The Floor Mate seemed like such a great product: my home has hardwood floors and ceramic tile, it is lightweight and it "easily" scrubs and squeegies floors dry. Unfortunately, when vacuuming, I have to take the filter outside after every room and shake it and pick the lint/dust out by hand. Not only that, but I have to stop it just as often to take out the dust collection cannister to remove the lint blockage at the screen. I vacuum at least once a week and we are only a family of three. I find that my cleaning time is doubled just trying to get the machine to function like a vacuum should. I am going to sell this in my next garage sale.