Haan FS-20+ Plus Cloths

I purchased the Haan 20 Steam Mop about two weeks ago. I have used it countless times already!! The first time I used it I thought it wasn't doing anything...until I did the paper towel test. I scrubbed the area I just went over with the steam mop and the paper towel was WHITE!! I then scrubbed an adjacent area that I did not steam and the paper towel turned gray. We have a very busy household with a dog and a two year old. I cleaned all of our sealed hardwood floors and ceramic tile and now when my 2 year old runs around in her white socks they STAY WHITE!! It is truly amazing. I feel like an infomercial but I really could not be happier with this purchase. My husband got black shoe polish all over our light hardwood floors. Soap and water would not budge it. I pulled out the steam mop just to try it out...shoe polish came right up with one run over it with the steam mop. WOW!! Another plus is that as long as you change the pads regularly the floors are completely dry once you pass over an area. So you don't have to worry about family and pets tracking their dirty shoes and paws through your freshly mopped floors.

Now the cons (though not that bad to me):
1. You are tethered to an outlet. Not too much a problem as we have many outlets all over the house. If you are like me you were changing the water in the mop bucket frequently when using a regular mop...so moving a cord around is much preferred in my book.
2. You have to fill the mop with 8oz of water every 20 minutes or so. A little red light comes on to tell you to fill it up. I have to add water about 4 times to do all the high traffic areas in my home.
3. The microfiber pads need to be changed regularly. Once the pad is saturated it starts to leave wetness that lingers on the floor. If I use two microfibers pads per 8oz. fill-up it seems to be the perfect balance. I have 6 microfiber pads and that is perfect for my 1800 sq ft house.
4. Using the steam mop is a little slower than regular mopping. You don't just rush the mop over the floor. You have to move a little slower so that it has time to steam up the mess and then grab it in the microfiber pad. This adds a little extra time but totally worth it since there are no chemicals and the floor is completely sanitized. I sure wish I had this product when my daughter was crawling. It would have saved time and my back from scrubbing the floors by hand.

Oh, I have the carpet attachment. This is great for sanitizing the carpet, bedding and upholstery. We are an allergic household so it seems to work well for this. You do not use the microfiber pads when using this attachment so I am not sure that it would remove stains. I have not tried it for that yet...but I will when I have the chance.

This is the best money I have spent in a long time and would even recommend the product to my mother-in-law....doesn't that say it all......

Finally, a steam cleaner that works....after having tried four others I was gratefully surprised! While you don't see the steam, because it comes out the bottom directly to the floor and not out the sides, it cleans so fast that it took me a few tries to learn that I don't have to move the machine slowly for it to work. I have never had such a clean wood floor so fast!

Then, I used the carpet glider and freshened the carpet my stinky dogs have enjoyed for years. I was shocked that the smell actually left! And I spent no more than 5 minutes.

The HAAN....a working mom's best friend!

I have owned this product for about a month, and used it several times. I was considering purchasing one of the heavy-duty steam cleaners designed for carpet that has a tile attachment, but a friend told me about the Haan. While it seems to be the opposite (a steam cleaner designed for tile but with a carpet attachment), I'm glad I tried it before making a much bigger investment in the other kind. It works great on tile, and does a terrific job on carpet, too! I have lived in my house for 5 years and haven't had the carpet cleaned until I got the Haan. It does not remove the stains, but it certainly loosens them and all I had to do was hit them with some spot cleaner, scrub a little, and go back over them with the Haan. My carpet looks, feels, and smells great, as does the carpet in my van, which was getting pretty embarassing. I say that it's great for light duty because I don't have pets, only two small children, so I don't know how it would do on those kinds of messes. As I was cleaning the carpet, though, it did bring a small piece of a sucker that was buried in the carpet up to the surface and I was able to clean it right up!