It’s been a wet, cold, snowy, muddy …and very messy few months. And, as any dog-parent will know, your kitchen floor bears the brunt of it.
Muddy paw prints are a never-ending, permanent fixture on our floors in this kind of weather and it seems a thankless task having to brush up and mop up the mess they bring in after every walk.
Step in this miracle machine – the Vax Glide. It’s a cordless hard floor cleaner which has made cleaning up after Barney less of a chore, more of a marvel because it vacuums and washes – at the same time!
Its innovative cleaning technology means you are not spreading dirty water around the floor (as always happens with an old-fashioned mop and bucket). Instead, there are two tanks in the machine (one for clean water, one for dirty water). In the one tank, you simply add clean water and a cleaning solution while the other tank collects the dirty water that’s sucked up from the floor as you clean. You then simply pour the dirty water down the sink.
As Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner Dr Lisa Ackerley, known as The ‘Hygiene Doctor’ says: “When using a mop and bucket to clean your hard surface floor, you could call the task ‘dirtying’ rather than cleaning, as by the end of the job, it is quite possible you are making the floor dirtier rather than cleaner! If you don’t believe me, try the kitchen towel test next time you use a mop – after cleaning, wipe a paper kitchen towel over the wet surface and you will be astonished at what dirt you pick up.”
This cleaner has been a game-changer in our house. It’s super easy to clean and sparkle away any mud or grime Barney brings in instantly – and even if dirt is left to dry if we’re don’t instantly tackle it , then the VAX GLIDE’s brush roll, which spins incredibly fast, scrubs and loosens dried-on dirt and debris easily (no elbow grease required!) and then washes it away.
How did we cope without it?!
It comes with a 4 Ah battery giving up to 30-minutes run-time and you can use the rechargeable ONEPWR lithium-ion battery with other VAX ONEPWR products.
You can buy VAX GLIDE direct from www.vax.co.uk priced £249.99 and also receive a 1L VAX ONEPWR Solution and additional brushroll worth over £30 and free delivery.
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