I have owned Hoover Floormates in the past and loved them. I find the Hoover Powerdash to be very similar to the Floormate in terms of great function and high quality, but with improvements. I love the one-handed operating functionality of the trigger squeeze/release system. The capacity for both clean and dirty water is great and the unit is very lightweight to make it easy to take up and down stairs. The Powerdash provides easy and effective clean up for both every day messes and multiple pet's messes. The Hoover Powerdash also provides larger capacity than the popular competitor. I love this Powerdash and use it daily!