The Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner
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When you have a house with 3 inside dogs, sometimes it takes an army to keep the house clean! Even though there is only one one dog that sheds, there is one dog, who wishes to remain anonymous, that likes to collect leaves and sprinkle them all over my house. So needless to say, it’s a never ending battle to keep it clean, and I need all the help I can get.
I was so thrilled when the people at iRobot reached out to me again, asking if I’d like to try The Mint + Floor Cleaner. It was perfect timing because I had recently spent some time with Carolyn Forte, Director of the Home Appliances and Cleaning Products Department at Good Housekeeping, and she raved about The Mint cleaner when we discussed robotic floor cleaning devices. So the Mint was on my radar and I was dying to give it a go.
Let me tell you guys………Carolyn wasn’t kidding. The Mint is a DREAM! Not only is she whisper quiet but she’s efficient and does an amazing job! Mint Plus is not a vacuum, it operates quietly so you – and your pets – won’t be disturbed while it cleans.
You may know, I have a few other automatic floor cleaners, but I have to say, The Mint+ is my favorite! I first tested the Mint on my kitchen tile, using the dry sweep mode. The microfiber cloth was super easy to attach to the cleaning pad and with the push of a button the Mint started its business. (I love that I can use the microfiber cloth or I can use disposable Swiffer pads). I left it alone while I ate a cupcake did other housework. I kept checking on it, because I couldn’t hear it, I thought it was stuck and had turned off. I finally left it alone and when I checked on it a little later, the Mint was done. Being that the mint is not a vacuum, I wondered how well it would do……. Well, the proof was in the microfiber cloth, it was filthy! It was a little shocking to see how filthy my floor was!
I then dampened the mopping cloth and used the Pro-Clean Reservoir Pad and had the Mint mop the same floor. Again, I was surprised by how dirty the cloth was when it was finished!
The big shock came, when I ran it in our family room, with laminate floors. The Mint is small and goes under all the furniture, so it catches all the lose dog hair and dust bunnies. I love that I don’t have to move the furniture any more to clean under it.
You can click here to see the Mint in action at my house. It’s a 6 second video clip I made and shared on Vine recently. Are you familiar with Vine? It’s basically a free smart phone app like Instagram, but in video. If you have a Twitter account, it will take just a few minutes to get on Vine.
What does The Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner Do?
It keeps dust and pet hair under control for you. Designed exclusively for hard surface floors, Mint Plus sweeps and mops using dry and pre-moistened cleaning cloths.
Guided by the enhanced NorthStar® Navigation System 2.0, Mint Plus cleans methodically by moving back and forth across open areas in straight lines, working around furniture and rugs, and cleaning along baseboards. Mint Plus’s compact design gets into tight spaces, under furniture and into other areas that are hard to reach with traditional mops and sweepers.
Some of my favorite features of the Mint Plus Floor Cleaner
- Sweeps and Mops: In Sweep mode, Mint Plus uses dry cleaning cloths to pick up dust, dirt and hair, keeping your floors barefoot-friendly every day. In Mop mode, Mint Plus uses wet (or pre-moistened) cloths and a special mopping action to pick up the deeper dirt and grime
- Whisper Quiet: you can work , carry on phone conversations or even sleep while the Mint cleans.
- Fast charging: charges in 4 hour, or turbo charge in 2 hours with the charging cradle
- Easy to use: Simply attach a cleaning cloth, set Mint Plus down and press either the Sweep or Mop button
- Able to clean larger or multiple rooms in a single cleaning cycle, covering up to 350 square feet mopping and 1,000 square feet sweeping (2,000 with an additional NorthStar® Navigation Cube).
- Cleans where vacuums can’t: Because of its small size (only 9.6 x 8.5 x 3.1 inches), Mint Plus can get under sofas, beds, tables, and work in tight corners where large vacuums can’t.
The Mint Plus Automatic Floor Cleaner includes the Mint Plus Cleaner, NorthStar Navigation Cube with 2 C batteries, charger, 3 pack of cleaning cloths (2 dry sweeping cloths and 1 wet mopping cloth), and a Manufacturer’s 1-year limited warranty. Mint works with both disposable cleaning cloths and re-usable microfiber cloths for dry sweeping and wet mopping floors.
If you have pets and hard floors…………YOU NEED THE MINT PLUS! I use it every day, and wake up to clean floors! With a busy life, this is a MUST HAVE! I love that my floors are always clean!
Where to buy the Mint
You can find the Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner at popular retailers near you including Kohl’s, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and even on Amazon. msrp $299.00
Learn more about the Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner at www.irobot.com.
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No purchase necessary. Open to US residents only . Must be over 18. Giveaway begins on Feb 13, 2013 will end on Feb 20, 2013 at 11:59 CST. Winner will receive one Mint Plus Automatic Floor Cleaner. Product will be shipped by iRobot Corporation. Prize value approximately $299. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. One winner with a valid entry will be selected at random. Winner will be notified by email by Feb 25, 2013 and will have 48 hours to claim their prize or another winner will be selected. TidyMom, and iRobot Corporation are not responsible for lost or undelivered emails. Winner will be posted on this blog post by March 30, 2013. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. By entering this giveaway, you have agreed to these rules. Giveaway sponsored iRobot Corporation (mintcleaner.com). This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or Pinterest. We hereby release Facebook and Pinterest of any liability. If you have any additional questions – feel free to [contact us](https://tidymom.net/contact-me/)!
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I so need this as I have hardwood and tile floors as well as a yellow lab that should be bald by now from all of the hair she sheds! I would love this!
I’m expecting my first baby in August so anything to help make my life easier in the cleaning department would be awesome! This cleaner looks so great and I’d love to try it out!
pg with baby #2, toddler and a new puppy
This would be such a life saver! I have 5 kids & 3 cats and somehow my house always ends up as central station for all the kids in our neighborhood! It’s great though, I love them all, just would like a clean floor once in awhile without all the work! Thank you, and you did a great job describing The Mint!
I have tile floors which I find hard to keep looking the way I would like. This would be a wonderful solution.
I have three dogs whom all seem to shed their entire coats daily. amazingly, they are all still covered in fur. My 100lb puppy loves to bring in any plant he can remove from the yard, or pieces of it, and leaves dirt all over my floors in addition. As soon as I vacuum or sweep, there it all is again! A never ending battle. Some days I feel as if Hoarders will show up and do a dog hair intervention.
I could certainly use the help with keeping my floors clean. I have a lot of floor space, 2 dogs, one cat, I also babysit children, plus have grandchildren and a very messy husband..God love him!
Oh My!!! I would love to have this latest greatest clean the floor gadget…I would be envy of my culdesac and that would be a reason to dance in the street while my “mint” is cleaning the floors. :):):)
I have a dog who shed just by looking at him! There are dust dog hair bunnies on my hardwood all the time.
My least favorite chores involve cleaning the floors. Would love to have this.
I have 4 long haired cats and a husband………do I need to say more?
Anything hands off is good…:)
I would LOVE to have a Mint! My toddler is the food-tossing champ and I have to sweep and mop every day, which I hate!
I have 3 pug children that are perpetual teenagers; all they do is eat, make a mess and sleep! I would love some help cleaning the pug hair and slobber coated pug prints off my tile floors!
I would love to win this because I have indoor pets that I am constantly sweeping up after. This would be awesome!
I get sick a lot….this would be great to have. Floors getting swept without me doing anything!
Oh my God in Heaven, what I would do for a Mint!! We have a springer spaniel and she leaves hair stuck around the legs of all my chairs. We have dust bunnies mixed with her hair bigger than a soft ball.
Please send me a MInt
Ohh this would be a huge help in cleaning up after my 2 girls!
I would use it in our kitchen because with a 1yr old, that floor is Always dirty with food and stuff
I would live to have The Mint at work in my home. I’ve realized recently that the cleanliness of my house deeply affects my mood. Having some help in maintaining a clean home would do wonders for me!
We bought one of these for my mom for Christmas and she LOVES IT! She is not technologically savvy but it was easy for her. She said it does a great job even getting things clean under heavy furniture she can not move. Thanks for a great give away!
I’d love this Mint cleaner for my floor guy (aka husband!)
Have always been super skeptical about robotic cleaners would love to give one a try.
This would be perfect to keep all my hardwood floors pet hair-free 🙂
I’m pregnant with my first. It’d be great to know we’re bringing a baby into a clean home!
Wow!! Awesome product, I am so excited over this one. I have 4 kiddos and I am constantly sweeping and cleaning floors. This would be so great and save me so much time. Is it crazy and weird that I get so excited over cleaning products??
I am a stay at home mom of 3 under 6years. I am also doing some online courses…so anything to help me with chores is welcome!
I would love to win because I hate washing my floors!
Whoa! This would be quite the windfall! Our whole main floor is laminate. We dust and clean it , almost daily!!
2 words come to mind—- dog hair!
I am turning 50 in a couple of months, and my back is in terrible shape. Keeping the floors clean is one of the hardest chores on my back. This would be a wonderful thing for me! Maybe it would even help me be known as the lady with the super clean floors again 😉
I have a dog that sheds every.single.day and hardwood floors!
I would love to win this because it would be SO much help! My husband and I both work full-time and have 3 kids and pets. It is hard to find time to get all the cleaning done that needs to be done. This would help get some done without a lot of time.
I have a very curious puppy who loves to get into EVERYTHING, so this floor cleaner would be a life saver!
I really need this. I’m tired of mopping up all the “little puppies” that collect on the floors.
I don’t have dogs or cats but we have chickens and live in the country. My floors are always needing to be cleaned. Anything to help with housework is top in my book.
I would love to win this to make keeping my floors cleaner and also I think it would be great fun to see how my cat would react to it! He is such a scaredy cat!
I really don’t enjoy getting on my hands & knees to scrub the ceramic tile in my kitchen- this would be great to have!
Oh, how I’ve wanted a Mint floor cleaner!! We have light blonde hardwood floors and two precious pups that are extremely cute and extreme shedders!!! I am turning 50 this month and this would be a fabulous birthday treat!
I clean houses for a living, wow how nice would it be to come home to my house cleaned!! thank you
I would love the Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner. I have a very hairy cat and a baby who will be crawling very soon! 🙂
We have a large Bernese Mountain Dog (read: large amounts of fur and dirt) and a crawling baby. I would love to have the Mint to help me keep my floors, and my little ones hands and clothes, clean.
With a dog and 2 little kids, boy do I need this!
I would love to win this for my parents, it would make their lives so much easier and give their Jack Russell something to chase 🙂
I Would love to win for my mother in law, she is 75 and this would help her keep her floors clean without all the physical activity, she had a hip replacement and doesn’t get around well.
I have two dogs and two boys living out in the country… This would be great for a daily sweep through the kitchen/dining room area.
4 kids later and 1 husband – I NEED THIS!!!
I wish a mint for our home because it would really give us more time to be with the family now that mint is going to take care of our cleaning in a good way 🙂
I would love this because I have just moved into a condo with laminate wood flooring and as I am in a wheelchair, it would help me keep it clean. Thank you for the chance to get one. 🙂
This would be a dream, I have 2 dogs. One sheds like crazy I’am sweeping twice a day. I can hardly keep up. I would love to do something else than sweep. My dogs would be happy