I have the shark mop and I love it. The biggest complaint I've seen about it is it being hard to push on hardwood, but for me once the mop is good and wet it goes just fine. I feel like I should insert that's 'what she said'
I have the least expensive Shark one. I also think it can be hard to push, and I have all tile in my house. What makes it a bit easier is to wet the mop pad first before you put it on. Also, at least on my cheapie one, the motor burned out after a year. But I had gotten it on an after Thanksgiving sale for half off, so I definitely got my money's worth out of it.
Cycle 7: BFP 1-17-12, Missed Miscarriage at 8w6d (measured 7w2d, no HB), D&C 2-29-12
Cycle 9: BFP 5-3-12:EDD 1-24-13 It's a girl! Born 12-27-12
DH got me the Shark Vac-n-Steam for Christmas (that's what I wanted, I'm lame that way). At first I hated it because we have dark laminate floors and it shows streaks on the floors. After trying all different kinds of products, I've discovered the only thing that WON'T leave streaks is a Swiffer Wet followed by me getting down on my hands and knees and wiping the floor down with a microfiber towel.
Ya...that ain't happenin' now that Isaac is around. The Vac-n-Steam leaves fewer streaks than the Swiffer Wet and I can do it quickly, so now I just use that, tell myself it is clean and that is what is important, and (try to) ignore the streaks.
Take all this with a grain of salt because I'm a bit ocd and I have a dark floor. If it were a light colored floor, I'm positive I wouldn't see any streaks.
Re: Steam mop owners
this shark one. Love it.
Cycle 9: BFP 5-3-12:EDD 1-24-13 It's a girl! Born 12-27-12
DH got me the Shark Vac-n-Steam for Christmas (that's what I wanted, I'm lame that way). At first I hated it because we have dark laminate floors and it shows streaks on the floors. After trying all different kinds of products, I've discovered the only thing that WON'T leave streaks is a Swiffer Wet followed by me getting down on my hands and knees and wiping the floor down with a microfiber towel.
Ya...that ain't happenin' now that Isaac is around. The Vac-n-Steam leaves fewer streaks than the Swiffer Wet and I can do it quickly, so now I just use that, tell myself it is clean and that is what is important, and (try to) ignore the streaks.
Take all this with a grain of salt because I'm a bit ocd and I have a dark floor. If it were a light colored floor, I'm positive I wouldn't see any streaks.
This. It is the only thing that makes the foot prints on our floor go away.