Is the mop with built-in cartridge a bit improvement? I have the simple bona mop and spray by hand now. worth the $46 to upgrade?
1848951
I don't know if it is improved...I've only had this one. I like mine and use it all the time.
1848952
This is by far the best product out there to clean wood floors-- I got mine at Home Goods for under 20 dollars but would pay full price as it's has saved me hours of work with a white dog that sheds and dark hardwood floors up and down.
1848953
Not really. Plus it is made of the super slippery plastic so it slips and falls frequently
1848954
I used to use just the spray with the bona mop too, I have found that the built in cartridge is easier and more convenient for me. I definitely mop my floors more often! Just be careful not to spray too close to baseboards or furniture as the spray fans out a bit. Good luck!
53058
The spinning pedal is the biggest difference I found. I was looking to buy the Hurrican Mop but saw reviews that the foot pedal breaks easily so I ended up getting this mop instead. The spinning feature is built into the handle. I haven't had any problems and I am absolutely satisfied with my choice.
650744
I have both the Scooba and the Hoover Floormate. I got the Floormate about 4 years ago. It definitely beats mopping by hand. But it still takes a lot of time, and unless you do it very slowly, doesn't pick up everything (dirt, water). If your floor is VERY dirty, as mine always was, you can spend a lot of time for a mediocre result. With the Scooba, however, there's a HUGE difference. Since the Scooba does everything for me, I clean my floors MUCH more frenquently. So they're cleaner to begin with, but the Scooba also does a better job scrubbing. This is because, at least on my floor, some of the solution gets left behind until the Scooba comes around for the next pass, so the dirt gets "soaked" and comes up more readily. With the Floormate, you can't really soak the floor unless you put down solution with the machine off, then wait, and then vacuum it up. If I had to choose, I would ABSOLUTELY go with the Scooba. I even thought about getting rid of the Floormate now that I have the Scooba, but I'll keep it around for big spills and such. Hope this helps!
382281
It is similar but the mop part is bigger and the material is a thicker cloth. I actually vacuum or use the dry Swiffer prior to mopping with the Bona just to get up all of the loose debris. Then you just spray the Bona on the floor and mop away!
1318757
I used Bona hardwood cleaner, Bona applicator/mop w/ spray including their microfiber pads, and LOW-gloss polish on 3 floors of a townhouse with teak parguet finished with oil and wax. Bona instructions say not for natural finish however I was desperate... floor was dirty and stained with scratches from moving furniture. The mop/applicator with spray is great and makes cleaning and waxing easy. Hardest part was masking the top of base to keep the walls clean. While the parquet was new in 1975, the house is old and floors are not perfectly flat - so a high-gloss wax finish would show every imperfection. I found the low gloss sheen perfect and exactly what I wanted. How did the floors turn out?? Twice as good as I had hoped. The Bona cleaner and wax system resurrected the finish amazingly well and I am totally satisfied... and I am an architect. Since then I had hoped to have a similar result on an old oak floor with practically no finish left, a lot of bare wood - it may have had a natural finish that had no maintenance - unfortunately Bona did nothing - I had to rent a floor sander and applied a light stain and polyurethane with the Bona mop/applicator with an excellent result. I have nothing but praise for Bona, and I have to confess that I did not watch the DVD that came with the product... maybe next job...
1311252
I think the hurricane mop is GREAT! I have absolutely no complaints. Everything they say in the advertisement is true. You put water in the bucket, wet your mop, pop it into the hole but make sure you position it just right so that it's straight in, pump the lever on the side to wring out the water, and then mop away. It goes under, around, behind, and does a great job. I am very happy with it! And I don't need to wring it out with my hands, or get on my hands and knees to get a good clean floor.
1354470
I bought the ready to use kind of Bona. I just poured it into a applicator bottle that came with my Rubber Maid mop and applicators. I works great. Even lightened the grout. I love it.
1803394
I just got mine, but we bought my mother this mop about 5 years ago from bed, bath and beyond and she is having no problems. I just mopped my floors yesterday, I wish shark would of included like a scrubber pad type thing. If you have like greasy dirt on floor, this mop will not clean it, I have to manually remove the grime. I found spraying a little floor cleaner on the dirty area first helps. Good suction on the broom vacuum part.
976719
I use Leifheit Pico Spray Mop Micro-Tech Replacement Reusable Cloth. I also have the Leifheit spray mop. All bought from Amazon. I use the Bona cleaner in the spray mop. The refresher by hand.
1603332
It IS simple to do and effortless. There must be something faulty with your mop. It doesn't take much pressure. It pulls up and isn't stiff as others are describing .. at least not the new one I just purchased. "Works like a charm".
827300
Not very. Ours broke 90 days in - just clean snapped off. Our 7 year old was mopping, and it snapped. I wouldnt buy it again. We went and bought a different microfiber (dry) from local hardware. On the other hand the Bona web mop is fine, we have had ours for months and its fine.
2071449
Goggled it. Check this out: http://www.starreviews.com/home/bona-hardwood-floor-mop-review/#.U_TfmbxdXJ0
660650
You are doing nothing wrong. All that mop and the Bona does is spread the dirt around. It does not "trap" dirt and remove it from the floor. If you keep using that you will have a sticky film on your floor that takes 20-30 moppings to get it off. Terrible stuff.
1362107
The newer model is slightly larger, but weighs less than 14lbs. which is 8.3lbs. LESS It has 2 additional brushes which are specially designed to cover sealed hardwood floors and tile & grout. 360 clean: SpinScrub Technology gently washes and scrubs hard floors from all angles. Wash, scrub & dry: Switching between options is a snap. CleanBoost Control applies extra detergent to stains and heavy traffic areas. 11.5" Removable Nozzle provides a combined squeegee and suction to quickly dry. Removable for easy cleaning. It uses several different Hoover cleaning solutions, the Hoover Multi-FLOORPLUS 2x concentrated is great and you don't need much unless the floors are a high-traffic area or very dirty. There are solutions designed for use cleaning grout and another for wood floors. I like that it leaves the floor so dry that there are no steaks and so clean that you can feel the difference with your bare feet. As I said, I didn't have the previous version, all the technical information I found on different web sites and the last is my personal opinion and observation. I have other brands that called their brands (Shark, Bissell and others) that said they were cleaners or sanitizers and all they did was much around hot, dirty water. The only difference between them and mopping is that they were easier to push around, the water remained hot, and you were not bending over to wring it out. Even the ones that said they dried the floors, did not unless you went over them at least at least three times (it varied, depending on the humidity level). There is nothing worse than pulling up water that is not clean after you have used the machine at least twice. It is discouraging and disgusting. That is why I LOVE this one, it cleans using very little of the 2x solution (a small bottle is included) and then removes the water leaving you with a clean, dry floor without streaks. It is lightweight and I am nor writhing in pain when I finish.
1614192
You can order the Bona Microfiber Floor Mop from Amazon. It comes with the microfiber cleaning pad and the dust pad. They work very well. The handle is telescoping, and it is stronger than a different non-telescoping Bona mop handle that can also be bought. Alternatively, there are other mop handles that have the velcro type attachment which is what you need to hold the microfiber applicator to the mop.
1603475
Best mop that I have ever had. I love that you don't have to put your hands in the water while mopping. I think you have to buy the whole mop. Then you replace the mop heads as needed. My first smart mop lasted for years. I replaced the mop head twice over several years. When I last needed a replacement head, I was unable to find one at our local stores so I went online to get one. The mop was on sale at a terrific price, so I bought it along with a couple of extra mop heads. Very satisfied.Norma
275551
The mop is the same but this liquid is for the hardwood so you would need an additional cartridge for the tile version