I tried the $299 Philips OneUp electric mop and I’m officially obsessed with my sparkling floors

I never thought I would become the kind of person who enjoys mopping , but here we are.

Since adding the Philips OneUp 5000 Series Cordless Electric Mop to my cleaning routine, I’ve found myself mopping my apartment every other day.

Not because my floors suddenly became dirtier, but because the whole process is so much easier than dragging out a traditional mop and bucket.

For apartment living, it makes a lot of sense. The Philips OneUp is compact enough to store in a broom cupboard and most importantly, there is no bulky bucket of water involved, which alone feels like a win.

Traditional mopping can mean pushing the same dirty water around your floor, leaving surfaces looking clean without necessarily removing everything that has been picked up.

The Philips OneUp takes a different approach. Its patented dual water tank technology keeps clean and dirty water separate , pumping fresh water onto the floor while simultaneously sucking up the dirty water.

The result, in my experience, is a noticeably fresh-looking floor without the usual faff of filling a bucket , dunking a mop, wringing it out and repeating the process.

One of the biggest surprises for me has been how useful it is for those small cleaning emergencies.

I spilled coffee in the kitchen one morning and, rather than wiping it up and telling myself I would properly mop later, I grabbed the OneUp.

I filled the tank with water, gave the kitchen floor a quick pass and was done. No bucket, or wringing, or hauling out a larger floor-cleaning machine that would make me late for work.

When I came home that evening, the kitchen floor was still sparkling. It was such a small thing, but it made me realise how much easier cleaning becomes when the equipment isn’t a chore to use.

Instead of saving up a big cleaning job for the weekend, the OneUp is designed to make those quick washes much more manageable.

Another feature I noticed immediately was how quickly the floor dried.

Philips says the OneUp can offer up to 50 per cent faster drying with its OneUp Pads, while the supplied information says the system can dry floors twice as fast as a regular mop.