I love to Mop (how sad)

Going back to the fact that my hubby & I are trying to stop using chemicals to clean our house, we decided to buy a Bissell Steam Mop We'd been cleaning our floors with the vacuum, swifter, orange glow, you name it, we tried it. But nothing ever seemed to get it clean. Every night we'd have to wash our black feet before jumping in our bed with white sheets. It was nasty. So the bissell came 2 days ago, we moved everything around yesterday and gave it a whirl.

WOW, our floors are sparkling!!! It'll remove all those sticky spots in seconds (the ones i usually had to scrub with the mop), plus the floor is dry within seconds! No staying off them for 30 minutes until they dry! Some of the old cleaners we used, made the floors feel gummy, not this thing, our floors are smooth as ever! It's perfect for pets (& kids) because you're not adding anything to the floors thats dangerous. To clean it you just run vinegar through the head. It has a filter that turns blue when you need to replace it. You can use just tap water, though distilled will make your filter last longer. The cord is a bit on the shorter side, but we just used an extension. 1 suggestion, if you have a lot of rooms with flooring, I'd suggest 1 pad per room. Once they fill with dirt, it makes it harder to clean. I did take ours off, rinse it and throw it back on. But I think we'll be getting some extra pads.

Some of the basics... The Steam mop is safe and effective on virtually all bare floor surfaces. The Steam Mop is safe for use on marble, ceramic, stone, vinyl, laminent, linoleum and sealed hardwood floors.

* Upright electric mop cleans hard-floor surfaces using steam only
* Provides an all-natural, 100-percent chemical-free clean
* 360-degree swivel mop head; easy-to-press steam trigger
* Washable, reusable microfiber mop pad; water filter; cord wrap
* Measures 6 by 11 by 45-1/4 inches; 1-year limited warranty

We have 3 different types of tile in our house & floating laminate. I can't tell you what kind of tile it is, but they are all different texture, the kitchen is more textured, the laundry room is smooth & the bathrooms are somewhere in between.

Kitchen & Laminent (& Dog)


Laundry Tiles

 

we thought about a Roomba, but we have those wood panels between rooms & were afraid they'd get stuck on them. I don't want a Roomba for each room. That would be crazy! But it would help cut down on the floating dog hair!

 

Yea the thresholds. I looked into the Roomba last night & it made me want one even more! I'd LOOOOVE to get rid of the nasty, large, clunky vacuum!

but the mop is awesome, I just wish it had some smaller attachments to get the small spaces

 

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Yea we do this already, shoes are off in the laundry room then moved to the shoe closet. It's too hot for shoes anyway!! But we still have a super black floor (I think it was due to the old cleaning stuff/dust)