BISSELL SpinWave, Electric Mop, Hard Floor Cleaner & Polisher, Spray Mop With Rotating Pads, For Wood, Laminate, Tile & Marble, Easy to Use Mop Floor Cleaner, Corded, 2052E

OK i have 4 dogs, they really put paw muddy marks on the textured ceramic tiles. I have tried steamers with a micro-fibre pad, yes it does work, but leaves lots of marks. so i tried this, it cleaned very well with very little water use. i did my entire downstairs which is a big area and still had a 1/4 tank left. The pads picked up all the dirt. It did not put any back onto the floor. if you have a deep texture like mine i would use the orange. the white and grey do work but needed 2 sets of pads. Just rinse and put them in the washer. (i rinsed as there was so much dirt i did not want to clog the filter on the washer) I found it easy to use, it steers a little by twisting the handle. i found it took a little longer than a mop or steamer but the results were far better. As long as it is robust and keeps working a definite great buy for me. The filling is easy, tip upside down and use the detergent supplied to the first mark then top up with water. I recommend emptying out after use so that it does not smell. The good news is there is no dirt tank to rinse out and smell eventually. Replacement pads are easy to get. not too expensive really. I bought a 3 pack of each type to make sure i have a spare set if the floor is really bad (usually if it's raining) i also vacuum first, dust and dogs hairs don't help with cleaning.

With two toddlers you can imagine that the tiled floors of our victorian terrace get filthy. You might also understand that other than a cursory sweep it can be a bit challenging to clean them thoroughly as it is likely they need to be walked over in the very near future. This, and the fact that the floors are seldom absolutely level - pretty much - eliminates a once over with a traditional mop that leaves puddles everywhere. I've had a steam mop for a while but this can damage the varnish on the floors we have had done and - again - with the toddlers running riot you don't want hot steam everywhere. I've had this electric mop for a week and it is genuinely the perfect solution: there are two spinning microfibre pads in contact with the floor (so it gets into a century of damage to the tiles) and you can control the amount of water sprayed onto the floor easily. Consequently the floors are dry within minutes, streak free, but you can utilise more water when needed. The device is easily used whilst carrying the 1 year old in my arms and its quiet enough to be used after bedtime or when only one of them is awake. Both soft and scrubbing pads can be put into the wash at 40 degrees - without fabric conditioner - so can be washed with clothes if needed. They have to be air dried but they are small enough that this is achieved quickly. It comes with a small bottle of cleaning fluid but thus far it seems that its pretty economical. I've cleaned kitchen, WC, Utility and hallway twice and have only just used enough quoted for a "small space" and the area is hardly that! I think that I might be able to use another set of soft pads to floor polish down too but will have to see. Theres nothing hot or that would be dangerous for the gruesome twosome other than the long cable and its nowhere near loud enough for them to go running away with hands over the ears, both of which are an important measure in most of my household appliances! I bought his on a £99 deal of the day and I feel at that it represents pretty good value. I suspect that at full price and without other mitigating factors (kids, need to walk over a floor quickly after cleaning, something that makes cleaning more challenging) a buyer might feel its less value than I do but certainly for people in my position I can recommend it.

This is a good cleaner that works well - it is not a heavy duty cleaner but will cope with most domestic hard floors. It is easy and quick to use daily - its 4 times as fast as a mop - and over a period of time it improves a floor's appearance, simply by more frequent, faster repetitive cleaning . It can also polish floors using any number of floor polishes. I would recommend buying a spare set of Pads as every time I have used it, the pads have turned from bright white to a very dirty brown - into the washing machine they go. The machine is relatively cheap, but it does have running costs of replacement pads every so often, cleaning fluids (the bissell fluid is £13/l) and the cost of frequent washing of pads. There is one thing to be very careful of. When changing the pads, check the little screws in the centre of the black pad holders that the scrub pads attach to. These can work loose and stick out - screw them back in fast if you see this happening. The reason for this is that if you use the machine with a screw sticking out to any extent, it will damage the threading in the part the screw fits into - which means it will not hold the screw. It will probably run fine without the screw for a while , but it will wear faster and break sooner, and you risk the pad holder falling off through gravity. This could be fixed with a small amount of PTFE tape or similar on the screw when the product is made to help its grip the threading and reduce the loosening effects of vibration whilst in use. From my experience, if you feel wobbling whilst the cleaner is in use, it is likely that a screw has come loose. All in all it works well if you deal with the above.