I live in rural deep east Texas where red dirt is everywhere. Add to that that my husband is a wheelchair user and you can imagine how often I'm cleaning my floors. On top of that I made the horrible decision to instal vinyl plank flooring a few years ago and let me tell you - it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep clean. Enter this little miracle here! I was amazed and disgusted all at the same time the first time I used this in my entry way. Holy crow! The dirty water tank looked like hot cocoa. My son and daughter-in-law were moving out of the apartment that they'd lived in for six and a half years so I took this (and the Smartwash pet complete carpet cleaner) over and went to work cleaning their place from top to bottom. To say that their floors were cleaner than when they'd moved in is and understatement! If you're a stickler for clean floors but don't want to break your back doing it, this is your solution! Thank you, Hoover, for such a great machine!!!