Debunking common hard floor cleaning myths

While mopping hard floors may appear effective, a mop can actually spread dirt – pushing it around rather than picking it up. As well as this, the traditional mop and bucket method relies on using contaminated water. Every time you put the mop back into the bucket to rehydrate, the water gets dirtier and dirtier.

You can constantly swap out the water, but this wastes water, effort, and time.

The Dyson WashG1™wet cleaner and Dyson V15s Detect Submarine™ feature two separate water tanks for contaminated and uncontaminated water. This separation means you can use your wet cleaner without worry of reapplying dirty water.

The Dyson WashG1™ also features a Self-cleaning cycle, which flushes the tanks and rinses the roller, keeping your wet cleaner consistently clean and ready for use.

Steam cleaners are often sold as effective floor cleaners and eradicators of bacteria.

But steam cleaners may not reach high enough temperatures to actively remove bacteria within their average exposure time.¹ Steam cleaners are capable of reaching temperatures needed to kill bacteria, but the machine needs to be pressed onto the surface in one place for a few minutes for the bacteria killing to take place.¹

In fact, our tests showed that steam cleaners spread bacteria due to their design, as they don’t remove bacteria but move it instead.¹

You may have bought a cleaning solution for general surfaces or floors specifically under the impression that it will kill germs and bacteria.

But some cleaning solutions aren’t anti-bacterial, meaning they don’t actively kill bacteria.¹

Instead, applying one of these solutions to your floor could spread the bacteria around, increasing the likelihood it becomes an issue.¹

Only anti-bacterial solution actually removes bacteria from your floor. So look out for this when you’re shopping.

Electrolysed water isn’t effective enough to perform day-to-day cleaning.¹

Our internal research found that electrolysed water didn’t have the cleaning capacity to remove bacteria from your floor when a quenching agent representing a small amount of dirt that you could find in the environment was present.¹

As well as this, our tests found that electrolysed water may leave a salty residue on the floor¹, contaminating it further and leaving your floor looking even less clean.

By contrast, the Dyson WashG1™ wet cleaner actively washes dirt from your floor and doesn’t leave residue, thanks to its specially designed rollers.¹

Some believe that you should only clean your hard floor when it’s visibly dirty.

This isn’t true.

The high-performance green LED light on our Fluffy Optic™ cleaner head proves this by highlighting otherwise invisible dust and dirt – demonstrating how dirty your home can be without you even realizing it.

Once you also consider the presence of potential allergens within this fine dust as a factor, it becomes apparent how important a regular and consistent cleaning regime truly is.

With all these myths, a common element is that they don’t effectively achieve the desired cleaning result.

Instead, you need to look to scientifically-proven tools. The Dyson V15s Detect Submarine™ and the Dyson WashG1™ are rigorously tested to make sure they perform consistently without drawbacks.

The Dyson WashG1™, our first dedicated wet cleaner, offers powerful, hygienic floor washing. It has three hydration modes that alter the concentration of water used in the cleaning process, plus a MAX mode to soak and lift stubborn dirt such as dried baby food. The machine’s multi-directional roller design agitates dirt in two different directions simultaneously, speeding up the cleaning process.

The Dyson V15s Detect Submarine™ is Dyson’s powerful vacuum that now washes hard floors. It's wet roller head removes liquids, dry debris, and tough stains. Both machines are capable of cleaning up to 110m² with one water tank and engineered to clean tile, stone, sealed wood, ceramic, vinyl, linoleum and laminate floors. The machine is ideal for anyone looking to upgrade their vacuum and their cleaning.

If you’re looking for a way to wet clean your floor, then don’t believe the myths.

Instead, look to our range of scientifically-proven machines – Dyson V15s Detect Submarine™ and Dyson WashG1™ – for wet floor cleaners that actually clean.

¹ Dyson Internal Research