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I hardly ever do reviews, but It's worth reading this one as you might find yourself in the same predicament. So... we bought this unit at Costco to try it out. My wife does the floors mostly during the week while I work and she wanted something light to move around and do quick cleanups in some areas of our woods floors without having to haul out the Hoover Floormate (1st model) we have, since she considers it heavy to haul around. Our wood floors always look clean, but the reality is that they are not specially with kids. :) What it DOES: ► In short, it a vibrating MOP. That is it. Nothing else. Period. Do not look any further if that is what you are looking for... and very expensive at that (at Costco was $169 though.) What it DOES NOT: ► Clean... it literally spreads the dirt around and only traps what it can in 2 little pads. That's it. Nothing else. To clean, you would need to keep changing pads every 5 minutes. Mind you, because it's vibrating at 1000 times a minute is essentially glides very smoothly on hardwood and tile floors, specially if you add the cleaning fluids... that makes it light to move around as it feels that it "floats" on the surface. I has a water / cleaning fluid bottle and a soft button that activates a very quiet electric pump to spray the contents very low and in front of the pads. Think of this machine only a vibrating MOP that you cannot wring out, so your only option to clean anything, is to keep changing pads !. Would you MOP a carpet ? I think not. You would spot clean with a hand spray, elbow grease and blot with a clean cloth. I think you can do better with a Swiffer and a floor cleaning spray. At least you can apply more pressure and actually remove some dirt and discard the pad... here you still need to wash it in the laundry. Because the Shark Sonic Duo seems to "floats" over the floor, you cannot really apply much pressure at all to remove built-up dirt on floors aside from staying longer in the same spot. ► The end result: Once the test area (5 x 10 Ft) was dry after using this expensive contraption for 3 ~ 5 minutes, I took out and run the Hoover Floormate over the same exact area...needless to say, the waste water came out as black as always... so, the Sonic Duo did little at all . This comment is not a plug for the Hoover Floormate nor do I work for them, but the Hoover does clean the floors right, unlike Shark unit. I ended up returning it the same day.