Today, I just noticed something different on Mint Plus. 

Without the use of NorthStar Indoor navigation cube,  Mint Plus is able to navigate in my kitchen much longer when compared to the first original Mint. Mint Plus is able to mop the floor in a normal grid fashion (From bottom to top and then to the left or right) and covers almost the entire kitchen area without the assistance of the NorthStar cube! 

The original Mint is only able to work for a small area and stops itself after running for about 15 mins. Besides that, Mint Plus is able to complete its battery charge within 2 hours.

Thus, I will highly recommend Mint Plus if your budget allows!

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.

Mint Plus AC/DC adapter can support 240v

Mint Plus on charging cradle

Mint Plus adapter that attached to this cradle was found to be able to support 240V as well and it works perfectly in other countries that does not support 110V. It is strange that the Mint Plus manual mentions that the adapter only supports up to 110V only. 


So how long does Mint Plus able to run within one charge? Well I will say its more than an hour so far for me. Do watch this Mint Plus youtube video taken by me at my home. I will post more pictures and reviews in this blog.


Happy New Year everyone!

AC/DC Adapter supports 100V to 240V!

One interesting news. The AC/DC Adapter that comes with Mint and Mint Plus can support both 110V and 240V! That means you do not need to modify your power supply to support 240V even though the Mint Cleaner manual states that the power adapter can only be used with 110V. I had used Mint on 240V for over a year and there have been no issues encountered with the power adapter.

My New Mint Plus has arrived!

My New Mint Plus has arrived!

Yes, I had bought it during the Black Friday shopping spree and has taken advantage of the promotional price. Here is how it looks like when unboxed.

I shall leave it charging and will post my reviews in the very near future. Stay tuned!

Introducing the new Mint Plus!

Evolution Robotics has newly introduced the Mint Plus. It is bigger than then original Mint Cleaner and has faster charging, longer run time and thus cleans a wider area.

The Mint Plus comes with Pro-Clean System which is able to mops longer and better than its predecessor, Mint Cleaner introduced in 2010.

There is a special reservoir cleaning pad which dispenses liquid throughout the cleaning cycle and thus refreshes the Pro-Clean microfiber cloth with fresh cleaning fluid.

Mint Plus can covers up to 350 square feet in a single cleaning cycle. Besides that, Mint Plus can also charges in as fast as 4 hours with the included adapter or in just 2 hours with the Turbo Charge Cradle.

The most important feature of all is that it comes with a Start/Pause button. Mint Plus can be paused mid-cycle to change cleaning cloths, retain its map and resume cleaning with an area not yet covered! I definitely wish my Mint Cleaner has this feature too!

Mint Cleaner mops dirty floor

Mint Cleaner in action. Observe at how Mint mops the dirty floor. It is able to mop the dust away from the dusty floor.