網上的理由是“Without it, any moisture that works its way to the Hot Mop would have no where to go. Over time the moisture would build up bacteria and MOLD, that eventually come up through the grout joints.”但是moisture到了斜的Hot Mop還是和水平的Hot Mop一樣還是要停留那裏,隻是斜的Hot Mop會幫助moisture往低處(drain area)聚集。