Steam Cleaners - the new rock and roll?

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A couple of my friends have bought these recently. Would you recommend a steam cleaner? I've been browsing them on ebay and I didn't realise you can clean the kitchen floor and ordinary surfaces with them

Are they effective on mattesses too? Or can nothing penetrate that deep. (ooer!)

Any steam cleaner stories and recommendations welcome.

Wait a few months and see if your friends still use theirs - one of them may be ready to hand it over.

Same theory applies to slow cookers by the way
My steam cleaner is too small to handle large areas.

i have one, i swaped it with a mate for a mini sewing macheen about 3 weeks ago,
so far i have found it quite addictive,used it on the sinks down plg holes (water goes down quicker now) urrrm on the sofa , frount room carpet on the beds kids cuddley toys, cats bed the rubbish bin, and i have found its relly good for cleaning windows with to my glass shower doors never been so clean and im not spending loads of money on cleaning sprays now, they have one for 25£ on the woolworths web site, its grate i woodnt b with out myne now i have it

Hmmm dislex. I'm more tempted after your post. I'd love to have clean shower doors.

dislexi which one is it, I'm looking for one for general cleaning. I could only see £29.99 on woolworths (is that the one? JML).

yes that is the one, sorry it must have been on sale a cupple of weekes ago cos it was 25£,
if u look on this \link{http://www.jmldirect.com/product.php?gid=13&pid=124

might have to copy and paste that i dont seem to be able to do links,
it has a vidio of it on there, it dose come with the attachments for glass and stuff,
(defenitly good thing for the shower door my son got a bit happy with the shower gell and it sorted that out with no truble,

I have one. Is great for small areas but not good over big ones. HAve to say that I have abandoned it on the oven and gone back to oven cleaner though is great for round taps and best places, for cleaning washing machine drawer when clogged or quickly defrosting the freezer.

love mine - fantasic use the steam on over dry cotten and it irons a treat. grear for getting into those really hard to get to places. sanitises, uses it on leather etc. I have a big cleaner the polti vaporetto lux. cant live without it.