Tineco Floor One S6 vs Stretch S6: It's more than just flexibility!
By Naila Syifa
Updated July 2024
Tineco Floor One S6 series offers a range of cordless wet and dry vacuum cleaners with advanced features. The Stretch S6 model, as the name suggests, provides additional flexibility with its reclinable design to reach low and tight spaces.
But is it the only advantage it offers over the standard Floor One S6 model? Let's dive in and compare both models across a few aspects to find out!
Key Takeaways
Tineco Floor One Stretch S6's primary benefits over the S6 lie in the flexible design, which can recline to 180°, swivel to 45°, and access tight spaces with its 5.1" low profile. In features, their many difference lies in self-cleaning. Stretch S6 self-cleans by washing and drying with hot water and air, while the standard S6 uses less effective unheated water for washing and centrifugal air for drying.
Tineco Floor One S6
Flawless Floor Cleaning
✓ iLoop Smart Sensor
✓ Auto, Max, Suction Mode
✓ MHCBS Technology
✓ Dual-Sided Edge Cleaning
Tineco Floor One Stretch S6
Comprehensive Floor Cleaning
✓ 180° Lay-flat
✓ FlashDry Self-Cleaning
✓ MHCBS Technology
✓ Triple-Sided Edge Cleaning
#1 Price
Tineco Floor One S6
Interestingly, Tineco Floor One Stretch S6 retails for US$600, which is the same price as the standard S6 model, making it an even more compelling choice for consumers.
However, promotional offers and discounts may create some price gaps between the two models at different times, so it's always best to keep an eye on the pricing continuously to secure the best deal.
#2 Design
Tineco Floor One Stretch S6
Design is mainly what sets the Stretch S6 apart from the original S6 model. Tineco Floor One Stretch S6 introduces a new lay-flat design that reclines fully to 180°, allowing the vacuum to clean under furniture and in other tight spaces with ease. The standard Floor One S6 only reclines up to 142°, so the Stretch S6 provides significantly more flexibility and reach.
Both vacuums have an unconstrained roller brush that extends from edge to edge. Tineco terms such a design as "dual-sided edge cleaning", allowing the brush to reach as close as 0.2" (0.5 cm) to walls and baseboard on both right and left sides.
The Stretch S6 further improves upon this design with a "triple-sided edge cleaning", which also extends the cleaning reach along the front edge.
Tineco Floor One S6
Another design difference is the water tanks. Though both models have the same water tank capacity, measuring 0.8 L for clean water and 0.72 L for dirty water, they have different water tank positions that impact their flexibility.
In the standard S6 model, both the clean and dirty water tanks are located in the main body, resulting in a bulky profile. Meanwhile, the Stretch S6 relocates the clean water tank above the brush head, so it boasts a low profile that measures just 5.1" (13 cm) in height when laid flat. This further enhances the Stretch S6's flexibility, allowing it to clean any low space with at least 5.1" (13 cm) of clearance.
The dirty water tank of the Stretch S6 is still located in the main body just as the standard S6 model, but it introduces a new 3-Chamber Dirty Water Separation that efficiently separates solids, liquids, and air. This helps to protect the motor and ensure full cleaning power even when lying flat.
Tineco Floor One Stretch S6
Two more design elements that add to the Stretch S6's flexibility are a 45° swivel head that can turn left and right flexibly, as well as mini assistive wheels that make both pushing forward and pulling backward easy.
Tineco Floor One S6 is also equipped with a self-propulsion system that allows for effortless maneuvering, but it only helps with forward movement. Pulling backward provides more resistance and requires more effort.
#3 Features
Tineco Floor One S6
When it comes to features, Tineco Floor One S6 and Floor One Stretch S6 have many more similarities than differences. Both vacuums offer the iLoop Smart Sensor that can detect the level of dirt and automatically adjust the suction power and water flow accordingly, as well as the advanced MHCBS technology that constantly keeps the roller brush clean during use to prevent cross-contamination between clean and dirty areas.
Both vacuums also have the same 3 cleaning modes: Auto for automatic adjustments using the iLoop Smart Sensor, Max for more intense cleaning, and Suction for absorbing liquid or spills on the floor.
App connectivity is supported for both models, providing access to additional features through the Tineco app, including cleaning performance, reports, maintenance reminders, and more. Both vacuums also feature a voice prompt, which gives audio feedback during operation on the cleaning process, important alerts, and more.
Self-Cleaning
Tineco Floor One Stretch S6
While both vacuums offer a self-cleaning feature, the mechanisms are different, with the Stretch S6 being more advanced. Self-cleaning in the Tineco Floor Stretch S6 involves 158°F hot water washing with a bi-rotating roller brush and 158°F hot air flash-dry, while the standard S6 self-cleans with unheated water and uses centrifugal air for drying.
The result is significantly different. Self-cleaning in the Stretch S6 is not only faster but also more thorough, deeper, and results in a dry roller brush. Meanwhile, self-cleaning in the standard S6 takes more time, leaves a wetter roller brush, and is less effective at removing stubborn stains like tomato sauce.
#4 Battery
Tineco Floor One S6
The Tineco Floor One Stretch S6 features an upgraded pouch cell battery, which triples the battery lifespan over long-term use. It also has a longer runtime of around 40 minutes on a single charge, and can cover an estimated area of up to 300 sqm.
Meanwhile, the standard Floor One S6 can last for up to 35 minutes on a single charge and cover an estimated area of up to 230 sqm.
Tineco Floor One S6 vs Tineco Floor One Stretch S6
Final Thoughts
Tineco Floor One Stretch S6
Tineco has clearly put a lot of thought into the design and features of the Floor One Stretch S6 to make it a more versatile and capable vacuum compared to the standard S6 model.
The Stretch S6's ability to recline to a full 180 degrees, swivel 45 degrees, and its low 5.1-inch profile allow it to access tight spaces and clean under furniture with ease. The upgraded self-cleaning system using hot water and hot air is also a significant improvement over the standard S6's less effective unheated water washing and centrifugal air drying. Compared to the S6, the Stretch S6 also offers a longer battery life and a larger coverage area.
With the same retail price as the S6, the Stretch S6 appears to offer consumers a lot of additional value for their money, making it a very compelling choice in the Tineco Floor One S6 series.
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