The Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam does a good and simple job of cleaning floors, though it could use a larger water tank.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Simple operation | Water tank needs frequent refilling |
| Steam and suction options add cleaning flexibility | Steam delivery isn’t particularly quick |
| Decent cleaning action | Heavy in the hand |
Score: 3.5/5
In this review
Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam Specifications
Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam Design
Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam Performance
Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam Battery
Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam Verdict
Ethical disclaimer: The Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam used in this review was loaned to me by Tineco Australia for the purposes of review. It will in due course be heading back to Tineco.
Look, if it wasn’t obvious by now, I don’t work as an “influencer” for “freebies”. I declare the provenance of items I review for the sake of what these days feels like radical transparency, because so very many folks do not.
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Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam: Design
For reasons of personal privacy (long story!) I’m opting to use Tineco’s supplied photos.
All standing wet/dry vacuums tend to look similar, and having reviewed the Dreame H16 Pro Steam Review not that long ago, I was struck by a distinct feeling of déjà vu when unpacking and setting up the Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam.
Also read: Dreame H16 Pro Steam Review: Hot and heavy work
Not that setup is all that difficult, beyond getting all the parts out of its box.
Pop the handle in the top of the vacuum body, work out a space for the charging/cleaning dock to live near enough to a power point and remove the stabilising cardboard and plastic wrapping at the base and you’re essentially ready to go.
Ready for a little while anyway; out of the box the Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam that I unpacked had around 40% battery charge.
You can always tell the battery charge from the simple display screen at the top of the vacuum body, though you do need to keep in mind that it’s oriented for viewing from behind the mop.
When it’s sitting in its charging base, you’ll be looking at it upside down, which did rather throw me when I presume it was sitting on 06% battery after serious charging time. It was on 90% of course, just upside down…
The primary controls for the Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam are on the top of the handle with a simple power switch, mode selector and cleaning button within easy reach.
At the back of the handle there’s another button that can be used to adjust the default volume between two modes, or with a double tap change between a range of spoken languages. Holding it down for a longer period initiates a factory reset, not that you can do much in the way of custom configuration.
There’s no app control or Wi-Fi setup as there was on the H16 Pro Steam, though Tineco does appear to sell a slightly different model – the Tineco Floor One i7 Stretch Steam – that does have that functionality if it matters to you.
Having seen how essentially useless Wi-Fi connectivity was on the H16 Pro Steam, I’m not that fussed by its absence here, though your tastes and needs may vary.
The Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam weighs in at 5.8kg without water on board, making it a little less heavy than the H16 Pro Steam, though not by much.
It’s still on the bulky side, and if the appeal of a powered mop like this is because you’ve got limited mobility or lifting power yourself, this could still be an issue.
Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam: Performance
That’s a very… artful coffee spill. But yes, you can do this kind of cleaning.
It’s not hard at all to understand the modes available on the Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam. By default it starts up in Auto mode, using its own sensors to apply suction pressure and water from its 880ml water tank to clean hard surfaces.
Suction mode applies additional suction, Max mode goes all out – and you can hear the difference – and steam mode eventually heats up water to provide a steam jet as well while cleaning.
You do have to wait for that to kick in, however; by my measure it takes around 35 seconds for steam to evidently emerge from the base of the rollers.
Actual cleaning performance from the Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam is reasonable for all but the most stubborn stains.
Like a lot of wet/dry vacuums, it’s not really built for picking up smaller solids – if you want a proper vacuum cleaner, buy a proper vacuum cleaner — though it can do so for things like hair and toast crumb-sized particles without too much difficulty.
One of the features that the Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam pitches is that it can lie flat to get under low furniture while still operating.
This is true, though here I did hit some issues with the front of the mop, which is just a little bit higher than some of my furniture is. That’s frustrating, but it does highlight that it won’t get under everything in your house – or at least not everything in mine!
Your furniture must be this high for the full-flat mode to be useful. My own is a little lower.
The clean water tank sits above the rollers, and at only 880ml it’s not particularly large. That does keep the weight down a little, but it also means that you will need to refill it more often than on some other cleaners, especially because it is a rather thirsty beast.
That’s even more pronounced if you are cleaning up notably dirty spills, because you’ll need to run the clean cycle more often, slurping up even more water as it goes.
Removal of the dirty water tank is a simple enough affair, and it’s a step you’ll need to take fairly frequently. That’s partly down to how thirsty the unit is, because it naturally enough then fills the dirty tank with its fouled water, but also because if you don’t, that same dirty water will quickly become unpleasantly stinky.
That’s no fault of the Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam to speak of, because that’s true for any wet-dry vacuum.
Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam: Battery
Money saving tip: The dog will eat the cereal and milk. Won’t steam clean anything though.
Tineco’s rating for the Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam’s battery is that it should be good for up to 80 minutes of run time. Unless you’ve got a totally massive property to keep clean that should be more than enough; I struggle to get more than 20 minutes of cleaning need out of it.
The nature of most of these types of Wet-Dry vacuum mops is that because you place it back on its charger to clean it at the end of each cycle, you’re likely to keep it topped up and charged most of the time.
If you were to run it fully flat, charge time is listed at around 4 hours, and that’s pretty accurate, but outside large scale power cuts I can’t quite see where that’s likely to be an issue.
Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam: Alex’s Verdict
Is anyone’s home only this specifically grubby in a single area if they have both a toddler and a dog?
I have my doubts.
The Tineco Floor One S7 Stretch Steam is a decent enough powered mop, though it doesn’t entirely dodge the issues of its class; it’s a touch heavy, it does get through water fairly quickly and it’s also not inexpensive. If you only need light cleaning and mopping most of the time, it would be total overkill.
On the other hand if your house is constantly beset with kids, hounds and other messy ephemera of living in the real world, it could be quite a good purchase.
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