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動物園的祕密: : 2020 2018 2021 AQ
作者:黃一文 | 繪者: 黃一文
★2020年高雄市立圖書館第一屆「好繪芽獎」新銳獎作品
文本內容帶新意，並呈現兒童甚於大人的細微觀察，能梳理多層次的故事架構。作品呈現的圖像樣態具有潛力與個人氣質，採用上下翻頁的版式，讓構圖和閱讀動線呈現變化的趣味，可判斷未來有多元的蛻變，是值得期待的潛力新人。（決審評審：何香儒 / 施政廷 / 徐素霞 / 陳致元 / 鄒駿昇）
原本充滿期待的動物園之旅
怎麼會接連出現讓人不安的情景？
小男孩洪小茂看到了哪些爸媽沒留意到的線索？
奇怪的視線、爪印，還有消失的小動物，危機似乎一步步迫近……
小男孩幾乎可以確定是被什麼動物跟蹤了！但，為什麼？
在園內僻靜一角的未知遭遇，會讓小男孩的動物園之旅有什麼奇特難忘的經歷呢？
「耶！明天就可以看到我最喜歡的大象了！」小男孩洪小茂一想到明天要去的地方，就興奮得睡不著覺。
第二天，他戴著最喜歡的帽子（猜猜是什麼顏色），也帶著喜歡的溜溜球（這是串起整個故事的重要物件，翻頁閱讀之間請尋找它的存在），跟著爸爸媽媽來到動物園。雖然好想趕快看到大象，可是為了避開人潮，他們一家三口搭乘遊客列車，從人最少的地方開始逛起，第一站正是灰狼的家。
不過，剛數完有幾隻灰狼就被爸爸催促著離開的洪小茂，突然注意到，咦？灰狼怎麼少了一隻！之後，無論洪小茂走到哪裡，都覺得背後有股視線跟著他，但轉過身去看，卻什麼也沒發現；這讓洪小茂多少有些緊張與不安，即使最期待、最愛的大象就在眼前，他也心不在焉。
接下來，明明前一秒還看到但轉瞬間就在照片上消失的鳥、明明有聽到細微「沙、沙──」聲響卻只在步道上發現奇怪爪印……，洪小茂覺得他觀察到的這些現象，應該都和那隻不見了的灰狼有關，他試著想跟爸媽說明他的推理，提出警告，爸媽卻好像一點都沒聽進去。
終於，水中一個灰黑色倒影，讓洪小茂嚇得拉著爸媽拔腿狂奔，但是慌亂之間，他不只跟家人走散了，還在偌大的園區內迷路了。好不容易在僻靜的路旁涼椅，遇見一位身穿斗篷、頭戴帽子的老奶奶，可是上前問路的洪小茂，卻再次受到大大的驚嚇……，因為，因為老奶奶其實……其實就是那隻不見了的灰狼喬裝的！！
灰狼真的如洪小茂沿途觀察、感受到的，一路在不遠處跟著小茂，但，究竟是為什麼呢？洪小茂會有危險嗎？或者小茂遇見的，並不是一隻（如經典童話中常見的）「凶惡」的狼？在帶點懸疑的氣氛中，小茂會經歷一場怎樣的動物園之旅？他和灰狼之間有什麼祕密嗎？……
呼應故事的氛圍和情境，從前蝴蝶頁的動物園地圖起，就運用拼貼與複合媒材，在流暢寫意的線條與色塊間經營出多層次的豐富畫面，讓讀者跟著主角的視野、主角的觀察、主角的心情，不管是上下頁的對照，或是前後翻頁間的搜尋，都能在圖像間找到重要的關聯、有趣的線索；也烘托出從懸疑神祕（還有小小的驚悚）到善意溫馨的意料之外的故事轉折。書末還有主角洪小茂充滿童心與童趣的「動物園圖畫筆記」。
本書特色
◎翻轉「小紅帽」經典童話，從一點點懸疑、一絲絲提心吊膽到充滿驚喜、溫馨的奇幻繪本
◎透過圖像的差異、變化，引發讀者一起觀察與推理；透過故事的轉折、空隙，跳脫既定印象，激發讀者一起想像和創造！
這是你沒看過的「小紅帽」！
仔細觀察、放膽推理，跟著主角一起進入有著一點點懸疑、一絲絲提心吊膽，同時又可以不停「找找看」的動物園之旅，在翻頁之間你也會有奇特難忘、充滿樂趣的閱讀經歷！
文本內容帶新意，並呈現兒童甚於大人的細微觀察，能梳理多層次的故事架構。作品呈現的圖像樣態具有潛力與個人氣質，採用上下翻頁的版式，讓構圖和閱讀動線呈現變化的趣味，可判斷未來有多元的蛻變，是值得期待的潛力新人。（決審評審：何香儒 / 施政廷 / 徐素霞 / 陳致元 / 鄒駿昇）
原本充滿期待的動物園之旅
怎麼會接連出現讓人不安的情景？
小男孩洪小茂看到了哪些爸媽沒留意到的線索？
奇怪的視線、爪印，還有消失的小動物，危機似乎一步步迫近……
小男孩幾乎可以確定是被什麼動物跟蹤了！但，為什麼？
在園內僻靜一角的未知遭遇，會讓小男孩的動物園之旅有什麼奇特難忘的經歷呢？
「耶！明天就可以看到我最喜歡的大象了！」小男孩洪小茂一想到明天要去的地方，就興奮得睡不著覺。
第二天，他戴著最喜歡的帽子（猜猜是什麼顏色），也帶著喜歡的溜溜球（這是串起整個故事的重要物件，翻頁閱讀之間請尋找它的存在），跟著爸爸媽媽來到動物園。雖然好想趕快看到大象，可是為了避開人潮，他們一家三口搭乘遊客列車，從人最少的地方開始逛起，第一站正是灰狼的家。
不過，剛數完有幾隻灰狼就被爸爸催促著離開的洪小茂，突然注意到，咦？灰狼怎麼少了一隻！之後，無論洪小茂走到哪裡，都覺得背後有股視線跟著他，但轉過身去看，卻什麼也沒發現；這讓洪小茂多少有些緊張與不安，即使最期待、最愛的大象就在眼前，他也心不在焉。
接下來，明明前一秒還看到但轉瞬間就在照片上消失的鳥、明明有聽到細微「沙、沙──」聲響卻只在步道上發現奇怪爪印……，洪小茂覺得他觀察到的這些現象，應該都和那隻不見了的灰狼有關，他試著想跟爸媽說明他的推理，提出警告，爸媽卻好像一點都沒聽進去。
終於，水中一個灰黑色倒影，讓洪小茂嚇得拉著爸媽拔腿狂奔，但是慌亂之間，他不只跟家人走散了，還在偌大的園區內迷路了。好不容易在僻靜的路旁涼椅，遇見一位身穿斗篷、頭戴帽子的老奶奶，可是上前問路的洪小茂，卻再次受到大大的驚嚇……，因為，因為老奶奶其實……其實就是那隻不見了的灰狼喬裝的！！
灰狼真的如洪小茂沿途觀察、感受到的，一路在不遠處跟著小茂，但，究竟是為什麼呢？洪小茂會有危險嗎？或者小茂遇見的，並不是一隻（如經典童話中常見的）「凶惡」的狼？在帶點懸疑的氣氛中，小茂會經歷一場怎樣的動物園之旅？他和灰狼之間有什麼祕密嗎？……
呼應故事的氛圍和情境，從前蝴蝶頁的動物園地圖起，就運用拼貼與複合媒材，在流暢寫意的線條與色塊間經營出多層次的豐富畫面，讓讀者跟著主角的視野、主角的觀察、主角的心情，不管是上下頁的對照，或是前後翻頁間的搜尋，都能在圖像間找到重要的關聯、有趣的線索；也烘托出從懸疑神祕（還有小小的驚悚）到善意溫馨的意料之外的故事轉折。書末還有主角洪小茂充滿童心與童趣的「動物園圖畫筆記」。
本書特色
◎翻轉「小紅帽」經典童話，從一點點懸疑、一絲絲提心吊膽到充滿驚喜、溫馨的奇幻繪本
◎透過圖像的差異、變化，引發讀者一起觀察與推理；透過故事的轉折、空隙，跳脫既定印象，激發讀者一起想像和創造！
這是你沒看過的「小紅帽」！
仔細觀察、放膽推理，跟著主角一起進入有著一點點懸疑、一絲絲提心吊膽，同時又可以不停「找找看」的動物園之旅，在翻頁之間你也會有奇特難忘、充滿樂趣的閱讀經歷！
作者／繪者
黃一文
中原大學商業設計系畢。插畫家，也做平面設計。
2018年參加劉旭恭老師的繪本製作課後，投入故事創作。
作品入選2021年波隆納插畫展，曾參與國家人權博物館舉辦之第一屆「畫話：一座島的故事」人權繪本工作坊、高雄市立圖書館舉辦之第一屆「好繪芽」繪本徵選、信誼幼兒文學獎等，並屢獲獎項肯定。
為《AQ挫折復原力繪本：慢一點也沒關係》（小天下出版）一書的繪者。
擅長使用複合媒材，希望可以創作出小孩和大人都能優游享受其中的圖畫書。
中原大學商業設計系畢。插畫家，也做平面設計。
2018年參加劉旭恭老師的繪本製作課後，投入故事創作。
作品入選2021年波隆納插畫展，曾參與國家人權博物館舉辦之第一屆「畫話：一座島的故事」人權繪本工作坊、高雄市立圖書館舉辦之第一屆「好繪芽」繪本徵選、信誼幼兒文學獎等，並屢獲獎項肯定。
為《AQ挫折復原力繪本：慢一點也沒關係》（小天下出版）一書的繪者。
擅長使用複合媒材，希望可以創作出小孩和大人都能優游享受其中的圖畫書。
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★★★★★ 5
(I'd sleep with this thing if my wife wouldn't get jealous!)
Style: PowerFresh Steam Mop
Hi. I'm an artist. Which means I don't earn much... but all the chores of a house husband. I don't mind most chores. I do windows, despise dusting, and resent mopping. But you have to mop the porcelain floors or you can't invite guests over.
It took a long time for me to figure out how to mop properly. I used one of those sponge mops (which you can pull back into itself to ring out the dirty water). Instead of ringing out into the same bucket, I'd ring into the sink and even wash the sponge. Picture this. Even in a moderately sized condo, I'd rinse the mop at least 20 times during once mopping. That's a lot of hot water. So is the two gallon bucket I'd have to fill with Simple Green. Gallons of water and chemicals.
And when I was done? MEH said the floor. It was better but not optimal.
So my mop broke and I went to replace it. Couldn't. The Rollomatic was no longer at OSH. Which sucks because I have a replacement head that's now useless. I went to Amazon to see if they carry it. They do, but they also carry this Bissell baby.
It looks like cheap plastic. Know why? To keep it light. If it were metal you'd never use it. This light design is just right and about 1/4th of the work of the Rollomatic. And there's no bucket to move around. The 'bucket' is a small reservoir that could hold two cans of Coke in it. Maybe one and half.
When you open the box, assembly should be easy but for one thing: when you attach the handle to the unit, the handle can be slid in upside down. Which means when you go to put the one screw in it mysteriously won't work. I'm not the handyman type but I know 'engineers' can paint on a little red line on the handle and unit and tell us to make them 'match' each other to avoid this mistake. Or shape the rod in such a way that it can only slide in the correct way. A silly little design flaw.
Okay. There's no on or off switch. You just plug in. A little blue light blinks. About a minute later it's ready. Then you pick what steaming power you want. Light, Medium, Heavy. Understand the unit comes wearing a 'gentle mop' and includes a 'scrubby mop' in the box. So it therefore comes with six levels of intensity: gentle light, gentle medium, gentle heavy, scrubby light, scrubby medium, scrubby heavy.
I put off buying a new mop for ages and so it was particularly dirty. On my tile floor in the kitchen and major walkways, scrubby mop/heavy steam was needed. In other areas the gentle mop/medium steam did the trick. I should say here that I had to change from the gentle mop to the scrubby mop because the gentle mop got filthy fast. If Bissell wanted to be the bestest -- they'd include an additional set of mop heads for the same price. If that didn't get through: if you have a ginormous home to mop, you'll need more of the mop heads if the floor is particularly dirty.
A few cool things --
1. Under the cabinets in my kitchen is that part of floor the normal mop could barely clean. Grime would slowly build up and the only way to fix that was paper towels, spray, and hands & knees. This Bissell? Cleaned MONTHS OF FILTH in minutes. (This is what made me first consider taking the Bissell out for dinner and a movie.)
2. You don't need Simple Green and Pine Sol. This is STEAM. And you don't need a ton of water. (This is when I considered asking the Bissell back to my place.)
3. What was a solid hour of mopping is about 25 minutes with the Bissell. And that old school mopping used to make me so tired I refused to clean the upstairs linoleum bathroom... which is only a few feet wide. I did that too... in two minutes. (This is when I poured the wine for the Bissell and dimmed the lights a little.)
4. Because it's now so easy to 'mop'... I can do this weekly. Instead of what seemed to be every 4-6 weeks. (I told you I didn't like mopping, didn't I?)
(Oh, and this is when my wife caught me and the Bissell in a compromised position. But this is my only affair and I won't apologize! Damn it this thing is awesome. Sure I wish she was a cheaper date, but hey, she sure can make me steamy.)
<3
THREE MONTHS UPDATE:
Yes, my affair with this thing is still on-ongoing. Maybe not as hot and heavy, but yes -- there is still love. However, I stumbled upon something which requires rewording and correcting.
Above I said that grime came off with the first uses. And it did. What I didn't know until recently was that it doesn't remove ALL the grime. I had six or so years of it building up slowly, despite my Simple Green mopping and Bissell steaming. I basically forget my floor was matte finished, and you could clearly see a grimy 'shine'.
So I got on my hands and knees with a harsh plastic brush, hot water, and some soapy water with some OxyClean mixed it. Surprise surprise -- this cleaned off YEARS of gunk. What I thought were scratches in the porcelain floor were really scratches in the gunk. This is why people hire people when they sell their home to come in and use those machines to REALLY clean the floor.
And so my question will become IS the Bissell enough to stave off this 'gunk' that builds up -- and how long before I'm forced to scrub hands and knees style. If I can go a full year without needing to scrub so hard, I'll be satisfied but not delighted. If it's two to three, delighted but not thrilled. If the Bissell prevents me from ever having to scrub the floor again, I'll be Michael Jackson Thrilled.
So I'll come back the first moment I have an answer to that question.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2014
★★★★★ 5
Whoa! This did the trick!
Style: PowerFresh Steam Mop
I just put the Bissell steam mop through its paces and I'm moved to write a scintillating review. It arrived today and took all of five minutes to assemble. So simple a caveman can do it. I followed the directions (note to other dissatisfied reviewers) to the letter. Filled the reservoir with distilled water (not top water and DEFINITELY no chemicals) and selected the lowest steam setting once the ready light steadied after a short warm up. Before setting out on my steam adventure, I vacuumed all of the floors so everything was dirt free.
Our house is a mix of laminate floors and stone. We also live in a chemical-free and fragrance-free house so I ditched the fragrance discs. We don't need the phony manmade smells. I went with the lightest setting for the laminate since I did not want to over-hydrate the flooring. I did a careful pattern, a stroke at a time, to ensure I went over the laminate wood twice. The upstroke laid down the steam and then the downstroke ensured the sturdy mop head did its job.
Our floors weren't in terrible shape but there were dirt, smudges and streaking left over from the family holidays. Also having two dogs that seem to love to bring into the house anything they find outside rounded out the state of the flooring. I noticed immediately that the floors looked clean even though they were still a little damp. The mop glides nicely over the flooring and I gotta say it was kinda fun. A little music and I'm a cleaning machine.
Curiosity got the better of me so I lifted up the mop and put my hand under to see how hot the steam is. Word to the wise... steam is hot. That's why it's steam. And steam hurts.
After the floors and stairs, I proceeded to tackle the stone tile in the entry way, kitchen and bathrooms. Once again I felt it was cleaning it nicely. A quick examination of the formerly-white pad found that a dark grey color now adorned the pad. That showed me this was doing the trick.
I increased the steam to the middle setting when doing the entryway. That's the dirtiest part of the house and I figured correctly that the extra steam wouldn't harm the stone. At the increased setting the mop turned into a dirt-busting dervish with nothing standing in it's way.
Completing the steam adventure was a snap. Cleanup and proper mop storage took a just a minute. I did spend a good fifteen minutes fawning over my now clean floors. My wife was suitably impressed and commented frequently how nice everything looked. This must be how an early man hunter-gatherer felt after bagging a mastodon for the family pack.
All in all, I highly recommend this steam mop. It's lightweight, easy to use and best of all you too can impress the misses.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019
★★★★★ 5
DON’T – get a Shark
Style: PowerFresh Steam Mop
This is one of my Top 10 Favorite Amazon Purchases. If you like short reviews, my second to last section is pretty much a summary of why I find the Bissell Steam Mop far superior to the Shark Steam Mop.
I’ve been trying to write more in-depth, detailed reviews with pictures and videos. On this steam mop, there’s tons of great reviews and videos already and I don’t think I can make one that’s better. I did want to throw my hat in the ring with those who LOVE this steam mop. My review will focus on how much more happy I am with this steam mop than with the Shark Steam Mops I had in the past.
♦I Got a Shark!
Our house is about 2100 sq ft and every inch except for the garage and the kitchen area is ceramic tile. The kitchen area is laminate for now (i.e. steam-moppable). I remember thinking, I am never going to scrub these floors on my hands and knees. I was impressed by the infomercial and read many reviews on the Shark. The negative ones mostly mentioned about how the plastic shaft broke by putting too much pressure on it. This didn’t seem too bad to me, so I went ahead and purchased it new for about eighty to a hundred bucks at a local store around the time we moved in about 5 years ago.
♦It Worked Great – Until It Didn’t!
I was delighted to find out how well the Shark cleaned the floors and was always careful to be gentle as possible to avoid breaking the plastic. I admit I didn’t 100% understand the difference between distilled and filtered water, so I always used bottled water. I’ll also admit that I am not a clean freak: I clean to relieve stress, for company, or when it’s getting really bad, even by my not-so-high standards. The first Shark lasted for several years of infrequent use. My mother accidentally broke it when cleaning once and replaced it with one from the second-hand store.
The one she purchased for me worked for a while. I think I got a third from the second-hand store as well. That one stopped working a few months ago. I tried another two from the thrift but neither worked. At this point, I was just about done with Sharks – I didn’t see any at the second hand store and I wasn’t about to buy another one for full price. A few months ago we had houseguests coming, so I searched on Amazon for several hours and this Bissell appealed to me the most.
♦Hail Mary Pass! Fail.
I was about to purchase it but wondered if any of the literally 3-4 Sharks I had in my laundry room could be fixed. I read several articles on the Sharks not working due to being clogged with mineral deposits. I tried the pipe cleaner, the paperclip, and CLR; unfortunately, nothing worked. At this point, I decided to cut my losses and ordered the Bissell.
♦Hello Bissell – Where were you all my life?
I was impressed by the Bissell immediately upon taking it out of the box. Here are my thoughts on the differences between the two:
•The Bissell is significantly sturdier and of a much higher quality than the Shark. I wish I would have taken side-by-side pictures, but I immediately trashed the Sharks upon using the Bissell for the first time.
•The water tank on the Shark is small. It is built into the unit, which is inconvenient when it comes to re-filling. The hole to pour water in is tiny. It’s nice that they provide a tiny funnel, but that’s just something else to store and/or lose and I’d rather have an opening big enough where I didn’t need a funnel. The Bissell tank is much larger. It is removable and the opening is very easy to fill. We can mop so much more of the floor on one Bissell water tank than we could with the Shark.
**I am not sure if my other Shark issues were possibly caused by not using distilled water; I want to keep my Bissell for a long time, so I am making it a point to keep several gallons of distilled water on hand for those times when I am in the cleaning mood.
•I find that the Bissell cleans just as well as the Shark, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it worked better and allowed me to clean it faster if I was able to do a side-by-side comparison. We haven’t used the scrubby brush yet.
•The Bissell stands up by itself; the Shark does not (if not propped against something, it will fall). I am definitely someone who has a tendency to knock things over so I won’t be leaving the Bissell in a room upright for an extended period of time, but I find this very convenient when I am moving from room to room, or refilling the water tank. I may also get motivated one day to leave it running on the floor to try to clean the grout lines. There was no way to do this with the Shark.
•My mother was able to find many Shark pads at the second hand store. I still have about ten of them in a container, in hopes that I’ll find a way to be able to use them with the Bissell. Extra Bissell pads are expensive. I purchased a pack of 2 on Amazon, since if the cleaning bug hits me, I don’t want to be forced to wait to finish mopping until after laundering the pads. I wish the Bissell pads were cheaper, but the replacements did fit perfectly and work as well as the originals. I have no complaints about the quality. http://amzn.com/B00A6G37SU
•I didn’t use and I have no intention of using fragrance disks. I don’t like artificial fragrances, although I do like essential oils. I read some people put a few drops in the water tank, and I bet they smell great, but I plan on just using water. My main concern is that the Bissell continues to work as long as possible, and I don’t want to add anything that could potentially clog or degrade the system.
**Edit: Please read the excellent comment another reviewer added regarding the warranty. I find this information very important.**
♦Last Word
I feel somewhat hypocritical in being harsh on the Shark for not lasting longer when I did have my first at least two years for sure, and I’ve only had the Bissell a few months (so I don’t know for sure how long it will last). The difference in quality between the two, even at first sight, is remarkable, so I would be very surprised if the Bissell did not outlive the Shark. I will update my review if anything changes for the better or worse.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2015
★★★★★ 5
Woww! it's great
Style: Steam Starter
don't normally write reviews but Ohh My! great performance! especially for the price. I can't afford to buy a wicked expensive professional high end steamer, so went for this. I did 4 rooms rinsing/hand washing the pad in between rooms. time consuming for first run but wanted to do it right as the directions instructed. tip.. take yr time with patience. a small area at a time, moving the mop slow, pumping the handle for good steam. as instructed go over the area numerous times (per directions 15 strokes), slowly. I broke it down to smaller patches of floor at a time. took a lot of breaks so I had patience. after the steam cleaning I mopped all the floors with my swiffer (reusable cloth pad) n pine sol to test how dirty the swiffer pad got as opposed to normally. huge difference! barely dirty swiffer pad, indicating the steam mop did the job. tested out barefoot & my floors feel soo smoothe n clean! also my house is high traffic from people and PETS. even with cleaning regularly the mop pad got verry dirty, i know it took a lot of dirt off the floors that normal cleaning just dont achieve. made a HUGE differences to crevices & edges where grime builds up. note: over time the floors will get even cleaner, can't expect perfection one round with built up dirt that hasn't been thoroughly cleaned by normal mopping. as time goes by can probably lighten up with the time spent & the repetitions.
is plastic but thats a great thing, is light making it very easy to keep going! Just be careful not to bang it up or toss it around. reaches under furniture items great! manuevers with ease in all directions. wish the water reservoir was bigger had to refill several times, however as I said I took my time going over all areas numerous times, pumping out lots of steam. I will probably thoroughly steam mop the floors periodically, in between do normal mopping.
have a new ceramic tile bathroom floor that per the instructions, I did not use the steam mop. if it's not coated or sealed it can discolor the ceramic. read all the directions.
the cord is frustrating, in the way. i hold it up as i mop but for the price and performance i can deal with that. don't hesitate my house feels so clean n sanitized!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Good steamer and brand name.
Style: Steam Starter
I gave 4 stars as Shark Steamer mop S1000 is a good product. My last one was the purple steam mop and lasted 15 years. It was used at least once a week on all floors and for mess. It has the power steam and wipe the dirt away. Fast and easy. I have sealed hard wood floors, lots of tile, have always had two large dogs and one messy spouse who seams to drop everything on the kitchen floor, and brings in mud. (The dogs are cleaner). Needless to say, it gets good use. Fill the tank, wait as instructions say 2-3 minutes, you will hear the steam and it ready. I like the washable pads and ordered six extra to have them on had. The last was you had to fill the tank, not removable. This new one has a removable tank which I like the idea. Easy to dump out any water remain to let dry. However, maybe because it’s new, I find the tank is a bit hard to remove, the instructions say to pull up and out. You have to just pull out. The button under the tank on the machine its self does push in to allow the tank to snap back into place, but to remove it takes a little figure power to pull out. It needs a tank release button to make easier for arthritis hands. But I am still sticking with this machine and brand, hope it does me just as well as the last one.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2026
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