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Back to the Floormate thread!

I finally fired up my yard sale purchased Floormate and it does not work right. I think this has potential but something is wrong with this one. She told me it was new, had it for a while but never used. Upon inspection, I don't think that is quite right. Seems to have been used and I think it is a much older model than what is now available. It made lots of noise, but did not seem to suck the water back up. When I was empty on top, the bottom had only a few trickles of dirty water. When the floor dried it looked horrible. Sort of streaked the floor. I may have used too strong a solution and I did use a watered down Bissell product so to be fair it was not Floormate.

I am giving up on this one -- only $20 down the drain. So -- what model do I get? There is a blue one and a green one, even saw a white & red model in one pic. There is a wide path version to which would be great for me because of the large room sizes. Any suggestions on specific models? I hate when there are so many to choose from and I really don't see the obvious differences (except for the wide path).