What is the Tineco Floor ONE S5 vac/mop combo?

[jonsmaradona]

The Tineco Floor ONE S5 is a wet/dry vacuum and mop combo. The S5 has suction power to pull up debris while also using water and solution to mop the floor at the same time. The Tineco S5 has two large tanks: one for clean water and one for dirty water. It features iLoop Smart Sensor technology, which automatically senses how dirty the floors are and adjusts water flow, suction, and roller speed to clean the mess with ease. When you’re done cleaning your sealed hard floors, the Tineco allows you to switch to suction-only mode. The Tineco alerts a user as to when to clean the dirty water tank, refill the clean water tank, or run the self-cleaning mode. After you’re finished cleaning, you can return the mop to its docking station to resume charging.

I’ve long been intrigued by the vac/mop combo. Can one cleaning product truly vacuum and mop floors at the same time? How can it catch everything and not make a mess of dog hair, dirt, debris, and water? It sounds like a recipe for disaster, or at least another mess I’ll have to clean when I’m finished. I decided to put one of the popular models to the test. The Tineco line of vac/mops has a large following of people who claim that after using the product, users will be able to wipe a white paper towel on their floors and have zero residue.

Out of the box, the Tineco vac/mop required very little setup. I simply had to insert the handle into the main unit, remove the protective coating, and set up the base. The charging base includes storage sections for an extra roller, cleaning brush, and extra filter; these storage sections were simple to slide onto the charging base. After I’d done that, I plugged the charging base into the wall and placed the mop on the charger. After about an hour on the base, the mop was fully charged, but it’s important to note that the mop came with a partial charge.