Tineco Floor One S7 Pro review – everything you could ever want from a hard floor cleaner

Vacuum-mop combos are becoming popular for good reason. Modern homes tend to have an abundance of hard floors, and these machines combine vacuuming and mopping to deep clean them in one go, saving time and effort in the process.

Tineco has been in the vacuum-mop market for a while, with their Floor One series having (at the time of writing) seven models. The S7 Pro is their latest and best, so I got my hands on it to see what it's capable of.

I'm Homes & Gardens' home tech editor, and I've tested 21 of the world's best vacuums across all types. I put the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro through its paces with a full set of different substances in our dedicated test center.

Tineco Floor One S7 Pro: Specifications

Tineco Floor One S7 Pro: Unboxing and setup

The Floor One S7 Pro's box shows you how to assemble and use the vacuum in four easy steps. Attach the handle to the vacuum, fill the clean water tank with solution and water then it's ready to go. But to preserve the lifespan of the vacuum's battery I fully charged it first using the charging dock. It started on 35% and took over 3 hours to reach 100%.

The Tineco Floor One S7 Pro comes with a manual, cleaning brush, charging dock, some cleaning solution, and a spare roller and filter. Unfortunately, the packaging isn't the most eco-conscious from Tineco, with each part wrapped in what seemed like an extravagant amount of plastic.

Tineco Floor One S7 Pro: Design and features

You can see everything the Floor One S7 Pro is doing through the LED screen. It shows how long the battery has left, how much water is in the clean and dirty tanks, what cleaning mode you're on, and whether the roller is tangled with anything, like from vacuuming pet hair.

It'll also show you how dirty the floor is. The illuminated ring around the screen is blue if the floor's clean and red if it's dirty, and it'll move gradually from blue to red as the floor gets dirtier (and vice versa).

There are four cleaning modes: auto, max, suction and custom. 'Auto' will detect the right suction-to-moisture ratio depending on what's on your floors, 'max' is (as the name suggests) the deepest clean, 'suction' vacuums without mopping, and with 'custom' you can set your own suction and moisture levels.

This is all controlled using the button on the handle that switches between the different modes. There's also a button at the top of the handle that initiates the self-cleaning cycle when the vacuum's on the charging dock, and you can choose between quick cleaning and super soft cleaning depending on when you need to use it next.

What's great about the Floor One S7 Pro is it actually dries the roller after self-cleaning. This is much more hygienic than those that don't, and it helps to preserve the roller for longer while avoiding the growth of mold and mildew caused by moist bacteria between cleans.

Tineco Floor One S7 Pro: Cleaning tests

In our test center I carried out five tests using substances with different properties and consistencies to see what the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro is capable of.

• 1 tablespoon of ketchup
• 1 tablespoon of mustard
• 2 tablespoons of lumpy tomato and vegetable pasta sauce
• 1 egg, dropped from 1.5m
• 1 cup of milk and cereal

Long story short: everything was vacuumed easily. The S7 Pro is an impressive cleaner, and all of the messes were cleaned quickly and mostly effortlessly.

The ketchup and mustard were cleaned after a single pass, unlike the Dyson WashG1 which spread mustard residue across the floor. The pasta sauce was vacuumed after two passes, vegetable lumps and all, and the floor was almost completely dry after a few minutes.

The broken egg is one of the most difficult challenges for a vacuum-mop combo as the large pieces and thick consistency of the egg can be tricky to pick up. The S7 Pro struggled to get the larger shell pieces at first but then deep cleaned the hardwood floor after 3-4 more passes. Nothing leaked out of the floorhead, either.

I also used the Floor One S7 Pro to clean up after the Dyson WashG1 as, when I tried vacuuming the broken egg, it had blocked the intake causing it to pour out of the floorhead. After trying three more times with the Dyson, I switched to the Tineco which sucked it all up in a few passes.

This is why comparing mopping vs wet vacuuming is a no-brainer. Mopping up messes of this consistency would have you scooping away all the solids and thick sauce, but the vacuum does it for you.

Similar to the broken egg, the wet vacuum struggled slightly to vacuum the larger cereal pieces but cleared it all after five more passes. At first, the cereal was pushed behind it, meaning that chunks of cereal got caught in the rubber wheels which spread crumbs across the floor. It only took a few seconds to wipe them clean, though.

Thinking of the things that wet vacuums can clean, the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro can do it all.

What is the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro like to use?

One thing I absolutely love about the Floor One S7 Pro is how effortless it is to use. It glides across the floor, using self-propulsion in whichever direction you're moving so that it requires barely any effort and is easy on the arms. The mechanism when you switch from standing to reclined creates a soft motion too, unlike the clunky position changes found in other models.

The LED screen is super helpful, giving you all the info you could need in an easy-to-read format, and the blue-to-red ring showing dirt levels is a lifesaver to know when that area of the floor is completely clean.

The S7 Pro isn't able to lay flat. It actually can't even get close to laying flat, and there won't be many pieces of furniture that this vacuum can clean under without having to first move it out of the way.

This is because the water tank sits behind the handle. This long, vertical water tank is super useful when filling it up, but not so much to allow for flexibility when reaching under furniture. The dirty water tank is straightforward too, just detach it from the vacuum then you can pour it down the drain.

The charging dock does everything you need it to, and it's a lifesaver in that it deep cleans and dries the roller after each clean to make sure it's staying at its best for as long as possible. It soaks the roller, rotates it in opposite directions, deep cleans it then air dries it. The two self-cleaning modes take two and six minutes respectively, reaching 70 decibels at its loudest, which is about as loud as one of the best cordless vacuums.

In the manual, Tineco warns against lifting up the vacuum or tilting it when in use as leaks can happen. I saw this in action, I moved it after vacuuming and some dirty liquid I'd just vacuumed poured out. But I was able to clean it all away again without any residue left behind.

How does the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro compare?

I tested the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro alongside the Dyson WashG1, the Dreame H14 Pro and the Tineco Floor One S6 Stretch.

The S7 Pro cleans more thoroughly than the Tineco Floor One S6 Stretch, but the S6 is able to lay completely flat and can even adjust its suction when doing so to maintain the same cleaning power when horizontal. If your home has lots of furniture to clean under, this might be the better option.

The Dreame H14 Pro cleaned the same messes slightly faster, but left the floor a lot more slippery in comparison, and took longer to dry. They both share similar smart features, too, but the Dreame is able to be connected to a smartphone app for closer control of the vacuum's suction mode.

The Dyson WashG1 is a much more lightweight vacuum-mop than any of the others I tested, and its clean and water tanks are easier to empty and clean on a regular basis. But it doesn't clean quite as well, and doesn't dry the roller after self-cleaning.

Should you buy the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro?

The Tineco Floor One S7 Pro does everything you could want from a vacuum-mop combo. It can clean all types of mess – liquids, sauces, solids, small and large debris – and does so quickly and efficiently. The floor is left sanitized, non-sticky and smelling much fresher. before drying within a few minutes.

It doesn't lay flat however, and can take a bit longer to vacuum large pieces. But these are minor concerns unless you imagine yourself to be reaching under furniture on a regular basis.

How I tested the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro

I tested the Tineco Floor One S7 Pro in our fully-equipped test center using standardized amounts of ketchup, mustard, pasta sauce, egg, milk and cereal. I tested on wooden floors and linoleum, using the different suction modes and self-cleaning features.

I keep all vacuum cleaners after testing to use in my own home, to understand their durability and how they perform over time. I will update this review as time passes if results have changed.

If you're looking for more hardwood floor cleaning options, we round-up the best vacuums for hardwood floors in our dedicated buying guide.