Reviews and Ratings for Karcher FC5 Hard Floor Cleaner

Although I’m using this in a domestic house on porcelain tiles , it is a very large area so it would help if I had 2 sets of rollers as they do pick up ‘fluff’ need to be changed in order to do a good job. I will be ordering an extra set. I’m very pleased with my purchase.

Does what it says on the tin. No complaints. A good buy

Finally I can throw out my Mop and Bucket. This is brilliant it works like a buffer, it gets rid of anything your floor can throw at it. I had tile adhesive on my bathroom floor (Clumsy tiler)I tried scrubbing scrapping everything to get rid of it, I thought I would have to get a new floor. Well I needn't have worried because this beauty got it up no problem. Ive got slate tiles in my Kitchen, Im a bit ashamed in saying this but when I used the FC 5 on it, it has come up like new the water container was like sludge. The build up over the years of me mopping was not helping my floor. One thing I will say it is very powerful it has actually pulled up a bit of my grout. Which is not a bad thing it shows just how good it is. I do hope karcher come up with a carpet cleaner. I would recommend this to anyone, it is so easy to use and assemble. And it uses the smallest amount of product. It is a definite win win.

Easy to set up and use, this cleaner does the floors in 40 minutes instead of the two hours plus that it takes using a mop and bucket. The cleaner is light, easy to control and efficient. The only downside? My dog hates it and is determined to kill it :-)

Delivered on time this product is proving to be ideal having just had wooden flooring laid down in the lounge.

I was interested in trying the Karcher FC5 hard floor cleaner for several reasons: we are getting a puppy soon and I will need to wash our hard floors daily to keep them clean free of doggy smells, I have a large tiled area to cover (a large open plan kitchen, dining room and lounge) so I need to have it clean and dry quickly. I have chronic pain and fatigue so the easier faster the cleaning is the better! Set up of the FC5 is pretty easy, once it's out of the box you click the handle in to the body of the machine and dock it in the stand provided. You then remove and fill the clean water tank, add your cleaning solution put the tank back. Pour about a cup of water in the docking stand to dampen the rollers, turn it on for 5 seconds to wet the rollers and you are ready to go. I can clean my hall, kitchen and dining room in under 10 minutes. The floor is left clean with only very light streaks of water. The floor is left dry enough for my cat to walk across it and it stays unmarked (usually there are paw prints left behind). Drying time was about 10 minutes. Comparing the end result to mopping the floor it is drier and the grout appears to be cleaner - see my before and after photos. Once dry the floor is streak free. I can clean the kitchen, dining room and lounge with one tank of clean water. I was concerned that the weight of the FC5 might be too much for me to lift and manoevre due to my pain and fatigue but I found it manageable. The FC5 glides across the floor so you don't take the full weight of it and the handy stand means I can clean an area, take a break and continue later. I have given a demonstration to a few friends and they all want one now. Overall I am really impressed, I think I'm going to throw out my mop and bucket!

After suffering with flu and doing no house work for pretty much two weeks and having 10 cats you can only imagine the state of my floors, they were terrible and I was too ashamed to let anyone come into my house, well now I am all better and was finally able to try out my new karcher floor cleaner and what a difference it has made, the floors were perfect within a few minutes and any water that was left on the floor was very minimal and dried up very quickly. I would definitely recommend this product to anyone that has hard flooring within their home, I am truly impressed at how good this product is and I will be continuing to use this floor cleaner for a very long time, as with other karcher products I have had it is very well built so I am sure this will be around my house for many years to come.

I wanted this product to save time cleaning my laminate flooring. This machine is quite capable of vacuuming and cleaning laminate flooring but only if this machine is used regularly. Picks up pet hair adequately. I did notice the floors looked much cleaner than mopping due to the Smart Roller technology. The floors appeared to be smear free. Rollers easily cleaned but do need to be air-dried. I would recommend this product without hesitation if you are prepared to use regularly.

The Karcher FC5 arrived in a bright colourful box and was well packed. It was very easy to assemble and was ready to clean my floors within minutes. The instructions are very easy to follow and the cleaning power is fantastic. The FC5 is quite heavy but once the roller is in action it easily glide across all your hard floors. Very fast and effective. Picked up so much dirt the results were simpy unbelievable. Can't wait to use it again. After using for over a week it has saved me hours golf cleaning. Due to the FC5 hovering, cleaning and buffering it does 3 jobs in 1, plus the rollers are so easy to remove and clean. The floor is ready to walk on in 2 minutes which is ideal with a young family and the rollers glide so easily over different floors around the house. The water tank is small and easy to fill, however covers a very large area. Fantastic product 5 stars.

My first impressions of the FC5 are most certainly positive, it came well packaged and was easy to assemble. The device has three interlocking pieces all of which were easy enough to connect and disconnect. Instructions were easy enough to follow, primarily a visual guide so there is not much to read into, so you can get set up and started in no time. When pouring water into the stand from which the FC5 rests I recommend if it is the first time getting use of the product to allow the water to be soaked into the rollers otherwise they will struggle to move with ease. Using the product is satisfying, you don't feel like it is a chore to clean, the FC5 flows across the surface of the floor once the rollers are in motion, it is also effortless to maneuver due to the ergonomics of the handle and not being too heavy in hand. So far the FC5 has left me impressed to say the least. After using the FC5 throughout the week I must say that it has made cleaning the kitchen a whole lot easier and less time consuming than doing it with a conventional mop, I can definitely recommend the FC5 to anyone one wants to clean their floors in the quickest manner possible. The two water reservoirs, are both easy to clean after use. Overall the FC5 is accessible to all, if I was to say a negative it would just be a nitpick but it would involve the speed of which the product flows as if you are not too careful it can just run away with you, then again this is just a slight nitpick and not everyone will feel the same about this as that acceleration contributes to the speed of which it can clean.

As an owner of a new build house, that has high gloss floor tiles across the entire ground floor (the wifes' choice!), and as a modern man, who takes his fair share of the chores... mine being the flooring for the house, and my wife, the washing and ironing... I have been contemplating learning the washing machine, and swapping chores! I have been through no end of potions, fluids, steamers and mops, sore knees, all to no avail in keeping the floors bright and sparkling. Along come the Insiders, and the Karcher FC5. Having used the brilliant Window Vacuum, and Pressure washers for the patio and cars, i knew the build and quality would be fantastic. Simple to put together, the handle simply clicks into place, a quick fill of the Detergent bottle with Water, and only a cap of the supplied detergent, a "wetting" of the rollers in the supplied stand, and I was off. Really easy to use, no need to hover the floor first, and quick drying shiny floors!. Before i knew it, i had finished the entire downstairs, and realised that from opening the box, to completion, it had been 45 mins. I normally spend at least an hour more!. Great product, superb results, and the wife can rest assured that i will not be shrinking, or turning white things a different colour for some time to come. Thank you Karcher

I must say I was surprised at how heavy the Karcher cleaner is and coupled with its power, it took a bit of practice getting used to it. But it was very efficient. It didn't manage to get all my pets fur up but the floor was clean and only damp after use. I used it on all types of hard floor safely. Update: I do not think I have saved time using the Karcher. I normally use a cordless hoover and mop and bucket. This can get all the bits and pet hair up better. I think my dogs fur would clog up the Karcher. It didn't manage to get all the per fur (I do have 3 husky crosses) and there were still little bits and crumbs. I like to go over the floor a few times and the floor wasn't dry in 2 minutes but it was only damp. I find the Karcher moves effortlessly on different surfaces. The rollers are powerful to do this easily. Removing and placing the water tanks is easy to do once you realise how.

So I have a flat with a number of different surfaces so was looking forwards to trying this product. First impressions were very good. I’ve used a Karcher pressure washer previously and so I was expecting excellent build quality which I found. The cleaner is smart looking, easy to put together from the box and feels sturdy and up to the task I disagree with other reviewers that the cleaner is heavy – I thought that it felt a good weight in the hand and was easy to manoeuvre around when in use. When it’s on it pulls itself along so it makes it even easier. I used it in both my main rooms (laminate flooring) and also by bathrooms (tiled flooring) and it did a great job in both. The cable is very long, so I didnt have to keep plugging it in again which was handy as I do with my vacuum. One of the things I was dubious about was the ability to clean and vacuum at the same time. It does work but it your floor is very dusty, I would recommend a vacuum first as it will make for a better overall clean. The cleaner does do what it says though, it sucks up the dirty water and stores this in a different compartment which is easily removable and easily cleaned, which I liked. My floor was a lot dirtier than I expected!! It comes with a storage bracket so when not in use I simply stored it in the bracket under my stairs which was handy as otherwise it would’ve been rolling around with all my other products. Overall I would say that the FC5 does a very good job of cleaning floors, but you do have to make regular use of it to account for the price. I would only recommend this to people with dogschildren or multiple hard floors.

Brilliant floor cleaner. Using it on wood, vinyl and tiled floor and its a breeze to use. I dont normally like cleaning the floor but it takes 30 seconds to set up and its off around the house cleaning as I go. Its really well built, feels a bit heavy until its spinning when it just slides around the floor. Thoroughly recommended 5*

I must admit that the Karcher FC5 is a great piece of kit. Although I was initially sceptical on how well it would work, the FC5 exceeded my expectations. I have hard flooring in all rooms downstairs - laminate flooring in the lounge and dining room, ceramic tiles in the kitchen and conservatory and vinyl in the rest room, so it was a no brainer to get the Karcher FC5 for my cleaning requirements. The main reason for giving the FC5 a bash, was the fact that the FC5 is a 2-in-1 as the cleaner can vacuum and wash the floor all at the same time. I do all the cleaning around the house, and as we have a cross Jack RusselShih Tzu which drops a lot of fur, I typically vacuum the house 2 to 3 times per week, and although the floors need mopping regularly, I don’t always get around to it. So, the FC5 was perfect, as it does both jobs at once. And it does a great job at that! Note that the vacuum cleaner will only pick up pet hair and other ‘fine’ dirt. The FC5 has a dual tank system (one for clean water, and one for the dirty waste water) which is real easy to use. The cleaning head of the FC5 has a flexible hinge so can get into those hard to get locations and the weight of the cleaner is ideal – not too heavy, but heavy enough to wash the floor with the microfiber rollers (which can also be washed in the washing machine). Overall, the Karcher FC5 is brilliant product and I would without a doubt, recommend this floor cleaner.