suggested taking it for service, the nearest place being about 30 minutes away.
Already this was starting to be ridiculous - a brand new unit which cost me about $279.00 and was unusable. Next, Hoover sent me a replacement tank, for the SpinScrub 500, though. By the time I started using the machine, the new receptable tank still shut off, but now I found that the machine completely lacked the suction needed to pick up any water on the floor.
Since I was obviously under warranty, I brought the unit into the Hoover service center, where they kept it for 2 weeks. The technician said " I certainly hope you didn't use this as a vacuum, because this will clog up almost immediately."
Well, I had never used it as a vacuum, but indeed it was clogged, and I was charged $50.00 to fix it as Hoover does not cover clogs in their warranty.
The tech also said that he's been repairing quite a few of these for the same reason.
Well, I got it back and guess what? It still doesn't pick up the water.
I went out yesterday and bought a new Floormate H3000, and the difference is night and day. That works, the SpinScrub 800 does not. And, the Spinscrub 800 is much heavier, and much more expensive.
This is a classic example of taking a really good machine, and making it into a horrible one. Sometimes things can't be improved. The SpinScrub 800 is like a bad sequel.
I am resigned to having wasted close to $300.00 on something which is completely unusable.
Hoover is completely unsympathetic to my complaint. They've told me that no one else has voiced any problems with the SpinScrub 800. I don't understand how that's possible, since I can see from the reviews listed here the same common issues.
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