I bought the vacuum cleaner a year ago for two reasons: 1. To sweep and mop at the same time, because the house is big and we have a cat that leaves a lot of hair, and 2. The annual cleaning and refreshing of three large rugs, about 5-6 square meters each, and other smaller handmade rugs. A few years ago, when I gave them for washing in a rug washing machine, one of the small rugs came back with holes, meaning that the machines used removed the pile in many areas and ruined it. In October, when I opened them and saw it, it was too late for tears. Since then, I decided not to give the rugs for washing again and to follow the traditional cleaning method, which is sweeping and then hanging them on the railing, brushing them first with diluted soflan for wool, then brushing them with water and white vinegar, and finally washing the white fringes with diluted skip. It is a laborious task, and even though we did it with the lady who helps us with cleaning, I didn't want to think about it when May came.
This specific vacuum cleaner is quite heavy, and until you learn how to use it, you wonder if you should have bought it.
1. As for the first reason I bought it, the vacuum cleaner sweeps and mops very well, except for about 2 cm at the edges that you have to do vertically and areas under furniture. It is better than the traditional mop because it doesn't recycle dirty water, and you have the feeling of a truly clean floor. For dried stains, you have to insist, and once they soften a bit, they will come off. Besides, even with the mop, they don't come off immediately. Be careful, the brush that comes with the vacuum cleaner is not suitable for polished floors. It scratches them. I realized this on the wooden floors in the rooms after the first 2 times, and I didn't do it again, and on the marble floors, which are the rest of the house, after several times of doing it, I finished them. I had to buy the brush for wooden floors, which doesn't have any red plastic bristles, and since then, I sweep and mop with it normally on both the wooden and marble floors. On the marble floors, I use Pronto for marble with lukewarm water, and the condition has improved.
2. As for the second reason I bought it, the rugs. I also had to buy the brush that has only red plastic bristles. First, we swept them dry, without water, with the brush with the red plastic bristles. This brush does a good deep cleaning without pulling and "distressing" the pile. Then we sprayed the whole rug with diluted soflan using a sprayer. This was followed by sweeping and washing with plain water using the brush that comes with the vacuum cleaner, and then sweeping and washing with water and white vinegar. This was really easy and quick with this vacuum cleaner compared to the traditional method we used before. Of course, in the end, we had to hang the rugs on the railing to wash the white fringes, and this was the most tiring part of the whole process. The rugs turned out "like new."
Conclusion. No, I don't regret buying the vacuum cleaner, and it's enough that it relieved me from the stress of the annual cleaning and refreshing of my handmade rugs. Attention, if you have polished wooden or marble floors, you should purchase the brush for wooden floors and the brush with red plastic bristles for deep and thorough carpet cleaning.
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