Mopping the floor is one of those chores many of us like to put off until the task is inevitable. This would be much less of a chore if you had something as easy to use as a vacuum, especially if it was cordless and always ready to use. Fortunately for you and me, Tineco has built a machine to do exactly that.

The Tineco Floor One S9 Artist Steam is the latest model from an innovative company that has been pushing the boundaries of home care with its clever floor cleaning machines for more than two decades. And while the array of devices Tineco offers may be great, it's the Floor One S9 Artist Steam that I will be concentrating on for now. After a couple of weeks putting it through its paces, I have come to question why I never had a machine like it until now, because it really is pretty impressive.

Although the Tineco Floor One S9 Artist Steam did not show up in a stark white glossy box perfectly designed to impress, it reserved its moment for later. The first thing I noticed in assembling this specimen was the minimal parts list I was meant to deal with in my quest for a clean floor. With a clean and dirty water tank already snugly affixed to the S9 Artist Steam, all that was left for me to do was to insert the handle into the chassis to make a complete cleaning machine. The only other bits in the box were the charging base, a cleaning brush, a spare roller, and a booklet with instructions for use, making the assembly process as pain free as automatic bill pay.