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tell me about steam mops please

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Whenisitmysleepytime · 01/12/2011 07:59

i'm thinking of getting one for the kitchen floor. but i know nothing about them. please educate me in all the ways of the steam mop user! Thank you! :)

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anonymousbird · 01/12/2011 17:51

I don't have one, so can't directly help. However I recall a recent thread that caught my eye, you might find it if you do a search. People raved about them, I seem to recall.

I do, however have an E-cloth Mop which is AMAZING. I simply love it. I am a life long hater of mopping the floor, until now! You do, however, need a completely flat floor for it to be used to its best potential.

I watch with interest as well!

Maryz · 01/12/2011 18:00

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oreocrumbs · 01/12/2011 18:02

I have one and its so so! Bought it mainly because it kills bacteria and cleans with out detergent, this was when I was pg and oh so worried about such things - now I actually have DD - who licks the animals, plays in any muck and dirt she can find etc - a bit of detergent doesn't worry me so much Grin. Its been used a couple of times, its not as good as a good mop head and soapy water! I also have a steam cleaner, now that has been more useful, not every day but when you are doing a deep clean.

Unless you are very clean, the cloth on the head gets very dirty very fast and you constantly need to change it unless its just me and I'm a minger?

Also for the steam mop to sanitise the floor you have to hold it over each area for 30 seconds - not really feasable IMO

thebigkahuna · 01/12/2011 18:06

I just bought one tioday with my clubcard points.

Seems alright.

Cleaned plenty of grime off my wood floors.

I'm not the type to care about whether my floors are shiny or look nice or anything like that so I can't comment on how they look.

oreocrumbs · 01/12/2011 18:11

Maryz - you have to clan the floors first?? That will be why I went through so many mop heads Grin

Perhaps I should have read the destructions Blush

acumenin · 01/12/2011 18:22

This is all true but dull, but I guess this is proper forum for such.

I've got one from Lakeland for about sixty pounds, and I mostly think it's good. I found it weird at first. You have to invert your technique from normal mops, so, you go really slowly and gently on grotty parts (to steam off the grot) and then sweep quickly back and forth over cleaner parts.

I mop the walk-through part of the floor more often (most days now) as somehow it's less mental effort than a bucket. The no-detergent thing is good, as is the sterilisation factor. I change the head after doing the whole house, or when it gets grotty from doing bits. Mine came with 3 cloths and I wash them three or four times a month. The only real pain is that you have to wash the cloths at 30 degrees and I don't have anything else that I wash at that temp, but I might just start putting them in the hot wash with the dishcloths anyway.

Mine folds up quite small and it works fine to do cupboard fronts, bathroom walls, cooker hood, etc, as well as the floors.

Oh, and it dries streakily on high gloss but I don't have anything high gloss so I only know this because it's a Big Divider with steam mops.

You may as well get one from Lakeland and try it, because (my rationale) if it turns out to be marmite, you can just send it back.

RecursiveMoon · 01/12/2011 18:27

I don't know anything about steam mops, but my e-cloth mop is amazing on my flat floors - really quick and easy.

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