Tineco Floor One S3 wet & dry vacuum cleaner review

First off, it’s essential to say what the Tineco Flooring One S3 isn’t. It’s not a carpet cleaner. It’s particularly made to hoover and wash sealed, onerous flooring. It’s principally a substitute for vacuuming and mopping, but it surely’s significantly higher because it does each on the similar time, so that you’ll solely have to go over your flooring as soon as.

Design and look

• LED show
• 35 minute run time
• 4 hour charging time

There’s a lot to love concerning the Flooring One S3. At 4.5kg (9.9lbs), it’s mild. Because it’s within the model of an upright vacuum cleaner (though it’s cordless), that doesn’t matter a lot in use anyway. But when it is advisable carry it up the steps to scrub a rest room flooring, it’s simple to do.

It’s additionally thoughtfully designed, with a slim body and a smooth, trendy look. And it’s full of intelligent options.

On the base of the deal with is an LED show that exhibits the battery degree, Wi-Fi connection, water tank ranges and different key items of data.

Weirdly, it has a crimson/blue colored indicator to let you recognize if it’s detected a spill or particles – as should you wouldn’t discover you’d tipped a bowl of cereal on the ground. Nevertheless, that is associated to its auto-detection mode, so it’s not as redundant because it initially seems.

The battery degree is proven as a proportion, which isn’t as useful because the Dyson’s countdown timer. But it surely provides a way more correct sense of how lengthy you will have left than illuminated bars. There’s a most run time of 35 minutes, after which it wants 4 hours to recharge.

The Flooring One S3 has two water tanks, one for clear (0.6l) and one for soiled water (0.5l). These are simple to come out and will be washed within the sink. As they’re darkish, clear plastic, they assist to cover soiled water however you may nonetheless see the water ranges at a look.

A minor criticism is that the tanks may very well be bigger. There was loads of capability to scrub my small kitchen, however you’ll in all probability solely have the ability to clear one reasonably sized, not overly soiled room earlier than it is advisable refill and empty the tanks.

One of many S3’s standout options is the truth that it’s cordless. This once more makes it extremely simple to make use of. It stands in its charging dock, which has a small footprint, simply wider than the bottom of the vacuum itself. There’s area on it to carry the entire Flooring One S3’s equipment, apart from the bottle of cleansing fluid.

In addition to the vacuum cleaner, within the field you’ll get cleansing fluid, a spare brush curler, a HEPA filter and a three-in-one cleansing software, to scrub the Flooring One S3 itself.

Sensible options

Like many Tineco home equipment, the Flooring One S3 has sensible options. The app is free to obtain and use, and it’s obtainable for each Apple and Android. How a lot use you’ll get from it in all probability is determined by how habituated you might be to apps. I discovered it helpful to have the ability to verify on the battery standing whereas it was charging, even when I didn’t have to see the facility settings or tank fill ranges.

Efficiency

• Simple setup
• Auto-adjusting suction
• Self-propelling cleansing

The Flooring One S3 is straightforward to arrange. Simply insert the deal with into the equipment, cost it and fill the clear water tank.

Begin utilizing it and you might be in for a shock (or can be, if I hadn’t ruined it for you). The Flooring One S3 propels itself throughout the ground. It’s a wierd feeling, as you’re simply kind of hanging on like Mary Poppins whereas it will get to work. Basically, because of this you simply have to information it across the room whereas it cleans.

It adjusts its suction energy mechanically relying on how soiled the ground is and I discovered it extraordinarily efficient. It didn’t over-wet the ground at any stage, it vacuumed effectively and it eliminated these coin-sized tea stains that appear impervious to abnormal types of mopping.

It’s fairly quiet in use as nicely, with Tineco claiming an working quantity of 78dBA.

Upkeep and cleansing

• Self-cleaning mode
• Simple to take away components
• Voice prompts for upkeep points 

In case you’ve ever used a robotic vacuum, you’ll in all probability be accustomed to the thought of a machine narrating what it’s doing. If not, it’s kind of creepy and useful in equal measures – but when creepy outweighs useful, there’s a change on the deal with that’ll allow you to flip off this characteristic.

It’s helpful to let you recognize if an element isn’t fitted accurately. For example, should you’ve taken the curler off for cleansing and haven’t put it again accurately, it’ll inform you. Nevertheless, there are occasions when it’s a bit overwhelming, for instance in the course of the self cleansing mode, the place it voices each stage.

“Begin self cleansing. Cleansing brush and curler. Cleansing particles channels.” At this level, midway by means of the method, I disabled voice mode, feeling that it was extra data than I wanted.

Self-cleaning is a pleasant characteristic in itself, though a few phases are mini-jet-engine noisy. After utilizing and docking the Flooring One S3, you may set it off and it’ll principally run clear water by means of its system, so all you must do on the finish is take away and clear the tanks and dry out the curler.

The curler can be simple to take away. And, as there are not any locations for dust and garbage to get trapped inside the equipment, it’s extremely easy and easy to scrub.

Nevertheless, you have to be ready for simply how disagreeable it’s to empty the soiled water tank and filter. Think about all of the hair and bits inside your vacuum cleaner, combined with soiled mop water in a type of soup – and you aren’t even near gauging the disgusting actuality of this job.

Worth and availability

The Tineco Flooring One S3 prices roughly $399/£399/€399 however, though you could find it within the US, it’s at present tougher to pay money for within the UK. If you could find it, we doubt you’ll be upset. It’s very nicely priced for its characteristic set.

Verdict

Typically, home equipment are extra hassle than they’re price and you end up doing issues by hand as an alternative of dragging the machine out of the cabinet.

However I’d be shocked if folks felt this manner concerning the Flooring One S3, because it’s so mild, simple to arrange and simple to scrub afterwards. It’s a thoughtfully designed and environment friendly vacuum mop that ought to actually prevent effort and time. 

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