handheld steam cleaners

reggieq1911

I keep being tempted by ads for hand held steam cleaners. Does anyone have any experience of them. All comments gratefully received

cattie

You won't achieve the miraculous results some of the tv ads will have you believe.

I have a full sized pressurised steamer & you'd be better off saving your money to put towards one of these. Mine is a Morphy Richards Grimebuster,but there are other makes on the market that may be cheaper.

I noticed on the windows of Roseby's, the curtain & bedding shop that they recently had in stock a steamer by Vax & as far as I can remember it was around £70.

I've never regretted buying this steam cleaner I have now & it brings my carpets up great.

dounome

My wife bought one a few months ago, not the small hand held ones but one about the size of a small cylinder hoover, she thinks its great and uses it for everything, tiles, bathroom, carpets, windows, mirrors, worktops, cooker fridge etc. You name and she will try to clean it with it.

scbk

I bought a handheld one by Electrolux, TBH it's nothing really that special, aint even used it for a good few months!

chrisw

I've got a 'Penguin' hand held one. Waste of time.

reggieq1911

Thanks for replying the one I saw advertised was called Shark but I think you're right better off saving for the big one.What was the one bought by Mrs Dounome?

dounome

http://www.electricsales.co.uk/index.php?nav=detail&p=DSC00001&cat=
This is the one we got but not from this company, dont think i paid quite as much for it though, think it was about £80 mark, mind you weve had it for over a year now.