. Overall, it's a good product, and I'll definitely get some use out of it. However, it's not the miracle product that I was hoping it would be. Here's why:- It does not remove sticky disgusting stuff on the floor. I tried using the steam function to get rid of some mystery spots, but it wasn't effective. Now I have to go back with some cleaner and a rag to really get rid of the spots.
- It doesn't pick up EVERYTHING. This is largely my fault. I did not sweep the floor before using the mop, so I ended up pushing a lot of bigger icky things around with the mop. So, now I'm in the market for a super stick vacuum that I can use to pre-clean the floors before mopping.
- No chemicals. It just uses water and steam made from the water.
- No buckets or wringing out mops. I hate that.
- It's fast. It took me about 10 minutes to mop my kitchen. Nice!
- You can wash the microfiber cloths.
- I tried it out a little bit with my hardwood floors, and it looked great afterwards.
- It's small and light.
Does anyone else use this mop? Any tips for a newbie like myself?
Boo to cleaning floors! I hate it too! However, I do like our Hoover FloorMate. It has a dry vac function as well as a wet vac function. Plus, of course it has the scrub function. I like that all the steps are in one machine. However, does your vacuum have a bare floor setting? You could use that before you use the Shark Mop.
ReplyDeleteIt does, but my vacuum is such a beast!! I'm sort of afraid to use it on my hard-wood floors too.
ReplyDeleteI have the same mixed feelings about my steam mop. It doesn't scrub as well as I had hoped, although I love the fact that my floors are sanitized. I definitely have to sweep before I use it though because we have cats so the mop just balls up the hair into wet clumps--gross.
ReplyDeletePoo. Ok, then what I would do is sweep with a dry Swiffer first. They are super quick and work great! I use mine for nightly sweeps.
ReplyDeleteI have this too!! I like it OK for my wood floors but like you I was a little disappointed that it wasn't a miracle worker. It is great for bathroom floors, but I'm not a fan of it for my dark hardwood that we have in the bedroom...it leaves some streaks and they are not as shiny as I would like. If I wouldn't have bought it I wouldn't miss it :(
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