Kärcher FC 7 Cordless Hard Floor Cleaner - electric and cordless floor cleaner for 135 sqm – up to 45 minutes run time - effortless cleaning in one step, Yellow

As you are probably feeling right now reading reviews, I too was a bit concerned by the negative reviews reporting excess water and streaks. Let's get this out of way: it doesn't happen for me. Maybe some models are defective, or perhaps they were incorrectly assembled by their owners, but, anyway, I can confidently report that it can work well. Very well in fact.I have ~80sqm (860 sqf) of matt white tiles which are dirt magnets. Bucket and mop is a substantial effort, and result isn't that great - that, or I just don't have the skills required. I previously owned a Bissell CrossWave, which worked pretty well for that area, until it broke down. The Karcher FC7 replaced it and it was overall a big improvement:- The manoeuvrability of the Karcher is fantastic. It effortlessly moves over tiles and under furniture, while scrubbing the tiles better than the Bissell did (and it wasn't bad at it). I guess 4 rolls make a difference.- The battery runtime is sufficient for my 80 sqm. As others reported, the waste water tank is small and needs emptying frequently. It's not as annoying as it sounds really, also I'm sure later iterations of the model will have a bigger tank.- It is much less noisy than the Bissell. However, the Bissell acts as a vacuum as well as a floor cleaner, which the Karcher doesn't do: you have to vacuum the floor, before. I have a vacuum for carpeted areas, so this wasn't an extra purchase I had to make.I can say the job of cleaning the tiles got pleasing, and the result very satisfying. The instructions to assemble and maintain could be better, as it's not as common nor simple as a vacuum cleaner. Nothing is complex, but you really need to do it once yourself to understand. Great piece of engineering, great cleaning results, maybe a bit pricey. One of the best purchases I've made for the house.

Read instructions and it is a piece of cake.Leaves floors super clean and dry in 10 mins.Couldn't believe the dirt it got up.We have a fair amount of hard floor (Karndean) and it only took about 25 mins to do the lot, took me an hour with a mop. Then had to wait half an hour to dry.Genius bit of kit.

The machine works well. I use it on a 64 sq m ceramic kitchen floor. Initially the floor was heavily soiled and it took a lot of work to clean it thoroughly along with a full battery. Now all I am doing is quick routine cleanings and the battery life is more than adequate for the task. I have washed the rollers, and now the machine makes a knocking noise as it is working, which will probably go away once I replace the rollers. I do like the fact that the dirty water is removed from the floor and clean water is used. That part is good. My only minor complaint is that the floor is 'clean', but you can still see some deeply imbedded dirt in the ceramic tiles which the machine won't touch.

I have had very good results with this cleaner. Clean and dirty water reservoirs a little on the small size but for domestic use I can cope. My dog makes the floors filthy in bad weather, this machine cleans it all no problem. The machine has to be cleaned after every use and I am putting the four rollers through the washing machine every two weeks to freshen them up. Despite the regular maintenance, I highly recommend it.

Bought November 22 , April 23 the “fill water light “ started coming on even when it had just been filled arranged to have it picked up for repair just before it was picked up another fault occurred ( the brushes stopped rotating) after 3 weeks it was returned and the brushes still didn’t rotate it went back againAnother 3 weeks and it was returned 3-4 weeks later the water refill light has started to come on again even when fullContacted customer service again asking for refund to be told because it was bought from Amazon they couldn’t refundHave checked online and this seems to be a common issue seems this item is not fit for purposePlease do not buy

I upgraded from the corded 5 (which I found heavy and awkward to use) and this machine ticks all the right boxes.The four rollers means it is stable and easy to use. Cordless means it is much easier to move around. Surprisingly it is also much lighter.It takes time to set up and put away so not a tool for "quick" flash overs but otherwise I am extremely pleased. Whilst the floor remains very slightly wet it takes very lttle time to air dry with what moisture remains.This is not a cheap alternative, however provided it proves reliable in the longer term I would happily recommend this machine.