If having sparkling clean floors is important to you, I don’t think there’s an easier way to achieve that than with a Tineco wet/dry vacuum. The Tineco Floor One S5 cordless wet/dry upright vacuum introduces intelligent detection technology and app enhancement to a reliable product line, and it’s a joy to use.
What’s in the box?
In the box of the Tineco Floor One S5, you’ll find the vacuum body with its handle boxed separately. It clicks into place easily and securely, much like the other parts of this Tineco vacuum. The vacuum body comes with a 0.7 litre removable dirty water tank and a 0.8 litre clean water tank, both of which remove with a wide, soft-touch release bar.
This vacuum comes with two brush rolls and two filters so that you can rinse and dry them fully after every use, plus a holder for each that slides into place on either side of the S5’s charging base (which also protects your floors from any water residue after you use this vacuum). It also comes with a charging cord, a cleaning tool, and one bottle of Tineco’s fast-drying, sud-free multi-surface cleaning solution.
What can the Tineco Floor One S5 do?
I’ve reviewed a Tineco wet/dry vacuum before, and I loved it. This updated model looks and feels very similar—but comes with a few notable changes.
The Tineco Floor One S5 Cordless Wet/Dry Upright Vacuum’s coolest feature is the brand’s new iLoop Smart Sensor Technology. iLoop uses debris detection and a full-colour LED display to detect wet and dry dirt and other materials. It adjusts roller speed, suction power, and water flow to best suit the material underneath your vacuum at any given time, and shows you on its LED display when you’ve hit a particularly dirty spot (the ring around the display will run red) vs. when you’ve cleaned it thoroughly (the ring around the display will turn blue).
To really simplify its description, the Tineco Floor One S5 will simply clean both wet and dry debris off of your floors. Its cordless operation and smooth joints make this vacuum easy to navigate around your home, and its battery lasts for up to 35 minutes. The S5 has enhanced edge cleaning, and Tineco wet/dry vacuums deliver shiny, dry, streak-free floors very reliably thanks to the brand’s excellent cleaning solution.
Unlike the last Tineco vacuum I tried, this is a smart home-friendly model with app support and iLoop smart sensor technology. It operates at a rather serene 78dB, and has manual buttons for power, mode switching (AUTO or MAX), self-cleaning, and Wi-Fi connection/volume muting.
What’s on the Tineco Floor One S5 screen?
The Floor One S5’s screen’s primary feature is to showcase its iLoop technology so that you can get the best clean possible. However, it also displays other information.
When you’re connecting your Floor One to your Wi-Fi for the first time (to use the brand’s Tineco Life app support), this screen is where you’ll see the vacuum’s Wi-Fi status. It’s also where you can view your vacuuming intensity, battery percentage, and self-cleaning status. You can look to this display while vacuuming to check on the status of your dirty water tank, clean water tank, and brush roller.
The app features of the Tineco Floor One S5
Despite the fact that the Tineco Floor One S5 is an excellent wet/dry vacuum, the thing that I loved most about it wasn’t its efficacy. Instead, I loved its principles.
I’m far from a luddite, but I believe in good design. And, for things like appliances and home cleaning tools, I think that good design sometimes means less app reliance. If, for instance, I want to vacuum my floors but I can’t find my smartphone, that shouldn’t slow me down—and it definitely shouldn’t prevent me from vacuuming them altogether.
In my opinion, Tineco executes the perfect blend of in-app and on-body control with the Floor One S5. You can use the full functions of this vacuum without ever needing to install the brand’s Tineco Life app on your smartphone. However, if you do choose (and choose is a really important word here—I think that app support should definitely be a choice) to do so, you’ll get even more out of the vacuum through the app.
The Tineco app gives you feedback on the status of your water tanks and brush roll, with helpful videos on cleaning, changing, and troubleshooting so that you can get the most out of your device for as long as possible. It also lets you change the volume level of your vacuum, toggle silent mode on and off, change the language of the voice assistant, and name your vacuum. I went with Elliott for the S5; I’m on a kick right now where I’ve been naming all of my smart vacuums after English boys, and I’m really enjoying it.
Like a quirky new name, the app support on this vacuum just enhances the experience with it. It isn’t obligatory, and I’m extremely impressed by and grateful for that.
My experience with this Tineco Cordless Wet/Dry Upright Vacuum
I loved using this Tineco Cordless Wet/Dry Upright Vacuum. From its excellent design to its handy screen and app accompaniment, I think that it was excellently put together and beautifully manufactured.
My favourite two things about Tineco vacuum bodies are their efficacy and their ease of use. Like the other Tineco vacuum I’ve reviewed on this blog, the S5 gets my floors sparkling clean in just one pass—three if something is really caked on down there. (It’s usually cat food.) This upright vacuum cleaned and mopped my floors more effectively than any manual or robotic vacuum or mop I’ve ever used, and the finish that it leaves you with is just perfect.
With the Tineco Floor One S5, my floors dry quickly to shiny, streak-free, luxurious perfection. They feel great under my feet almost immediately afterwards, with no stickiness and no “floor cleaner” smell. (Tineco’s sudsless cleaning solution does have a deodorizing fragrance, but unlike other floor cleaning solutions I’ve tried, it doesn’t fill my home. Once it does its business, you’d never know it was there.)
On top of all that, these vacuums are incredibly easy to use. This vacuum’s motorized brush roll makes it feel lightweight even with a full water canister, and it’s easy to navigate with a tilt of its ergonomic handle. The S5’s cordless design and 35 minute battery life are awesome, and everything about it just feels really seamless. It’s easy to position correctly in its charging base; it’s easy to fill and clean (no wrestling with any releases); and it gets right up into corners and edges.
What can you clean with a wet/dry vacuum?
To finish off, I thought I’d talk about a few things that are easy to clean up with a wet/dry vacuum (and a few that aren’t). While this vacuum won’t deep-clean your carpets or get pet hair out of your drapes, there are plenty of things for which it’s absolutely perfect.
I live with what I like to joke is the world’s messiest cat. Fern’s litter mannerisms include flinging clay bits as far as possible from the bin (the farthest I’ve seen her fling litter is a little over two and a half metres, using her litter liner bag as a slingshot). Her eating habits involve picking up her piece of raw food out of her bowl or plate, then turning slightly to drop it on the floor before eating it. (I think this is a holdover from her time as a tiny kitten in a hoarding house, before she was picked up by a shelter. It’s inconvenient… But also heartbreaking!)
Both of these messes are difficult to clean up with just a vacuum or just a mop. The litter can leave a film behind that a vacuum can’t pick up, and her food bits are sometimes too large to be scrubbed up by a mop but too wet to be picked up by a vacuum. But this Tineco vacuum cleans both up like a charm. It scrubs each surface clean, usually in just a single pass, and helps enormously with both the general level of mess on my floors and with my allergies.
It’s perfect for deep-cleaning litter messes, potty training messes, and the areas around pet food bowls. If your family spills cereal and milk, or your kid is learning how to bake, this is absolutely the vacuum for you.
Check out the Tineco Floor One S5 and the rest of the Tineco line of vacuums and wet/dry vacuums online at Best Buy today.
I like the being able to pick up wet stuff!
The wet dry feature is my favourite! Our kids can make quite the mess daily, so knowing that it can clean both wet and dry debris saves us time to quickly clean up the mess.
Thank you for your excellent review of the Tineco Floor One S5 cordless smart wet/dry vacuum. I love how the iLoop Smart Sensor Technology automatically adapts/modifies to every level of needed cleaning with a colour-changing indicator to let me know when floors are clean. The feature I love the most is how in addition to giving me 35 minutes of cordless power it automatically adapts/changes to every level of cleaning needs.
The 35 minute battery life of the Tineco Floor One S5 vacuum excites me the most because it’s long enough for a good clean without having to recharge.
Love that it’s cordless
The whole wet/dry option will be great for looking after an aging pet.
love the wetdry function
love the wetdry function
love the wetdry function
The cordless design is awesome!
The stick one love it
I like the new iLoop Smart Sensor Technology.
I love the wet dry function
liquid pickup, i spill a lot of drinks
self clean function sounds great
Love that it is cordless
I’m exited for it’s ability to pick up liquids which will make cleaning the kitchen so much easier
The self-cleaning function
the cordless design
I love the Cordless feature because I always get tangled in my current vacuums cord. I also love the battery life, it would be perfect for our family.
I like new iLoop Smart Sensor Technology.
Love that it’s cordless
i am impressed with the iLoop Smart Sensor Technology uses debris detection and a full-colour LED display to detect wet and dry dirt and other materials. It adjusts roller speed, suction power, and water flow to best suit the material underneath your vacuum at any given time, and shows you on its LED display when you’ve hit a particularly dirty spot (the ring around the display will run red) vs. when you’ve cleaned it thoroughly (the ring around the display will turn blue).
I love the self clean function!
I just love that the Tineco Floor One S5 is cordless and a great wet/dry vacuum for all my hard floor areas.
I like the 35 minute battery life which gives me enough time to clean my whole house
iLoop debris detection so that the floors are cleaned perfectly
I love the loop smart sensor technology and that it has a self clean function. This is my dream vacuum.
Iloop Smart Sensor Technology excites me the most about the Tineco floor one S5 because it detects and adjusts itself to give you the best clean floors you can get.
the sensing technology
The self-cleaning function is my fav.
With mopping and self cleaning, can’t go wrong with this vaccum.
I like that it runs for 35 minutes on one charge so that I can get all of my cleaning done in one go
I would love technologies that are practical and would make house chores simpler and easier. iLoop Smart Sensor Technology is one.
Love the self clean function.
Since I don’t much about technology I’m excited about the iLoop Smart Sensor Technology. I’m always cleaning and always eager to learn about new appliances/ways to make cleaning more convenient and less time consuming.
the self clean function
The self cleaning function for me. It cuts out the messy clean-up
The self cleaning feature excites me the most
I like this feature the best – a Smart Sensor Technology to automatically adapt to any level of mess while a colour-changing indicator lets you know when your floors are sparkling clean
I love that this vacuum is cordless.
I like the sensing technology.
You can’t beat the cordless design so that you never have to worry about finding an outlet
I like that it comes with an extra brush roll and filter so that you always have one clean
The fact that it’s cordless would make it so easy to use.
The self-cleaning function is my favorite.
I like the cordless feature so tripping over cords is no longer an issue.
I’m excited that this does the job, without too much hassle and quick drying. I don’t have the time to wait for floors to dry.
I love the self clean function!
I love the iLoop Smart Sensor technology that tells you what type of debris you are picking up with your vacuum cleaner. I often have such situations when something small falls off the table, but in a place where it is not very noticeable. Then later on when vacuuming such hard-to-reach places, sometimes those very small objects get inside and you have to stop cleaning and remove such objects from the vacuum cleaner to make sure that nothing significant got inside.
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