Karcher FC 5 Electric Hard Floor Cleaner – For Laminate, Wood, Tile, LVT, Vinyl, & Stone Flooring

Had an epoxy garage floor installed a year ago. I had been cleaning it with a foam backed scrub brush with a garden hose and then a rubber squeegee. Labor intensive and very time consuming. I googled garage floor scrubbers and came up with several commercial grade wheeled scrubbers which cost wise were beyond common sense for a residential garage floor. I then tried floor scrubbers and went through the list. I wanted one that was powered by a corded wire and actually scrubbed the floor as well as pick up the residual water left behind. Zeroing in the Karcher FC 5 it appeared to fit most the features I thought I wanted. Ordered it on the 47% discount sale, got it in two days. Assembly was straight forward and spelled out in the owner's manual. Filled the small fresh water tank, added a cap full of the cleaning agent which was included and installed it. Checked the pickup tank and realized it would hold the equivalent of three or four or more the fresh water cleaning agent tank fulls. While at the sink filling the cleaning agent tank I also soaked the two brushes before installing them. I was dubious about how long the fresh cleaning agent tank would last and I didn't want the cleaning agent to be partially used just to wet the cleaning brushes. Instructions say to hold it at 60 degrees from horizontal for best use. I did this plus lower and it worked fine in all positions. I noticed that it would wobble slightly as the rollers spun but not objectionable. I swept the floor with a soft bristle floor broom before scrubbing and got up about a 1/4 cup of debris and dust. This was over 600 sq. ft. of garage floor. It took two fresh water tank fulls to then scrub this area and only filled the waste water tank about half full. Keeping in mind that I was also leaving a slightly damp floor after scrubbing. It was hard to tell where I had gone over so I tried to overlap about half on each pass. I dumped the pickup dirty tank and was surprised as to how much dirt and fine sand it had picked up. I also removed the brushes, washed them and set them aside to dry. I took the unit to the sink held it backwards and sprayed off the housing in which the rollers are attached. It was definitely dirty and needed cleaning. I dried everything externally and left it in the garage in its supplied cradle to dry. I also emptied out the little bit of cleaning solutions remaining in the fresh water tank. I'm 79 years old and not in great physical shape. The unit got a little heavy but not so much as to be objectionable. I thought of ways it could be improved but adding wheels would make it heavier and would the full weight then be applied to the floor while scrubbing. The final test was a half hour after I was finished, I put on fresh white socks and shuffled across the garage floor for five minutes. They did not come out white glove clean but I was impressed. Based on the price, energy needed to use and the cleaning results, I would definitely buy this same unit again.

+ nettoyage efficace + quantité d'eau bien dosée : séchage rapide + cordon de longueur généreuse + se nettoie très facilement = pas si lourd que ça - il faut aimer le jaune Karcher et le design. Clairement pas un objet de déco pour le salon

Realmente hace el trabajo por ti, creo que es una herramienta genial, sobre todo en pisos que son más lisos o incluso antiderrapantes de porcelanato como el que tengo, y el líquido rinde bastante. El que sea alambrica realmente no representa un problema. El beneficio es muy bueno y la marca, mejor

Brought a shine on my ceramic tiles that I haven't seen in years. Easy to use and the results are worth the price.

Me gusta que, a pesar de que es pesada, es fácil de maniobrar. Sirve para lo que se anuncia: se limpia el piso con facilidad, ahorra agua y aspira una cantidad realista. Tengo 4 perros y por supuesto no creí en ningún momento que con esto iba a resolver todo. Hay que aspirar antes de usarla, y limpiar las esquinas, porque el aparato no accesa las esquinas. Pero resuelve perfectamente!!! Estoy muy contenta!!!