By Anne Fritz Anne Fritz. Anne Fritz is a product reviewer for The Spruce. With over 20 years of experience in publishing, Fritz's most recent roles include working as an editor at Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Reader's Digest.
Learn more about The Spruce's Editorial Process. Our Top Picks. Best Overall:. This top-rated mop has three levels of steam—and it even comes with fragrance discs to make your home smell extra fresh. Best Multipurpose:. Best for Tile:. This steam mop has unique double-sided pads, plus a touch-free release that saves you from handling dirty cleaning pads.
Best Splurge:. With its dual washing and drying capabilities, this all-in-one cleaner will eliminate the need for mops, buckets, and brooms. Best for Hardwood:. It's a versatile choice for cleaning hard surfaces, and the triangular shape allows you to get into every nook and cranny. Best for Laminate Floors:. Its two-sided microfiber pads lift dirt off the floor, while the steam feature heats up in just 30 seconds.
In This Article Expand. Our Picks. What to Look for. Why Trust The Spruce? What We Like Works on a variety of floors Multiple steam settings Includes scrubber brush Generously sized water tank. What We Don't Like Doesn't include additional accessories.
What Testers Say "Arguably the best feature of the Bissell PowerFresh Steam Mop is its water tank—a removable ounce bottle that clicks into the unit. What We Don't Like Heavy. The 8 Best Steam Cleaners of What We Like Generously sized water tank Double-sided pads with touch-free release Multiple steam settings. What We Don't Like Slightly pricer than competition. What Testers Say "The blackened mop pad is proof that the Shark steam mop really does clean floors.
The 9 Best Tile Floor Cleaners of What We Like All-in-one cleaner Works on a variety of floors Dual tanks separate clean and dirty water. The 8 Best Robot Mops of What We Like Kills What We Don't Like Small tank capacity. What Testers Say "After one pass with the mop, visible dirt on the floor was gone. The 8 Best Floor Cleaning Supplies of View On Amazon. The 7 Best Flat Mops of Final Verdict The best overall steam mop is the Bissell PowerFresh Steam Mop , which is lightweight, easy to fill, and fairly priced.
How do you use a steam mop? Are steam mops good on all types of floors? Can you put floor cleaner in a steam mop? Article Sources. The Spruce uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial process to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy. Continue to 5 of 6 below. A helpful indicator light tells you when the steam mop is done heating up and ready to use. Bissell includes a two-year warranty that covers mop repair and replacement.
Bissell PowerFresh Slim A. It has a foot cord, which makes it easier to maneuver. Again, Bissell includes the same two-year warranty for repair and replacement. This mop has a ready indicator light. It has a foot cord, slightly shorter than the longest length we found, 25 feet.
Shark includes a one-year warranty that covers repair and replacement. Shark Steam Pocket S It also has the shortest cord in our ratings—20 feet 5 feet shorter than the one on the top-rated Shark Genius SD. For updates, feel free to follow me on Twitter haniyarae. We respect your privacy. All email addresses you provide will be used just for sending this story. Our interactive gallery below takes you through the different features of steam mops, handheld steam cleaners, 2-in-ones, and cylinder.
Steam mops resemble vacuum cleaners. Rather than suck up dirt, they have a pad on the bottom for cleaning floors. Handheld steam cleaners are easy to carry around and store. They give a concentrated burst of steam through a nozzle and usually come with a range of attachments for different surfaces.
They only have a small water tank, and are designed for steam cleaning small areas — bathroom tiles, kitchen surfaces or hard-to-reach corners, for example.
These multipurpose steam cleaners comprise of an upright steam mop and a detachable handheld steam cleaner, and can tackle most steam cleaning tasks. The downside is they are often heavier and more expensive than standard steam mops.
Cylinder steam cleaners are wheeled devices made up of a hose and mop head, plus a main body on wheels that you pull along behind you.
You can connect accessories to the hose to clean different surfaces. A good cylinder cleaner should be able to do all your steam cleaning jobs. Most steam mops produce up to 15 minutes of steam, but cylinders often last three times that long. There are far fewer cylinder and handheld steam cleaners on the market. Attachments help you tackle other cleaning jobs around the home, such as window cleaning, refreshing your carpet and even cleaning your car.
These claim to give extra cleaning power, though the idea of using chemical cleaning agents may put you off. You need to consider the capacity of the water tank, heat-up time and steaming time. Steam mops are much faster to heat up than cylinder steam cleaners; the fastest mop is ready to use in less than 20 seconds. Their small tanks mean they can only generate steam for short bursts before you need to stop and fill up. Some manufacturers recommend you use distilled water, which can be inconvenient and expensive — but failing to use it may invalidate your warranty.
A built-in limescale filter can be useful if you live in a hard water area. Use our steam cleaner reviews to find the right model for your needs. We've tested all the top models including the latest range of Karcher steam cleaners , plus cheaper options from brands such as Bush.
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