Steam cleaner

scorpionxedos

Multi-purpose cleaner for 3-bed house, with one human and two cats.

Looked at the Karchers, et al. Just wondered if there was a go-to, market leader for this kind of appliance?

Thanks for any help.

London50

Hi

The first thing I would say is no NOT believe all the hype that you see and read about these machines, yes they will clean without the need of many of the chemical brands of liquid that you get from your supermarket..
They are handy in their own way but they are not the miracle that the companies try to make them out to be. Over the years I have tried a few makes and to me apart from the heat they all are the same and if you live in a hard water area remember that you are not advised to use straight tap water so there is extra expense with filter jugs or car battery water.
If you are still set on getting one take a look at link below as it MAY help :0)

http://www.steaminsider.com/

teddysmum

I have a large Polti steam cleaner, a hand held one, which is much more convenient and a RugDoctor to clean carpets.


I and someone I knew, found that the steam cleaner (very good for whole bathroom or tiled floor cleaning) did not clean carpet as well as a shampooer , as it just blasts any wet dirt everywhere, so you have to catch it on a towel making the job hard going.


I believe that there are later models which steam and suck up the wet dirt, but they were much more expensive when I bought mine(not for cleaning carpets in particular).

sauti

Steam cleaners are ideally designed to clean sealed hard surfaces and refresh carpets. They are nifty because they kill 99% of germs and bacteria on your surfaces. The best steam cleaners are the multipurpose ones also called 3 in 1. In case you want to clean your carpets, a shampoer/carpet cleaner/washer is ideal. The steam mop only seeps hot steaming pressure to remove odours and kill germs. They even leave the carpet looking fresh "clean" but for a proper carpet clean you need a carpet washer.

EssexExile

The wife bought a steam cleaner a few years ago, I think it's been used twice.

Finefoot

Mine's a Ewbank one. Bought in the sale I love it!no need for harsh chemicals which set off my asthma.

wrightk

scorpionxedos wrote: »

Multi-purpose cleaner for 3-bed house, with one human and two cats.

Looked at the Karchers, et al. Just wondered if there was a go-to, market leader for this kind of appliance?

Thanks for any help.

Bought ourselves a wet vac around 6 months ago. Got it on offer when bandq were doing a special on it £57 i believe.

Its the best thing weve bought. And as its a 3in1 it shampoos carpets, sofa's etc or you can just use it as a wet or dry vaccum. I even take it out now and again and valet my car (when the mrs allows) and the seats/carpets come up like new. We've got 3 young kids so there is quite a lot of mess and its in regular use.

Compare that to the steam cleaner we bought about 2 years ago its had about 2 uses. They are ok for carpets but scrub too hard and you end up pulling the fibres up and ruining the carpet, plus their rubbish for stains because all you end up doing is setting the stain at 100 degrees!