See if this is a nightmare you have had. I have “textured” floor tiles … and for years have always dreaded the time when I had to clean them. Because they are textured (kitchen) – the dirt builds up in the “grooves” and mopping – and even steam mops won’t shift it. To get it clean was an – on my knees – and a scrubbing brush – job …. and that was truly exhausting. I read the reviews for the “Spinwave” and they were good – but few people mentioned textured (non slip) floor tiles …. so I just resigned myself to spending a lot of money. – on something that may – or may not – work on these floor tiles. Well – my Spinwave arrived yesterday – and I tried it out this morning ….. I think I am still suffering from SHOCK !! This machine worked – it did it – beautifully !! And – the bonus and “added pleasure” is … it’s fun to use – so quiet and so efficient – and stunningly effective. Then another thought came to me – for a few stubborn tiles – I just put one of those flat (green and cheap) pan scrubs under one of the machine pads – the pan scrubs stays in position – and for any marks that are REALLY stubborn – it just whisks them away. All these years I have scrubbed and cursed – and sweated cleaning this textured floor …. and now I have a fun machine that does the job with no effort – and I’m smiling. The machine itself is well built. – and looks like it’s going to last. Well …. there you have it … I’m delighted – thank you Bissell.

OK …. So, I have now had the Spinwave for a few months – and have used it every week. I am still absolutely delighted with this machine’s performance. I have used up the small bottle of Bissell floor cleaning liquid that came with the Spinwave – and that was really good too. Thing is – to buy more … it’s exorbitantly EXPENSIVE. So – decided to use “Flash” instead – as we all know that Flash is an excellent floor cleaning solution. We’ll – the Flash cleaned the floor fantastically …. thing is – it cleaned well … but left the floors “sticky”. So – I wondered if the Flash was more powerful and concentrated than the Bissell liquid …. and it CERTAINLY IS. I experimented by using just – HALF – of of the measured Flash to water in the Spinwave bottle. That was the answer – the “sticky” effect was gone. I really don’t think anything beats Flash for floor cleaning … and I use that ( in a weaker solution) in my Spinwave. Flash is more powerful – and a LOT cheaper than the Bissell solution.

Well – just another update …. had this machine for several months now and use it every week. Before I bought this machine – I used to dread getting on my hands and knees with a scrubbing brush – to clean out the dirty grooves in our textured floor tiles. I just used to put it off as long as I could because it was so exhausting. Thing is – I enjoy using the spinwave so much – and like to see the results so much …. I jump at any excuse – to use it !! I’m ashamed to admit to getting so excited about a floor scrubber … but after so many years of aching knees – and exhausting workouts with a scrubbing brush …. this little pal has now become – a close friend.

With two toddlers you can imagine that the tiled floors of our victorian terrace get filthy. You might also understand that other than a cursory sweep it can be a bit challenging to clean them thoroughly as it is likely they need to be walked over in the very near future. This, and the fact that the floors are seldom absolutely level – pretty much – eliminates a once over with a traditional mop that leaves puddles everywhere. I’ve had a steam mop for a while but this can damage the varnish on the floors we have had done and – again – with the toddlers running riot you don’t want hot steam everywhere.
I’ve had this electric mop for a week and it is genuinely the perfect solution: there are two spinning microfibre pads in contact with the floor (so it gets into a century of damage to the tiles) and you can control the amount of water sprayed onto the floor easily. Consequently the floors are dry within minutes, streak free, but you can utilise more water when needed. The device is easily used whilst carrying the 1 year old in my arms and its quiet enough to be used after bedtime or when only one of them is awake.
Both soft and scrubbing pads can be put into the wash at 40 degrees – without fabric conditioner – so can be washed with clothes if needed. They have to be air dried but they are small enough that this is achieved quickly. It comes with a small bottle of cleaning fluid but thus far it seems that its pretty economical. I’ve cleaned kitchen, WC, Utility and hallway twice and have only just used enough quoted for a “small space” and the area is hardly that! I think that I might be able to use another set of soft pads to floor polish down too but will have to see.
Theres nothing hot or that would be dangerous for the gruesome twosome other than the long cable and its nowhere near loud enough for them to go running away with hands over the ears, both of which are an important measure in most of my household appliances!
I bought his on a £99 deal of the day and I feel at that it represents pretty good value. I suspect that at full price and without other mitigating factors (kids, need to walk over a floor quickly after cleaning, something that makes cleaning more challenging) a buyer might feel its less value than I do but certainly for people in my position I can recommend it.