Anyone have a flash powermop?

[Reastie]

Would you recommend?

We've just have a new vinyl floor put into our hall/dining room and kitchen. We did have annoying teracotta tiles which were a nightmare to keep clean in the kitchen (very nobbly bobbly with lots of bits where food got stuck. I had to clean them on my hands and knees every time) and carpet in the dining room and hall.

I'm looking for a quick and easy mop which I can use and and when spills occur on a daily basis which doesn't involve faffing with buckets of water. I also need to to actually clean up dirt and mess (ie not get marks/bits stuck on the floor requiring scrubbing separately IYKWIM - or is this not possible...).

So, if you have it

1. would you recommend?
2. is it expensive to run?
3. would it work for me?

If you have anything else you could recommend, I'm all ears

I can't believe I just started a thread about mops and feel excited about getting a new one. I must be getting old

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I have an e-mop and am quite happy with it. the mop head is a microfibre pad which velcos on and off and can go in the washing machine.

it works quite well without any detergent but works brilliantly with a straight to floor squirt on detergent. I just run it under the hot tap, wring it out and Velcro it onto the mop head.

that said, if someone were to buy me a steam mop I would be in raptures. the X5 looks amazing.

i have a flash one and it was good but the i got my steam mop and that is so much better and the fkash one fies wirk out expensive wuth the pads and the liquid

sorry about spelling arhiritic fingers

I prefer an old fashioned white mop - bung the head in the machine. Plenty of hot water/sometime bit of Milton.

The mop I have at the moment is a twist one from Aldi and I really like it- it leaves the floor fairly dry too.

I use a flat mop and lavender wood spray on the laminate floors though.

Yes I have one, its not used all that much. It's good enough for spills etc, but IMO it will not do for thorough cleans. I'm my view there is no substitute for water and a mop (probably why it's stood the test of time). It terms of cost to run I don't know, as In still on the bottle of solution and pads that came with the original machine. I also have a steam mop which is great.

We've got a Vileda version. You wash the pad on the bottom rather than throw away wipes.
I've found it's good for a mop up or quick spruce but its more of a surface clean, not a deep clean.

Interesting. I was hoping it would forgo the need for a 'proper' mop but maybe I should just get one of those if it doesn't do a deep clean . I have a cheap steam 'mop' but it never worked on our old bumpy tiles, the fabric covering kept slipping off, maybe it will work better on more of a flat surface. for comments