The bottom line Buy it for the hot wash and the drying cycle. Everything else in this category is variations on the same head.
The H12 Pro FlexReach is built around two numbers that have nothing to do with cleaning power: a 90 °C roller wash and a five-minute drying cycle.
The smell is the real failure mode
Floor washers do not usually fail; they get abandoned. The reason is almost always the roller — damp, loaded with what came off the floor, sitting in a dock in a warm kitchen. Within a week the machine smells, and the owner starts washing the roller by hand, which is the chore it was bought to remove.
A hot wash cleans the roller, and a drying cycle finishes the job. Any floor washer you are considering should have both; without them, budget for a spare roller and a routine.
Flat, and what that reaches
The 180° design lets the machine lie down and pass under a sofa or a bed frame — the places where floor dirt actually accumulates, and where an upright head stops at the edge. Combined with dual edge brushes that work up against skirtings and kickboards, it removes most of the hand-finishing a mop leaves behind.
What it does not do
Carpets, stairs, fine dust. This is a hard-floor machine that replaces the mop and bucket, not the vacuum. Two tanks keep clean water and dirty water separate, which is the fundamental advantage over mopping: you are never spreading the last room’s water over this one.
The running cost
Rollers, filters and the cleaning solution are model-specific. Over three years they are a meaningful fraction of the machine, and they never appear in the purchase price — worth pricing before choosing a brand.
Availability
One reference across Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain. Not sold on Amazon’s US store.
What we like, and what we don't
Strengths
90 °C roller wash and a five-minute dry cycle — the answer to the smell that kills these machines
Lies fully flat, so it reaches under a sofa rather than up to it
Dual edge brushes: skirtings and kickboards in the same pass
Compromises
Consumables — rollers and filters — are model-specific and a real running cost
Cordless runtime limits it to a floor at a time
Not sold on Amazon's US store
Specifications
Suction
18 000 Pa
Self-cleaning
90 °C hot wash, 5-minute drying
Reach
180° flat design, lies down to reach under furniture
Edge cleaning
Dual edge brushes
Part number
HHR44A
Amazon reference
B0DV5RRL9F
EAN
6977328065582
Questions people actually ask
Why does the drying cycle matter so much?
Because the machine's roller sits damp in a dock between uses, and a damp roller carrying floor dirt smells within days. A hot wash removes the dirt and a drying cycle removes the water; without the second one, you are hand-washing a roller after every session — which is exactly the chore the machine was bought to eliminate.
Does 18 000 Pa mean it replaces my vacuum?
No, and no floor washer does. It picks up dry debris and liquid in the same pass on hard floors, which is its job. It is not a carpet machine, it does not do stairs, and fine dust is still a vacuum's work. Think of it as replacing the mop and bucket, not the vacuum cleaner.
Our score
7.5/ 10
Buy it for the hot wash and the drying cycle. Everything else in this category is variations on the same head.
Who this one is for, among cleaning machines
Hard floors in a family home — spills, paw prints and daily crumbs, cleaned in one pass
Set beside the neighbouring cleaning machines
cleaning machines from the same category, at nearby prices. Only what all of them publish is shown: a column with holes compares nothing.
Where the models are not equal, in cleaning machines
If price decides: this model, at 200 €.
When to look elsewhere among cleaning machines
On a tighter budget: Vexilar X7, at 170 € in the same category. see the review
Where this one sits on price, among cleaning machines
At 200 €, it sits -7 % against the 215 € median of the 11 models in this category published here.
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Price and availability, for cleaning machines
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 15, 2026.
Sources
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