A cover is provided to put all the accessories, but the fabric and the zipper are really poor. I do not give him six months to live.
A second booklet tells not not how to use the camera with photos in very explicit colors. If that is not enough, DVD shows how to use it with a small fifteen minute movie presenting it in different applications. But ultimately, it's really not complicated: a button for suction, a button for steam, and when the heating indicator is on, go.
Two tanks are to be filled:
- First to collect the dirt: the suction hose ends into the water instead of ending in a bag or dust compartment, as in bagless vacuum cleaners. In this tank, add a product called Bioecologico, including a small bottle is provided in order to avoid creating foam in the filter and the air feels good (and it smells good!). This bottle costs about fifteen euros for 100 ml.
- To create a second steam. We do not see what the water level, it's a bit boring. We only know that we must stop to put when the float rises. In this tank, you must either use a mixture of tap water and demineralised water (half and half) or pour in water produces a pod limescale (two are included). It takes one to about 5 liters of water (3 liters for even when it is very hard) and these pods cost 20 euros 40.
Use talking now.
The pipe is shorter than my vacuum cleaner, even with two nested tubes. No shorter, and it would have been unpleasant (I measure 1.88 m). The machine is very heavy and unwieldy, and its long wire is impossible to detach or winding in the device. To store itself could use some work.
Aspiration is powerful but extremely noisy. Consider buying earplugs along descaling your bulbs. I let the power of two (four possible) to avoid scaring my neighbors house. But suddenly, I adjusts the level of the steam three (out of five), otherwise there is too much water the ground after the passage of the brush. But even with these adjustments, some big drops of water persist here and there. So be careful where you put your feet.
When switching Lecoaspira suction functions and the steam can be used separately or simultaneously, which saves time. For this to be effective, however, requires that the ground is not too dusty, otherwise the brush and squeegee is dirty more quickly and the effect of the steam will be reduced.
After my first use (steam + simultaneous suction), I ironed the cloth to see if there was a lot of dirt: the water was still a bit dirty, but much less than usual (even happy, the notice. otherwise would have resulted in a comment killer!). As it was my first attempt, I had probably not often scoured the squeegee, which could help having a better cleaning of the floor, and I had not spent the brush absolutely everywhere (unlike the mop after).
The "cleaning" balance sheet is positive. Except for a kind of poor contact that causes a very painful roar of the apparatus of my movements. I have not yet managed to identify precisely the causes, but it is both unnerving and scary.
After floor cleaning is the cleaning of the device. Well this is boring! Empty the dust container, vacuum 1.5 L of warm water to unclog pipes, emptying the tank again, pass the brush to remove the last dirt, rinse the filters, clean the brushes and squeegees full of dust / hair / unknown materials agglomerated by steam (but this alone hand under hot water) while drying. It should also be plenty of room, given the number of wet items!
So I wonder about the real time savings relative to the passage of a simple vacuum monitoring the mop, which wash and to wring quickly. If we empty the tank full of dirt and hair in the tub, you also clean the exhaust, which mouth almost immediately. Must we empty it into the toilet? Or through the window at passers?
Another source of questioning, cost: 2600 W engine + Heating + water + pods descaling sanitizer tank The bill up quickly. As soon as I will give my hand on my power meter, I will publish this message to indicate consumption during suction, during heating and during the simultaneous use of steam and suction.
Conclusion?
The unit is large, noisy, expensive to buy, expensive in time and money for maintenance.
But it cleans well, sucks well, combines the jobs (cleaning the floor, joints, windows and just about everything that exists and that is not animal).
EDIT 31/01/14
Here consumption of the monster:
- On idly 1.5 W.
- Hot water (5 minutes for 0.5 L): between 1060 and 1080 W. During operation of the steam, this value is constant.
- Aspiration:
-> Force 1: 360-370 W
-> Force 2: 810-830 W
-> Force 3: 1150-1170 W
-> Force 4: 1450-1470 W
Note that the number of decibels is almost equivalent to the number of W consumed No joke, this machine is extremely loud!
Regarding the roar that my device continues to produce, it seems to come from the system startup that heats the water. But as no one else talks about it, I have to have a failed model.
