Tineco Vacuums

Tineco belongs to the Ecovacs Group, the Suzhou robot-vacuum maker, as a wholly owned subsidiary, and it is where Ecovacs puts its cordless sticks and wet-dry floor washers. The business traces back to 1998 and a single vacuum cleaner; its first smart vacuum arrived in 2018 and its first smart floor washer in 2019, and by 2023-24 a market research firm ranked it the top-selling brand of household wet-dry vacuums worldwide. The thread through the models listed here is iLoop, a dirt sensor that raises suction and water when it detects a mess and shows a ring that turns from red to blue when the floor is clean.

Most of the Tineco models listed here are floor washers, which vacuum and mop hard floors in one pass and rinse their own roller at the dock. The iFloor 5 Breeze Complete at $300 is the basic version with no display or app. The Floor One S5 at $350 is the long-running default, the Stretch S6 at $300 folds flat to about 5 inches to reach under beds and sofas, the S7 Stretch Ultra at $599 adds a bigger tank and a hotter roller wash, and the S9 Artist Steam at $749 adds steam for dried-on grease. The cordless sticks run from the Pure One S15 Essentials at $169 and the Pure One S11 at $179 to the Pure ONE Station 5 at $459, whose dock cleans the brushroll, tube, filter and bin, not just the bin.

Owners agree the washers do the core job: S5 owners describe dried milk, tracked mud and cereal coming up in one pass, and Stretch S6 owners say floors under furniture finally get mopped. The upkeep is the catch. S5 owners say the dirty-water tank smells if it is not rinsed after every session and a gunked float sensor triggers false tank-full stops; Stretch S6 owners report its slim dirty tank reading full at about a quarter and halting the clean. Among the sticks, S11 owners praise how quiet it is and how well iLoop stretches the battery, while Station 5 owners say its suction falls short on thick carpet.

Every Tineco model listed here carries a 2-year warranty, but S5 owners describe paying shipping on warranty repairs and S11 owners say claims go more smoothly through authorized dealers, so buy where returns are easy. The floor washers are for sealed hard floors only; none of them is meant for carpet or rugs.