As commercial floor scrubbers continue to grow in popularity, new owners naturally come with questions  and one of the most common is: when is it actually time to replace a floor scrubber?

The answer might surprise you. In most cases, a machine that looks worn down or is underperforming doesn't need to be replaced at all.

Maintenance Comes Before Replacement

Before ditching a floor scrubber, there are a few simple maintenance steps that can dramatically extend the life and performance of your machine. The two most common and important are replacing the brush and squeegee on a regular schedule.

These two components take the most wear during regular use, and running a scrubber with a worn brush or squeegee is one of the most common reasons machines seem to stop performing well. Swapping them out is often all it takes to bring a machine back to like-new performance no replacement needed.

How Often Should You Replace Floor Scrubber Parts?

For Mopit floor scrubbers, we generally recommend replacing the squeegee every 4 to 6 weeks depending on use. That might sound frequent, but we've worked hard to keep the cost of ownership as low as possible. Rather than the hundreds of dollars you might expect to pay for floor scrubber replacement parts, Mopit squeegees are just $17.50.

If you lease a Mopit, parts like this are included in the month-to-month lease. You only pay for shipping and handling. Learn more about leasing the Mopit Floor Scrubber here.

Every component on the Mopit is designed to be replaceable and easy to work on, so you're never in a position where a single worn part forces you into buying a whole new machine. With proper care and routine part replacement, most operators get years of reliable use out of their machine.

When It Is Time to Replace

If you do reach the point where a replacement makes sense, Mopit makes that process as painless as possible too. Lease customers can have a replacement machine sent out directly you only cover shipping and handling. No lengthy downtime, no complicated process.

It can be exciting to get  anew piece of equipment, but it’s also fairly common to have questions about how to get the most out of it. A common question that people need answered is: how often should you use the floor scrubber?

The answer depends, so we’ll make sure to cover the two most common cases.

Deep Cleaning

For businesses like restaurants , convenience stores and retail shops, a floor scrubber will often be used in the daily “deep cleaning”. At the end of each day, operators will ensure that the full facility is cleaned. In many cases this is done with deck brushes to take care of the stubborn messes. With a floor scrubber, you can do this all in one pass, no need for the hard labor.

Event venues will also opt for a deep clean, but they don’t always have an event every day. In cases like this owners will use their floor scrubber once in between each event to make sure everything is ready for the next party to roll through.

Replacing the Mop and Bucket

If your main goal is to ditch the mop and bucket for everyday maintenance, how often you will use your machine becomes much more difficult to predict and that’s a good thing. The frequency of use will depend on the weather, foot traffic, spills and whatever else owning a business decides to throw at you.

Some days you might do one pass, but other days you might be wheeling out a machine every hour. Compact floor scrubbers like the Mopit floor scrubber are designed to take on these challenges. You can learn more about leasing a Mopit here. Machines like this are meant to make your life easier when business tried to make it hard.

Final Thoughts

There isn’t a magic answer to the question of how often you need to be using your machine. You are in charge after all. You know the needs of your facility the best and machines like the Mopit are designed to rise to the challenge that YOU need and not the other way around. There’s no reason to avoid making your floors look the best they can.

If you walk into a commercial facility today, chances are good that you will see a floor scrubber instead of the traditional mop and bucket. Across the past  few years, real stores, restaurants and convenience stores and many other facilities have been swapping to these machines and there is a good reason for this change.

If you are still relying on a mop and bucket to keep your facilities clean, here are three problems that could be solved by swapping to a commercial floor scrubber.

Mops Don’t Clean, They Spread Dirt.

This may come as a surprise for many people. Mops are notoriously difficult to keep clean and when in high speed environments this maintenance often gets completely overlooked resulting in a dirty mop.

A floor scrubber solves this problem. Rather than spreading around the same dirty water floor scrubber exclusively pulls clean water and soap from one reservoir while collecting all dirty water in a separate tank. This results in a deeper clean in a single pass.

Mopping is Slow and Hard on Your Staff.

Labor is one of the highest costs for operating any business and mopping is a waste of that valuable time. It takes much longer to clean using a mop and it demands more physical labor from your staff.

A walk-behind floor scrubber like the Mopit allows for a single person to cover more area in much less time and with much less effort. This lets your staff spend less time maintaining your floors and more time on the other important aspects of the business.

Mopit floor scrubbers specifically can fill the space that your Mop-bucket would make the transition easy. Learn more about leasing a Mopit here.

Wet floors are a liability.

Even when done properly, mopping will always leave behind moisture, which takes time to dry. This time with a wet floor is dangerous for customers and staff, especially in high traffic areas. These slip and fall hazards can cost businesses tens of thousands of dollars for even the most simple accidents.

Floor scrubbers like the Mopit are designed to leave the floor completely dry behind them. By eliminating the need for wet floor signs and removing the dangerous liability window, you ensure your floors are clean, dry, and safe for traffic immediately after the job is done.

Final Thoughts

The mop and bucket had a good run, but commercial floor scrubbers have made them obsolete for most businesses. They clean more thoroughly, require less labor, and create a safer environment. If your facility has hard floors and foot traffic, the switch is worth it.