Steam cleaners

[Broadback]

Very strongly advertised now, are they really good. I know they will not be as good as the hype, things never are, however I would be interested in others experience of them.

[Andy Burns]

I was given one by my mum (not because she didn't use it, but because she bought another one) it seems a lot of palaver, good for the overflow cavity in basins but quite time consuming for anything other than a small area, I've not use it a second time ...

[F Murtz]

Some are useful.

[Bob Minchin]

I have a floor cleaning version and it is no better than a mop& bucket apart perhaps from stubborn kitchen greasy stuff where the heat can help. However it puts more water on the floor as condensed steam than a dry mop. Other than dirt that collects on the mop head cloth, it is really only moving dirt around. Some brand suggest adding detergent to the water tank but I can see how that will work unless it very cleverly vapourises at the same temp as the water. It will either boil off first or after all the water has gone. My wife quite likes it as she has arthritic hands and cant wring out a proper mop easily. I only paid about £25 from Aldi - glad I did not buy a dearer one.

90% fashion 10% useful

[Richard]

Aldi sell brides now?

[Dave Liquorice]

Blooming great for stripping wall paper. Don't use ours for anything else.

[damduck-egg]

Was that a version that had a motorised brush as well? we bought one a while back for where an elderly relative was leaking a bit on his floors so used the steam as a sterilizer. He is no longer with us. I tried the cleaner the other day and the switch to the brush motor failed which gave me the reason to throw it away without discussion from SWMBO who tends to hoard things. For cleaning floors generally I found the same ,Mop and Bucket and a little elbow grease is quicker,less messy and actually get a floor clean rather than a deposit of steamed dirt just moved around. And in our case in the cool months we already have cheapish hot water as a by product from a back boiler . Pointless having that in the tank and then using electric to heat some more. G.Harman

[Bob Minchin]

Nope - Otherwise I would have used the 3 year warranty when the arthritis started!

[Bob Minchin]

No motorised brush, just a push along.

[Richard]

[Fredxxx]

Defrosting freezers and freezer compartments is v quick. More effective and not as hot as a hair dryer that melts most freezer internal plastics.

[Mr Pounder]

I tried mine to clean the oven, it was useless.

[Rick Hughes]

we have tiled floors throughout house ... wife finds them very good for cleaning the floors. Had a couple of cheapy units to try ... they were useless.

[bert]

+1

[Martin Brown]

Not as good as the hype but useful in certain circumstances.