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Friday, March 30, 2012

Differences between Mint and Mint Plus

Mint Cleaner and Mint Plus
 The first Mint cleaner was launched in Jun 2010 and the Mint Plus cleaner was subsequently released a year later. In terms of dimension, they are exactly the same. The buttons to activate the Mint functions are placed at the same spot. The only difference that you can notice is the colour and the small little "+" that is placed right after the Mint logo.


So what are the main differences between a Mint cleaner and a Mint Plus cleaner?


First, Mint Plus supports "Pause" mode. So if your Mint Plus some how got stuck under your sofas or chairs, you can simply press the "Pause" mode and Mint Plus will stop its movement. You can then re-arrange your furnitures and then start your Mint Plus near the spot where it is having trouble.


Secondly, Mint Plus supports the new Proclean System. With this proclean system, it allows Mint Plus to carry more cleaning fluid with water mixed together and covers a much bigger mop/sweep area. One thing to note is that you have to be careful when using this Proclean System on your laminated wood flooring. Mint Plus may get stuck occasionally or finished its cleaning function and stops itself right on the laminated wood flooring with remaining reservoir of cleaning fluid seeping into your wooden flooring! I have experienced this once due to my carelessness and left with a piece of popping laminated flooring that serves as a reminder to my mistake.


Thirdly, Mint Plus supports additional NorthStar cube. The NorthStar cube acts like an indoor GPS that allows your Mint to map its coordinates accurately on the area that it has finished mopping or sweeping. You can purchase an additional NorthStar cube(which has to be on a different frequency channel similar to what you see on your remote controlled toys) for your Mint Plus and place it on another area that is not covered by your current NorthStar cube. That basically widens the mopping./sweeping coverage area for your Mint Plus.


Thus, if you have a large floor area and will like to use cleaning fluid to mop your floors, Mint Plus is definitely worth considering.