The Tineco iFloor 5 isn’t the fanciest wet/dry mop you can buy — but it manages the cleaning essentials well.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Motorised action makes it easy to push around floors | Motor action isn’t quite so easy on stairs |
| Leaves a mostly dry floor | Relies on a custom Tineco floor cleaning solution |
| Self cleaning roller does a very solid job | Self cleaning is very loud (and the waste fluids are beyond gross) |
Score: 4/5
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Tineco iFLOOR 5 Design
Tineco iFLOOR 5Performance
Tineco iFLOOR 5Conclusion
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Mopping is not one of my favourite tasks.
While there are household chores that I can lose myself in – for whatever reason I’ve long found dishwashing to be quietly meditative – if given the choice, I’d rather not mop at all.
Living in a house with four other people and three cats, however, reality all too often comes crashing into that idyllic dream world, and I realise I have a floor that rather badly needs cleaning.
The Tineco iFLOOR 5 is meant to solve those problems, providing a cordless wet-dry vacuum that should – in theory – make one of my least favourite household chores a whole lot simpler.
It’s not the highest spec cordless cleaner that Tineco produces – but it is one of the more affordable ones, and there’s a fair amount to like here if you do need to clean a lot of hardwood or tile floors, as long as you’re essentially happy also using Tineco’s floor cleaning solutions as well.
Design
Out of the box there’s a small quantity of putting together Tineco iFLOOR 5 of the to be done – essentially unpacking all the parts and snapping the handle into place. The handle isn’t adjustable, but the angle of the iFLOOR 5 means that it should work well for most heights except perhaps the extremely small.
Controls are minimalistic, with an on/off power button and mode switching button at the front as well as a self-cleaning button at the top of the handle. The Tineco iFLOOR 5 has a set of indictor lights to show battery status, clean and dirty water tank full/empty status and whether the primary roller is stuck. If you’re anything like me, you’ll not have to check the manual to work out what each light means too often.
The Tineco iFLOOR 5 also comes with a simple plastic base designed to house the unit and catch any excess moisture between floor cleaning runs. It’s also where you’re meant to place it when you’re running the self-cleaning function, because the roller spins very fast indeed when that’s happening, and doing so on regular floors might not be your smartest move.
The clean water tank snaps easily into and out of the back of the Tineco iFLOOR 5.
As a wet/dry vacuum, the Tineco iFLOOR 5 also needs tanks for fresh and dirty water. The ~700ml dirty water container sits at the front, while the slightly larger ~800ml container snaps into the back of the mop body.
It’s overall a fairly compact design, though its vertical nature means it’ll be a little tricky to hide amongst your home décor. Definitely one to live in the corner of the laundry, I think.
Performance
Tineco specifies the Tineco iFLOOR 5 as being capable of up to 30 minutes of battery run time, though that’s at standard power level; if you’re running it at maximum power that drops to an estimated 23 minutes.
Honestly, I suspect most users won’t hit those levels all that often unless you live in particularly large mansions, because the water tanks will likely drain and fill respectively before that time is up. Recharging does take quite a while at 3-4 hours.
While the Tineco iFLOOR 5’s motor doesn’t explicitly drive it forwards or backwards – Tineco has fancier higher-tier models that offer that kind of functionality – the fast spinning speed of the primary roller does give it impetus to push forwards, with the result that it’s a little harder to pull backwards.
Tineco doesn’t list a specific weight for the Tineco iFLOOR 5 itself, though the box it comes in is stated at 8.42kg. Excluding packaging but with the water tanks filled, it averaged out around 5kg, which is fine when you’re pushing it across floors, but might be challenging for some if you’re lifting it up.
The Tineco iFLOOR 5 comes with a 500ml bottle of deodorising and cleaning solution in the box. You can just use the Tineco iFLOOR 5 with fresh water, but the optimal way to operate it is with a capful of the cleaning solution added.
I’m quite sensitive to strong perfumes and cleaning fluid odours, but had no problems with the way the fluid works. One slight catch here is that the recommendation is to only use Tineco’s solution and not other surfactants.
I can’t say I’ve thrown dish soap in there to speak of – I suspect that would not end well – but this is a level of vendor lock-in that you should be aware of. Replacement bottles run about $39.99, though if you’re only using a capful per clean, it should last a decent length of time. I will also give Tineco some credit here for including a full bottle in the iFLOOR 5 box, rather than a smaller, printer-style “starter” kit.
Cleaning quality is quite good, even on floors I figured were mostly clean due to the number of robot vacuum cleaners I’ve been testing lately.
Most surfaces ended up dry enough to walk on, though not actually completely dry after cleaning. Testing with a more deliberate dirty surface covered in coffee grounds showed the Tineco iFLOOR 5 picking up particles nicely, though the fast spinning of the roller did mean I had to roll around the area a little as well to catch stray bits of gunk.
That fast spinning roller also makes the Tineco iFLOOR 5 a little trickier to handle on stairs if you need to clean those, unless you happen to have stairs that are the exact width of the roller head.
Post cleaning, Tineco advises that you should clear out the dirty water tank, even if it’s not full. Tineco is not wrong here, because even for relatively clean surfaces, dirty water goes fetid remarkably quickly.
Removing the dirty water tank is quite simple, if a rather gross process. If you’re disposing of the waste water down a sink you may need to then rinse that sink out – I certainly did after the coffee test – because some of those smaller dirty particles will cling to the sink. That’s not Tineco’s fault, of course – I blame physics.
The Tineco iFLOOR 5 definitely of most use for its mopping function however, as if you do run it over particularly grubby surfaces – I simulated a few for review – the intake inlet will eventually block up.
I did appreciate the fact that it’s very easy to take the Tineco iFLOOR 5 apart when it happens for cleaning. It does feel a little odd to be cleaning a cleaning tool this way, and outside my more brutal testing this is a step you shouldn’t have to deal with all that often.
Between more in-depth cleans, you can also tell the Tineco iFLOOR 5 to clean itself by pressing its self cleaning button if it’s plugged into power.
Self-cleaning works… but it is LOUD.
This runs a very rapid spin cycle, pushing against the stand to clean out the roller head. It works well, but it’s very loud indeed – best used during the daytime when few other people in the house want to have conversations.
Tineco iFLOOR 5 : Alex’s Verdict
The Tineco iFLOOR 5 is a decent product at its price point, best suited for those with significant quantities of hard flooring inside their homes.
You are rather buying into a cleaning ecosystem thanks to the insistence on using Tineco’s own cleaning solutions with the iFLOOR 5, though that’s not a unique approach – the significantly more expensive Kobold VK7 has the same kind of catch for example – and for some the carrying weight might be an issue if you live in a multi-story home.
Tineco iFLOOR 5: Pricing and availability
The Tineco iFLOOR 5 retails in Australia for $599.
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