Indians spend 35 minutes each day wet cleaning their floors, says Dyson’s study

Indians are much more passionate and proactive about cleaning. On average, people in India spend about 35 minutes each day wet cleaning their hard floors, noted Dyson’s Global Wet Cleaning Study.

On contrary, it revealed that the cleaning habits in South Korea and Australia is quite reactive. They would only clean after making a mess, like spilling something on the floor, rather than making it a regular routine.

Globally, Dyson found that most people still have hard floors, but over half are still using traditional methods like a mop or cloth. Many are dissatisfied with the results these methods provide.

“We found that traditional methods like using a mop and cloth have a major drawback: you’re often cleaning with dirty water. You have a bucket of water, you keep dunking the mop in it, and instead of actually removing dust and grime, you’re often just spreading it from room to room,” it said.

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Dyson discovered that only 49% of people in India changed their dirty water when moving between rooms. This means that, even if dirt or grime isn’t visibly present, our research showed that a fine layer was still being spread across the entire home, which is not a very hygienic method.

In the survey, Dyson said that 62% of Indian respondents thought a vacuum cleaner with wet functionality would be the most effective method, yet they see that adoption remains quite low.

Tim Hare, Dyson engineer, said, their technology is optimised for greater efficacy. “Our machine pumps clean water from a separate clean water tank and delivers it precisely to the floor through our hydration points. The second step is the absorption and extraction of dirt and debris. We have a dedicated dirty water tank that remains completely separate from the clean water tank. By doing this, you’re isolating and removing contaminants, which results in higher performance than traditional cleaning methods.”

On adoption of automated wet cleaners by Indians, Tim said that culturally, it still seems ingrained for people to use traditional methods, but we would like to see a shift toward automated wet cleaners that offer better hygiene, easier maintenance, and importantly, save time as well.

The study was conducted over 20,000 participants across 28 countries, including India, to understand people’s cleaning habits, the types of floors they have, their pain points, and what they look for in a wet floor cleaner.