I'm going to start by saying this mop is amazing. The price is decent, the size of the bucket is just right (too much mop water wastes and heavy to carry around, too little doesn't hold enough dirt in solution), the pedal-activated spinning centrifuge to drain the water is so simple it's genius, for the most part this mop is GOAT in my book. I've used a ton of other mops, including the cheap ten dollar kind where you have to twist the ratcheting handle to squeeze the water out, this beats all of them hands down. It does have a few small problems though and they should be easy for O'Cedar to fix. 1. The bucket has an imprint inside it to show you the quantity of water in liters, including the max fill line, this imprint was done so shallow they're nearly impossible to see. These should stick out more and ideally be painted white over the letters. If they were only sticking out more that would be fine, someone could easily use a paint marker to highlight these but currently we can't. 2. The distance between the outer perimeter of the centrifuge and the sides of the bucket is somewhat small, it's very easy to go past the centrifuge with the mop head and just drip mop water all over the sides, especially on top of the pedal, which then makes the pedal slippery. They could add a small wall around the perimeter of the centrifuge, maybe an inch high to solve this. 3. The mop head doesn't have enough strands and they're not balanced well enough. If you're on tacky surfaces or pushing your mop away from your body, it's very easy for the strands to get caught on the surface, and the edge of the mop head (the red triangle) makes contact with the surface, you can damage hardwood floors accidentally. The mop head needs to be more dense. 4. A clip or some kind of holder on the bucket to hold the mop when not in use would have been great as well. Other than these few problems, the mop has a lot of other things going well for it in addition to everything I already mentioned: 1. The ergonomics are great, there's a little handle under the pedal you can grasp to tilt the bucket to empty it out, the bucket holds well in the hand too. 2. The mop wand is decent. The collapsing design is great for storage after use, it's a little tough to twist to collapse but it works. Haven't noticed any weakness in it, it does creak but it's made of plastic, never snapped on me and doesn't seem like it ever will. 3. The pedal-activated wringing out is more accessible for older and disabled people because it requires lower leg strength, other mops require upper arm strength to wring out the mop. People usually have worse dexterity in their hands and arms than they do their legs since we walk on our legs and stand upright against gravity constantly, even people who don't regularly exercise will find this easier to use. 4. It makes mopping fun and convenient, which makes people mop more than they normally would, this is always a good thing. 5. When you're done, rinse the mop head out, let it dry, then stow your mop and whatever bottle of mopping solution in the bucket itself, to save space. 6. The gears and mechanism for the pedal-activated centrifuge are clearly visible and appear to be easily removable with a few screws. Yes they're plastic which sucks because the durability is low, but it also means they're probably cheap to replace if you strip or wear them out, you can probably even 3D print replacement gears if you have a 3D printer. All in all this is an excellent mop for everyone: yourself, for older or disabled people, kids on chore duty, great for people who live in small apartments, it's a total win in my book. Here are some tips: 1. When using the pedal, keep your foot in contact with the pedal at all times, do not push it down than raise your foot faster than the pedal comes up, without anything on top the pedal comes up too fast and grinds the plastic gears, not a good sound and they'll strip eventually. 2. I find mopping side to side (with the tip of the mop head pointing forward) works better than moving the mop forward or backward, but this is just good mopping technique in general. 3. Plan how you're going to mop: I like to decide where I'm going to stop mopping in my apartment, then work furthest from that area backwards to where I want to stop, this way I minimize walking on any freshly mopped surface. 4. If you're working on a tacky/sticky surface, the mop strands will grab more due to the increased friction, this will unbalance the mop head and you'll start to strike the surface with the plastic on the mop head, to allow the mop head to glide smoothly, increase the amount of mopping solution in the head (don't spin as much out) for these areas. 5. Let the mop head do the work! Don't push down on the mop head, let it glide over the surface and put your effort in moving the mop head side to side.
