Karcher - WV 1 Plus Window Vacuum

Wow. 20 stars! I love clean windows and yet caught myself procrastinating to do the chore before buying this window vacuum. Whether it was paper towels and solution and it would never dry or a bucket and towel and squeegee that had to be wiped with every pass of the window it was all enough to not want to do the task. Then I watched a YouTube of this and decided it was worth the price and it really, really is! I put the squirter bottle (just using water folks) in my left hand and the vacuum in my right (I'm a rightie) and off I go. I've done windows, mirrors, the glass stove top, circular mirrors, the glass dining room table all with stellar results! Wow. Best invention ever and especially for paper towel avoidance.The squirt bottle has a removable soft towel like strip with attached squirt bottle. Squirt and rub with the towel like thing. Then after charging (holds the charge a long time), press the vacuum button to on and start swiping and it vacuums up every drop of moisture. You can place the squeegie anywhere and it doesn't deposit a wet line. Amazing. Gets into edges, corners, you name it. Lightweight to use. Super easy. Just left hand/right hand.I had some major water spots on glass and it cleaned it right up. Wish they'd give you an extra pad or two. I just put the towel thing in the sink tap and water down, swipe a little Dawn on it, rub and rinse and go back to cleaning. Saw on the YouTube not to use their cleaner. I've just used tap water with excellent results. No excuse not to have sparkling windows now. I even use the wet towel thing on screen windows and it removes dust instantly. Really a brilliant invention!!

We have owned previous models of the Karcher cleaner, they are great for cleaning windows. Only feature the new one lacks is attachment to connect to an extension pole for cleaning outdoor windows.

Makes doing windows enjoyable! If the windows were extremely dirty I had to go over it again. It even does the frame beautifully. I’ve got a lot of windows including a complete sunroom and it stays charged!! Would definitely recommend this product to anyone who hates doing windows!!

Does not live up to the claim of no streaks. Bad design on blade.

Look, I get that no one really needs a pricey toy to wash windows. But washing windows is a gigantic pain, especially if you are short like I am and the water runs down your arms when you are trying to squeegie everything. I loved the concept of this product (who doesn't enjoy seeing dirty water captured in a container -- proof positive that their efforts to make the window clean worked!).Better yet, after it arrived and I cleaned every window both indoors and out, I really loved it because it worked exactly the way they said it would! The vacuum picked up all of the moisture off the window and off the squeegie -- I didn't have to wipe the squeegie clean after each swipe, which has always been discouraging. Sooner or later, the rag you are using to clean the squeegie becomes so wet you have to get a new one or the squeegie keeps leaving streaks. That never happened with this great vacuum squeegie -- it swept up every bit of moisture.I read other reviews prior to purchasing this, and I especially focused on the negative ones. So here are a few notes about other people's complaints:1. Mine never leaked. The vacuum didn't leak, and the squirt bottle washer thing didn't leak. It was great!2. Mine didn't run out of battery power, and I did a complete house of windows, although I admit my house is small. You turn it off every time you finish vacuuming a window; you don't leave it running while you wash the next one, so it's on a pretty short amount of time. I just don't understand how it could possibly run out of power.3. I didn't struggle to keep the squeegie flat against the window, and I didn't feel like there was any learning curve. This is incredibly easy to use from the get-go.4. Yes, the nozzle for the sprayer is underneath the mop head instead of on top of it, so the spray is below where you plan to wipe. But if it were on top, I'm willing to bet it would just get in the way of you cleaning every inch of the top part of a window. I was fine with it as designed. I just swiped downward to catch some spray and then up.5. Would it have been nice if they had included two mop heads? Sure, but I'm not sure I would have wanted to pay extra. I'll be frank -- I used a bucket and Lysol in water outdoors because I live on a farm across from a dairy. My windows are not a dainty job. The vacuum picked it all up without a hiccup. Inside, I was delighted to go from window to window with just the one mop head (but maybe my indoor windows are cleaner than the normal person's -- I just don't know).Anyway, kudos to whoever came up with this. I'm actually looking forward to doing the windows again instead of viewing it as a grim task that I'd rather put off.