I HATE mopping the kitchen and bathroom floors. We have 2 dogs, one of which sheds his short brindle hairs simply by breathing. There are 3 men, each of whom daily shave or trim their hair, beards and nose hairs leaving hundreds of bits of stubble and hair bits of various lengths all over the sink and floor. Then there is my youngest, who goes into the bathroom after the men to do her hair – meaning she sprays half a can of mousse, gel and hair spray to “scrunch” her hair; thereby gluing the hundreds of little hairs left by the men, on to the floor!
I have to sweep the floors twice before I can even begin mopping and even then I don’t get the kind of clean I’m looking for – until now. I was up late one night and saw and info-mercial about the Shark Steamer 
and I knew I had to have it. The downside is I hate calling in during info-mercials because they try to get you to buy so many other things you don’t really want and then there is S&H, so I held off.
Then about 3 weeks ago I was in BB&B and saw the steamer and had a 20% off coupon so into my cart it went.
I will say that the first time I used it, I wasn’t totally impressed. I even thought about taking it back because even though I swept the floors as usual before mopping, there was still stuff left behind and the floor was tacky, even though I didn’t use any cleaners.
Then it dawned on me, years of using cleaners had caused a build up on my floors so I swept the floor again and ran the steamer over the floor again.
I can’t believe how clean my floors get and how super fast they dry. I still sweep 2 times before I mop, but it’s worth it. I can now clean my floors every day and it takes me less than 10 minutes to sweep and mop and I’m saving money and the environment because I don’t need any cleaners. If I want something fragrant in the air I spray some Oust or light a candle – a Soy Candle, that is!
My kids love helping out which is awesome and my floors never looked better. It is worth the investment!
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I have a much older style but same idea mop and I LOVE it! I don’t know what I would do with out it. =0)
Thanks for this tip. I’ve been looking into getting a steamer lately – and I’d love the idea of cleaning not being a pain!
Hmmm…I might have to go check out this product. It sounds wonderful!
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I have a cat that is sometimes incontinent. Urine odors can sometimes last almost endlessly. How effective is steam cleaning on tile floors?
Hi Colin, I love my steam mop. It cleans the floors so well, steaming sanitizes and leaves no chemical residue and I have 2 dogs so I don’t worry if they nibble some food that fell on the floor. I will say that the only drawback is having to sweep before you mop and after you mop, because of the pet hair that somehow clings to the floor, but it takes less than a minute to sweep after you mop – just make sure the floor is dry, which again only takes a minute or two. I WILL NEVER MOP MY FLOORS USING THE TRADITIONAL MOP AND BUCKET METHOD, EVER AGAIN! Since your cat tends to be incontinent, you may want to pick up a few extra cleaning pads, the unit comes with 2, but I’m going to get a couple more. I use the same pad for all my floors, then I toss it the laundry and put it outside in the sun to dry, but sometimes I need to mop more than twice a week. Good luck, and thanks for visiting my site and for your comments, let me know how you make out! God bless,
briggie