HARD FLOOR CLEANERS – A REVOLUTION IN CLEANING

Spray mops clean surface dirt and can be expensive in the long run.

Most spray mops are only able to pick up loose surface dirt, whereas the FC 5 has microfiber rollers that spin at 500 RPM to thoroughly clean your hardood, tile, stone, linoleum and other hard floors. The FC 5's motor does all the deep cleaning work for you!

Best of all, the FC 5's rollers are machine washable. Unlike spray mops, where you have to constantly buy (and later fill up the trash can with) expensive replacement pads, the FC 5 rollers can be used over and over. 

Spray mops can also use (and waste) a lot of cleaning fluid. Just one bottle of Kärcher's FC 5 detergent will last for 50 - 100 uses. Or you can clean with just water.

In short: a spray mop may be inexpensive to buy up front, but over time the costs of the replacement pads and cleaning fluid can quickly add up.

The FC 5 saves money in the long run and cleans your hard floors completely. What's more – your floors will dry in two minutes or less!

The Kärcher FC 5 offers several unique advantages over other popular floor cleaning machines:

• Direct roller to floor contact for the most thorough floor cleaning
• Edge to edge cleaning so that you can clean right up to the border of walls and baseboards 
• Superior removal of water and cleaning solutions, so that your floors dry quicker (in two minutes or less, on average)
• Swivel head for maximum flexibility to clean around furniture and corners
• 12" wide cleaning path
• Machine washable rollers 
• Weighs only 10 pounds
• Certified by Quiet Mark for quiet operation
• 3 Year limited warranty

You won't find all of those features on the competition. We can't wait for you to try the FC 5 on your floors! 

The most effective way to mop is to always keep your dirty water separate from the clean water. With a mop and bucket this can be difficult. Even with a sponge mop you have to constantly wring out the dirty water and then apply fresh water, a very time consuming process.

The FC 5 solves this by always keeping the fresh water and dirty water separate, in two separate tanks, as well automatically applying just the right amount of fresh water (and floor cleaner, if desired) to clean without interruption.

Imagine being able to mop an entire kitchen or living room without having to stop to empty the dirty water, wring the mop or add clean water! And when you consider that the microfiber rollers spin 500 times per minute, you can see how the FC 5 saves a lot of time while also delivering a deeper level of clean than you could ever achieve with a traditional mop. 

The FC 5 Premium has all of the features of the FC 5, with a new and improved mop head/roller cleaning function and an extra set of microfiber rollers (valued at $24.99). It is also white, for those who prefer white cleaning appliances over yellow.

The FC 5 is a floor cleaner machine designed for the following flooring surface types:

• Sealed/varnished hardwood floors
• Oiled/waxed hardwood floors
• Finished cored hardwood floors
• Finished/sealed reclaimed hardwood floors
• Urethane treated hardwood floors
• Sealed/finished engineered wood floors
• Sealed/finished manufactured wood floors
• Sealed/finished faux or synthetic wood floors
• Sealed bamboo floors
• Linoleum flooring
• Ceramic tile flooring
• Waterproof laminate flooring (check to make sure it's waterproof)
• Stone floors (e.g., marble, travertine, ledger, granite, slate)
• Vinyl flooring
• Polished concrete

The FC 5 should NOT be used to clean the following types of floors:

• Unsealed/unfinished hardwood floors
• Unsealed engineered wood floors
• Unsealed bamboo floors
• Untreated cork flooring
• Non-waterproof laminate floors
• Carpeted floors

The above applies to both models (FC 5 and FC 5 Premium).

You should be able to use the Kärcher FC 5 / FC 5 Premium floor cleaning machines to clean the following brands of flooring:

• Pergo^® (water only, no detergent)
• Nucore^®
• Bruce^® (including Hydropel, Dundee, American Honor, Early Canterbury, Blacksmith's Forge and Next Frontier)
• Tarkett^® 
• Bellawood^® 
• Congoleum^®
• Lifescape^®
• Porcelanato^® 
• du Chateau^® 

However please read the care guide for your flooring thoroughly before cleaning with any wet product! If in doubt, we highly recommend you contact the manufacturer prior to cleaning.

Remember: As with any cleaning project, always test a small inconspicuous area first.  

Not currently

We anticipate bringing these models to the US but do not currently have a launch date to announce. We will update this page when more info on these models is available. 

• Fresh water tank capacity is 400ml (13.5oz)
• Dirty water tank capacity is 200ml (6.76oz)

Most users will get 50-100 uses from each 500ml (16.9 oz) bottle. You only need to add 1/4 to 1/2 capful of cleaning solution to the fresh water tank (after filling to the max line with water). 

So one 16.9 container ($12.99) will last a long time! There are four formulas available - please scroll down this page for a description of each.

The FC 5 is covered by a generous 3 Year limited warranty. 

It is also a part of our unique Rapid Exchange Program. Should your FC 5 ever require in-warranty repairs, our call center (based in the USA) will arrange to quickly ship you a replacement so that you experience as little downtime as possible.

There is no need to ever drive your FC 5 to a service center (unlike other floor cleaning machines!). We stand by our products and are here to help with innovative services like the Rapid Exchange Program.

No

The FC 5 was designed to be used with wet microfiber rollers. It should not be used without water in the fresh water tank. 

Some users have asked whether it's OK to put oil or cleaner directly on the floor and then run the FC 5 over it, without water in the tank. We do not advise using the FC 5 is this manner. Water should always be in the fresh water tank when in use.

The included microfiber rollers are about 6" wide. With the rollers installed, the total cleaning width of the FC 5 is around 12". 

The FC 5 and FC 5 Premium are made in our manufacturing facility in Eastern Europe (Lithuania). 

Our floor cleaning solutions for the FC 5 are made in Germany. 

The spare roller sets for the FC 5 are made in France.