Floor Steam Cleaners

Absolutely with you Mabon!
I use it where possible and so much easier also I feel more comfortable than the floors that I use a different mop on both for physical and hygiene reasons.

I had a black and decker . I have four dogs . It was brilliant oblong head and I liked to know that the floors were free of Bacteria. Lovely lightweight and glide .
Lasted about five years not bad for £29 .
I find shark and karcher appliances heavy . Make sure you don’t have to hold your finger on the switch all the time .

I have a Goodman's steam mop and I love it. We have Karndean floors downstairs so a mop and bucket is not recommended, in fact I haven't used it since we moved in 5½ years ago ( use m&b upstairs on the vinyl floors. The steam mop does have a triangular head but it swivels so gets into most corners. I add a drop of Zooflora to the water and the house smells divine when I've finished. And it's amazing how filthy the removable cover gets! We have two dogs and bifolds into the garden as well as kitchen door opening into garden. I wouldn't be without mine.

You must NOT use a steam mop on Karndean. I clean (after vaccuming) with a cheapo rectangular squeezy-mop and get round the edges (and skirting boards) with a Dishmatic scouring pad on a long stick (saves bending) for the edges.

We have LVT flooring downstairs and the fitters told us never to use a steam mop. Good old fashioned bucket, string head mop and Kardean floor cleaner 💪

I’ve tried many of them over the years. (Sucker for a gadget) And all the fancy shaped regular mops. Every time I end up going back to old fashioned mop heads and buckets. You can clean a very muddy floor and change the water in the bucket easily. Add anything like zoflora, or flash, and wash the mop heads out to clean them. The mop head swishes into corners, up skirting boards, and can be wrung out in the bucket. When we had the dogs it was the only method I could make work!

With your issues none will suit you as they can be difficult to work and grip so get a cleaner to come in for an hour a week, you 'll be surprised how some are willing to do just an hour.

Not a steam mop, but I have a Bissell Crosswave and it's been great. I've had several different steam mops but none last very long. I also have an iRobot 105 that mops and vacuums all by itself. Game changer.

We have a Shark steam cleaner with rotating pads. It's better than any alternative we've found for our horrible kitchen floor tiles but certainly not perfect. If you get one, buy scrubby pads from Amazon or eBay, they're better than Shark's own ones.

By the nature of the beast it won't get into corners so we have to scrub those by hand.