The Floormate leaves very little moisture on the floor. I used to use a mop, but it would leave too much water on the floor that would seep into the seams of the flooring, causing them to swell. Definitely not designed to last several years. But overall, it's the best unit of its kind that I have used. It's not a task for the feeble minded for sure, you need to pay attention to where stuff is when you take it apart. The parts are pretty cheap and all you really need is a Phillips screw driver to disassemble the entire unit. I also replaced the detergent valve assembly because the seal on the bottom of the piston would pull off of its rib that holds it and the button wouldn't pull the piston high enough to let a good amount of detergent flow onto the floor. After a couple of years of use I had to replace the sucker hose assembly because it simply broke in half from all of the up and downs of the handle. It uses all of the same size screws throughout the machine. I have had my machine almost entirely taken apart and it is actually pretty easy to work on. #2 are the small clips on the waste water tank, they are unnecessary and I removed them after the first time they got in the way when I was putting the tank back in. #1 is the placement of the on/off switch, it is in a bad location but was probably cheaper to put it there. There are two things that I think could be improved. My floors even have some pretty wide grout gaps but this unit still sucks all of the water up. I have been using this unit for a few years now on my tile floors and it works great.
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