You may already know that I hate to mop. Truth is I don’t know any one who really likes it. You can imagine how interested I was in the shark steam pocket model that is being advertised on television right now. I am normally not a sucker for these sorts of products that are advertised on TV. I did a little asking around and couple of my friends actually had already purchased the steam mop from Euro Pro. One friend was not very impressed and ended up returning the product. The other two friends seemed to be pretty happy with the results and have been using the steam mop regularly. Up until a few weeks ago, I had been using a combination of the old mop and pale and the swifter wetjet. I would use the wet jet on a weekly basis and then pull out the mop and bucket or a deep cleaning once a month. I just never felt like my floors were really all that clean.
It only took me one cleaning with the Shark Steam Mop mop to fall in love and never go back to my old ways of cleaning the hardwood floors. I was blown away by how easy it was clean sticky spots that the swiffer had no chance of cleaning. I also found that the microfiber pads were better at containing the dirt instead of pushing it around like the old swiffer. It did not take me long until the mop pad was completely dirty. Instead of having to change pads, I simply flipped the mop over and finished the rest of the floor. I also really like the fact that I was able to finish the floor without having to refill the water tank. Another bonus, was that the electrical cord is very long and so I did not have to find multiple outlets to plug it in.
The sharks team pocket mop is not a perfect product or the ultimate solution. It certainly does have its issues. If your floor is really dirty then you have to go over those spots multiple times to get it clean. In some areas may even have to spend minutes, but if you put in the time, the mop does its job. On TV they show the mop heating up near seconds which I found to be a little misleading. It usually took at least a minute if not a little longer before steam was ready. Some users have complained that the shark steam mop left streaks on their floor. I think it must have to do you with that type lower you have because I have not had the streaking issues on my hardwood floors.
Even though the Shark Steam Mop mop is a little on the expensive side I still think it’s a good value. It allows me to keep my floors superclean without having to use chemicals and has cut the task of mopping in half. So far I’ve had the mop two months and it has worked great for me. We will see if the mop can hold up to years of use. I’ll be sure to make an update to this post if I start to have issues.