HIZERO F801 Bionic Hard Floors Cleaner 4 in 1 Wet Dry Upright Vacuum Cleaner Cordless and Mop Easy to Clean Pets' Fur

The media could not be loaded. I just got this mop this week. Normally, I wait a longer time to write a review, but given that I have already used it so much, I’m going to assume my happiness with it will continue. Parrot owners, this is the mop/vac for you! Anyone who has parrots will recognize the cleaning needs here: Our little feathered friends throw down & 1/2 of everything you feed them from chunky dry pellets to bits of fresh vegetables to fruit juices. They need to chew wood to keep their beaks trim, so tiny bits of wooden bird toys are also part of everyday life. Finally, there is the down and dust birds shed. Ants are a follow-on problem if you don’t clean and mop the floor 2-3+ times/day. I also prefer to walk barefoot, so I am VERY aware of how much stuff is on my floor. To be able to combine wet mopping with vacuuming easily saves me @ 20 minutes of work per day...but only if the wet/dry mop is up to snuff. Hizero is the only one that’s up to my needs.PROS: (1) This mop has serious vac power. Chunky stuff disappears on the first pass. This is where it beats the Bissell CrossWave Pet Pro (the next best machine out there) hands down. Bissell just doesn’t pick up the big chunks as easily as Hizero. (Bissell may or may not have Hizero beat for hair; I don’t know because that’s not a problem with birds. After @12 uses, I have not seen any hair trapped on the roller brush, though. (2) This mop is extremely capable when it comes to sticky messes. Yes, you do have to go 2-4 swipes for the dried-on gunk, but I would have to do the same thing with a regular mop, so it does not trouble me. For liquid mess, the mop + vac combo will make it disappear on the first pass. It’s shocking to see the dirty water tank and the dried mess tray...the Hizero is picking up so much more than my mop + vacuum alone. (3) You will not believe how quiet the Hizero is compared to EVERY mop/vac or stick/canister vacuum out there. Birds scare easily with sound, so I was prepared for a long “assuring them all was well” break-in period. My birds had acclimated to other louder vacuums, to be fair, but every new type of sound still usually is a “scream and climb away for safety” ordeal. With the Hizero...nothing but polite interest. My African Grey (normally the most skittish of my birds) actually climbed down to a lower branch to observe me mopping. Neither bird even peeped on first use. This is the Zen Master of mop/vacs! (4) Green Factor: I, like others, am having a hard time finding the Hizero cleaning solution. None comes with the machine. On reflection, I almost suspect that is on purpose, given how many replacement parts Hizero makes available on-line. You should try cleaning with warm water...just like the instructions say to do. I would NEVER have believed that water alone would tackle my messes, but having seen how it works, I doubt that I will EVER need to buy cleaning solution. It’s a green solution for people, and a particularly nice surprise for bird use — owners know how sensitive to smells, fumes, and chemicals birds are, so to have something work better than stick-mopping with chemicals is a win/win. (5) Light weight. The Hizero is not feather-weight, but it is lighter than my stick vacuum, and WAY lighter than any competitor mop/vac combo I know of. (6) Ease of clean-up: Emptying the water tank and dry debris tray is laughably easy. The Hizero has a self-clean function for the soft roller. Just tip it backwards a little (I lean it against a table or counter) and hit the vacuum power on button with some water in the clean water tank. This is a walk-away function! I just do other chores for a few minutes while it does its thing. (7) Low water use (kind of a green thing, too). Hizero mop uses very little water for the amount of floor it cleans, and it does such an efficient job of sucking it right back up into the dirty tank that my floor is completely dry in @ 1-2 minutes, even if I select the “heavy water” function. If I am cleaning just the immediate area the birds mess up (8’ x 14’), I don’t even use 1/2 of a tank of water. (8) Self-propulsion. This was a surprise. Yes, this mop almost pulls itself along the floor at a slow pace going forward. Like everyone, I wanted to get through cleaning with fast motions, but here’s what I’ve learned — you actually spend less time overall and it takes less effort if you go at the mop’s pace. You can do it fast (like a vigorous mopping with a stick mop), but why bother? Let it do the work for you — push out to vacuum and pull it back across the same line to pick up the water. Do it again if you have sticky/dry mess. Move on with your life. (9) It looks sleek/cool, and its form contributes to its function. Hizero mop’s head height and maneuverability make it easy to get under chairs and cages without having to move them. This is particularly nice for a “quick clean.” (10) Ease of assembly. I’m an instruction-reader by nature, but I really didn’t need to. Do yourself a favor — watch a YouTube video on assembly; there are a few out there. (Particularly note 2 things: a) start with putting the sponge head in water so it gets its 10 minutes of soaking while you work, and b) there’s 1 wire connection that has to be done in the handle before you click it onto the main body). It all makes sense when you see it and you probably won’t have to crack the instruction book to assemble. (11) Long battery life. The claim is 60 minutes. I really haven’t timed it, but I’ve only had to recharge the battery once this week (and I did clean a lot of other floors than just the bird area), so I’d guess that I got somewhere between 45 minutes and an hour out of it.CONS (really CON-lites for me): (1) Docking station is finicky. Hizero, please improve this! I do usually have to physically hold the head with my hands to get this mop docked properly. I appreciate the almost zero overhang of the docking station footprint, but I’d sacrifice another inch if Hizero made it just a bit easier to dock for recharge. (2) I don’t care about this, one but some will: If you don’t use this mop frequently enough, the sponge roller will dry out and you’ll have to re-soak it for the mop to work. I will never know unless I go on vacation, I guess, but if you are thinking about once a week use, this may be an issue for you. (3) The more uneven your hard floor surface is, the more you’ll have to re-trace your strokes. One pass will do it on my hardwood and marble, but it takes me 3 passes on my very textured slate floor. (4) $499 price tag. Yeah. Ouch. BUT compared to the Bissell CrossWave Pet Pro at @ the upper $300-range, $100 more for a machine that is so superior in features that I need, I think it’s an acceptable trade-off. (5) Hizero mop doesn’t do area rugs. This is a hard floor-only cleaner. Bissell has the ability to do floors and area rugs, so it wins on this point. I don’t mind, but some may.Video: I’ve attached a video just to show some of the points I make above. Please don’t trash me on the video quality. It is probably the 5th video I’ve ever made in my life, but I hope it helps!

Update 2 weeks later2nd time I tried to use it and now it doesn't suck any water up - it all goes into the supposedly "solid" dirt trayHizero doesn't respond via web site or emailSo disappointed, I thought this was going to be a life changerWhat if you HATE cleaning but are also a clean freak?Then get the Hizero. I just got it and will update for longevity and reliability but this is a big Oh My God Yes.Is it pricy? Yes it is. Would I buy it again? Yes I would. I can come home after a long day in the mines, and get the whole place looking really good in no time and with no real effort. Everyone I know is getting this for a present this year.BrieflyThis is for hard surfaces only - it doesn't work on rugs or carpets. Can't do stairsIt is amazingly light. Super quiet. Like quiet enough so that you think it might not be cleaning, but it is.Cordless and keeps a charge for the advertised 60+ minutesReally nice look and solid build and good design features. Fantastically easy and simple clean up.Does not come with cleaning solution - not sure yet what works - HAVE to use something non-sudsing.DOES get into small spaces and under furniture better than anything else I have ever tried except the Shark Ion flexIs this a beast of a deep cleaner and will it make your grout like new? No.Battery is removable - so in theory if the battery dies, you don't have to replace the whole unit.In depthI do a minor clean frequently and a good clean, well, let's just say less frequently.You do NOT have to vacuum first. I had some potting soil from a knocked over plant and mess from cooking on the kitchen floor and it picked all that up no problem. I also purposely spilled 300 ml of water on the same floor and it picked that up also.Did a great job on all the hard wood and bathroom tile without a vacuum or swiffer first.I could get under the bed - also without vacuum or swiffer first.Did my whole small apartment (800 sq feet) in like 30 min. 2 min to clean and empty the machine. The same time it would take to either vacuum OR mop.This has some quirksWet wash is only forward and dry/suck up is only back. So this can be a bit awkward in really tight spaces and if you are fanatic about streaks or have floors that HAVE to be dry.You HAVE to pick this up and carry it with the brush unit flat and locked - if it is loose and pointing down the dirt cup will leak. Just don't do that - it is easy enough.The wet and dry cleaning cups are a bit small. You do have to empty them a little more frequently than with some other machines. However, this is not onerous, The machine flashes red and stops to tell you to do that. There are no solids in the dirty water cup (these are separated into the solid dirt tray) so you don't have to worry about clogging the sink and can pour it down any drain. Once downstairs and once upstairs, took 30 seconds and didn't bother me at all. Also probably my fault because my cleaner was too sudsy.Set up instructions are very clear and easyI don't know HOW this does it, but all the solid dust bunnies, dirt, some cellophane wrapping, bits of spinach and various other bits and pieces were in the dirt tray. Only the soluble stuff was in the dirty water cup. I had actually just cleaned with the Crosswave the day before but it still got a LOT of dirt. Barefoot on the floors after was literally squeaky clean with no residue.When you go under furniture (this is GREAT for that - so low profile) you have to make sure that the cleaning head is in contact with the floor, not lifted up. So to do my king bed I had to do it from one side and then the other in order to keep the unit flat. But was awesome! Haven't done under the bed with more than a Swiffer in I don't know how long and it is super clean now.It doesn't really do edges, but pretty close.Take home message. This is literally a life changer if you have hard floors.Comparison to Bissel Crosswave, Hoover Floormate, and Rug Doctor Floor Doctor Cordless Hard Floor CleanerThe Crosswave is a little better for deep cleaning, can do carpets (in theory) and gets into the grout and very textured surfaces a bit better. Still doesn't do edges or stairs. Also on my 3rd unit in 2 years because things keep breaking and this is a much messier cleanup, heavy and corded. I will probably still lug this out once in a while, but I suspect I will sit in the closet most of the time. The Crosswave is LOUD. There is no "lugging" with the Hizero and it is whisper quiet. Crosswave can not get under any furniture or the bed.The Hoover floormate is just a beast. Way too heavy, does not get under anything, really messy cleanup - this one I just returned. Also LOUD.The Cordless Rug doctor is really just an electronic mop. It does suck up water, but not really anything else (not a dead spider or tiny piece of toilet paper). Hizero is still lighter weight. Also , first Floor doctor didn't work new right out of the box. Returned this also even after I finally got a working unit. Much cheaper, but have to vacuum first. Does get under furniture and is cheaper, but doesn't clean well.Is it worth almost 500$? Yes. It replaces my cordless vacuum almost entirely (Shark Ion Flex) except for the crevice and dusting attachments. It replaces my corded Shark Rocket (except for the fans). The mops and buckets are going in the trash. The swiffer will never see anything but the stairs. The Crosswave will come out of storage like once a year when my MIL comes.