I've dogs, hens & a cat so my floors can get quite mucky. Obviously the hens aren't constantly walking into the house but they free roam in the garden & even when looking where you're walking chicken poo gets walked into the utility room. So I am constantly cleaning floors & after a bad car accident it's a painful & slow job.
I'd seen various excellant reviews for this steam mop in magazines & read the reviews on Amazon & despite a few negative ones I finally decided to order one. I also ordered a pk of extra mop floor pads at the same time.
As soon as it arrived I was eager to try it out so swept the floor ready to start. It looked simple enough. The pad is dead easy to apply; just place it on the floor with Velcro facing upwards & place the bottom of the mop onto. Then fill the tank with cold water with the plastic jug provided. Select the type of floor you're cleaning on the dial. I started of on a laminate floor. Plug in and switch on. Blue light comes on & within a few seconds changes colour & you're read to clean. It's very light & easy to manovere & actually it makes cleaning floors a bit of a doddle. No filling buckets of water, no ringing out of the mop & no need to dry off the floor afterwards. So happy was I with the results on the laminate floor I moved on to ceramic tiles in the utility room. Now this would really test it, with dried patches of chicken poo & cat & dog footprints all over. Having swept & turned the dial to tiles I started. I allowed the mop to stay on stubborn stains bait longer & eventually it lifted & the floor came up lovely & clean. I now pre wet stubborn dried on mud or chicken poo stains. The cloth was filthy, I removed it & put it in the washing machine. It came out clean but had shrunk a little... still fits though. Ive used the mop on marble & wood & am very pleased with the results & how quick I'm able to clean my floors. I would never have thought I'd get excited about cleaning floors but it's now become almost a pleasure certainly never a chore. I might go as far as say if my husband had bought me it I would have been pleased ( maybe not as much if it was a birthday present but anything is better than nothing) & surprised as he's never bought me anything that would make life easier for me!