This machine is wonderful. It serves as a broom on hardwood floors as well as linoleum. It also serves as a wet cle.aner for either floor surface, wood or linoleum. You purchase the appropriate cleaner for the desired surface you wish to clean and it in one stroke washes, rinses and dries the area. I have had mine for at least five years, it has required no maintenance and still performs as well as it did the first time I used it. I would recommend this to anyone who has back trouble or arthritis as it makes cleaning floors so easy without having to stoop or bend over to pick up swept up items or drying areas that may be slow to dry, etc.
Hoover H3030 FloorMate SpinScrub 500 Upright Wet/Dry Vacuum is recommended by Yvette35