Best Shark Steam Mops & Hard Floor Cleaners

I got last wesday and i love it's so light easy to use in the past Hoover steam mop that was heavy and leaked water not this mop Show details

This mop is fantastic. I have about 100sqm of hard floors - all epoxy coated. Since it was laid about 5 years ago, I have only ever vacuumed and… Read more

mopped the floor with the old school bucket and dangly mop that I would wring out. Only a few months ago, I was seeing that the floor wasn't coming up clean no matter how often I mopped and changed water and detergents. I tried mopping with detergent water from one bucket and rinsing in another bucket. I decided to look for steam mops. No idea what to look for but jumped online and noticed the Shark was getting good reviews for a reasonable price. I bought one straight away and had it delivered. The mop is well packed including a user manual and a super long power cord (something like 8 metres or thereabouts), and 4x scrubbing pads (2 sets). After a vacuum of the floor, I filled the mop with distilled water and placed the 2 pads on the bottom. Turned it on and chose the hard core deep clean mode from the 3 options - light, medium, deep. Didn't take long at all to heat up and ready to go. Once I got going, it was fun to use. It didn't take long at all to do the whole floor area. I had to change powerpoints only once because the one powerpoint didn't cover the whole area. The scrubbing function of the pads spinning around makes a difference. The unit runs reasonably quiet. There is no effort to physically scrub or press into the floor for the mop to work. The storage tank held enough water for me to clean the whole floor without refilling. Refilling for each use is very easy. Just pop open the tank lip and pour the water in then push close the lid. The mop is light and easy to maneuver. The difference after the first steam mopping is huge. There is a massive noticeable difference in cleans from the regular mop to the steam mop. The floor now has it's glossy polished look that was lost over the years. The pads came out quite dirty on the first use but the best thing is, they can be thrown into a wash bag and into the washing machine for next use. 2nd and subsequent cleans didn't leave the pads as dirty as the first use. I'm a big fan of this steam mop.