Best steam mop floor cleaner?

[mamatothreebunnies]

Looking for the best floor cleaning solution. I’ve tried various types of hand mops etc but really need something quite tough

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The Karcher ones have the densest steam output as far as I know. I ended up not really using mine though, a basic mop is a lot quicker and easier for my hard floors

I have a karcher sc3 steam cleaner and it's great. I usually use it for the floors, but it's also a good all rounder. Before that, I had a Vax combi steam mop. That was pretty good too, but the karcher is so much better.
I have 2 dogs and a busy household so I use a vileda spin mop with flash most days. Its brilliant. The steamer comes out probably twice a month. If I had to choose only one, I'd pick the spin mop.

I had a Karcher kc - well two of them in fact both broke on the cusp of the guarantee. I gave up and went with a vileda spray mop but felt it wasn't through enough I now have the Shark steam and scrub - love it, lightweight, long lead, washable floor mop heads. Highly recommend.

I recently bought a really lightweight one from a company called Polti, and I'm really pleased with it. Much quicker than previous ones. I hope it lasts.

We've got a shark one - it's effortless to use and gives a really good clean