Steam Cleaner - is it worth getting one?

Butterfly_Brain

I use good old liquid hand soap and a glug of white vinegar and a little bicarb - works a treat and is very good on upvc windows(the plastic not the glass). For hard to reach places I use a bottle brush with a long handle. HTH

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I have an aldi steam cleaner and it makes a vast difference to hand cleaning and elbow grease. It gets gunk out of all sorts of crevices in the shower. Definitely worth buying one for the future

Penelope_Penguin

Pitlanepiglet wrote: »

Morning all, I'm sure there is a thread on this subject but I can't find anything....

There is - Steam cleaner - is it worth getting one? I'll merge this one to that later.

Penny. x

Nicki

I bought my mum a new cooker for Christmas, and offered to clean her cooker hood for her in readiness for it being delivered, which I later discovered had not been touched in 16 years, except by the grease!

With much scepticism (never having tried this before) I did as the Old Stylers recommend and mixed some bicarb to a paste with a little water, and rubbed it on the surface with a paper towel. I then spritzed the surface with neat vinegar, and was totally amazed that after leaving it to work for less than a minute 16 years worth of thick grease came off with a light wipe over (no elbow grease required). I know for a fact that it would have taken more effort if I'd had my steam cleaner with me and tried to do it that way.

I should say my mum was amazed too, as she thought her cooker hood was brown steel coloured, and it turned out it was clear glass :rotfl: :rotfl:

Pitlanepiglet

Lovely, thanks all and thanks for the link PP. I'll try the Bicarb paste but I think from the sounds of things a steam cleaner will be good for us....now to save up and make a decision!

BIZZYIZZY

You will think I have been living in the dark ages!!!! But the first I heard about steam cleaners (hand held) was today.
Can any one tell me what they think about them, they sound good, but would like to hear from some one who has used one

stormbreaker

I have one and think its useless! Sorry!

I have a larger one too and not overly impressed with that either. Its great for toilets, mirrors and windows.

Try and find a friend who has one and borrow to find out if you might use it or not! Cause some people rave about them, thats why I purchased mine.

I got the handheld one free with the bigger one incase you think I was mad to buy a second when not impressed with one!

tandraig

I have a large steam cleaner - it was great for my old carpet - really tatty and it revitalised it. i also used it to clean oven - good result there. but - i hadhouse recarpeted last year. so havent needed to use it. I cant be bothered to get cleaner out to do oven - but used it to defrost freezer. took me half the time!! I havent got hand held one but if i did i would think i would use it more than my big steamer. which takes about 10 minutes to warm up. son borrowed steamer to do his carpets in house - as against hiring rug doctor - did the job for nothing. oh and he also used it to steam clean his car engine (didnt know you could do that). i would agree with stormbreaker tho - try to borrow one and see if you get on with it. btw Idealworld do hand held steamers and you get 30 daymoney back guarantee so you can try it if you dont like it send it back and get money back.

ubamother

I have one - a Morphy Richards Grimebuster Compact (for those who like to look things up). It is handbagish size, with a handle at the top to move it around, with a long hose, like a very narrow vacuum cleaner hose. I absolutely love it. I am rather onehanded so not having to hold the water-holding bit is excellent as with cleaning products I can't spray with one had and wipe with the other at the same time. The hose is light. I find it particularly good in the kitchen - great for edges of ovens/sinks/hobs and gas hob bits. Got mine from ebay for about £15. You are not supposed to put anything in the water tank (except water!) but I always pop a drop of tea tree oil/lemon/lavender essential oil in and haven't had any problems. My sister bought one knowing how much I used mine and only used it once - hated it!

Woofles

I bought a small hand held one about a year ago, hated it at first, I think my expectations were too high. Having had a decorating frenzy I now appreciate its usefulness. I find it especially useful in the kitchen for cleaning off grease on cooker and tiles. I was shocked when I used it to clean the inside of kitchen cupboard doors at the amount of dirty water running down them even though I regularly wiped them over. Also used to defrost freezer, certainly quicker and a lot less messy.

Treat it as an aid to cleaning not a replacement and you will not be disappointed.