The best steam mops to give your floors a pristine clean
If your hard floors are looking a little tired and are just begging for a spring cleaning, then look no further than a steam mop. Bypassing harsh chemicals, steam mops help to loosen dirt and grime and kill bacteria, drying quickly as they clean.
To help add that extra shine to your tiles and hard flooring in your home, we've found some of the best steam mops available that will fit your home and budget.
NOTE: Prices are accurate at time of publishing.
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Bissell Steam Mop Select
You don't need any chemicals or cleaning aids when using the Bissell Steam Mop Select – just water to get underway. You can control this steam mop and the amount of steam produced and reach trickier areas in your home with the two triangular-shaped pads. These mopping pads are washable and made from microfibre. One pad is soft while the other has scrubbing strips for a deeper clean.
Right now the Bissell Steam Mop Select is $118 on Amazon, and $149 on The Good Guys.
Maxkon 14-in-1 Steam Mop Cleaner
Taking a leap away from the standard steam mops, this Maxkon 14-in-1 steam cleaner comes with a variety of attachable accessories including a jet nozzle, two round brushes, a scoop nozzle and a window and fabric brush – the latter can be used as a garment steamer. It also has a 180-degree swivel head and adjustable steam levels.
BLACK+DECKER 1300W 5-in-1 Steam Mop
This 5-in-1 BLACK+DECKER steam mop is simple to use with its 180-degree swivel mop head and is ready to clean in as little as 30 seconds. It has an 11-minute battery life, can be used on all sealed floors and comes with a nozzle, a squeegee, a grout brush and a mopping pad.
Maxkon 3.4L High-Pressure Steam Cleaner Mop
With four steam pressure levels, the Maxkon High-Pressure Steam Cleaner also comes with 17 attachments to let you clean all areas of your home. Built with a dual-tank system, you can refill your steam mop as it cleans to avoid stopping to refill when cleaning. It will also automatically turn off when it runs out of water. The 3.4L mop is now on Amazon for $189.42 and is also available in the 2.1L size.
Shark Steam & Scrub Mop
Safe to use on tiles, hardwood, stone and marble, the Shark Steam & Scrub Mop comes with four machine-washable steam pads to attach to its twin rotating cleaning pads. These rotating pads can spin up to 150 times per minute, making scrubbing and removing stuck-on stains a faster process. You can also choose from three steam settings depending on the different types of messes you're tasked with cleaning.
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Kärcher SC 2-Easy Fix Steam Cleaner
The Kärcher SC 2-Easy Fix Steam Cleaner is built with an intuitive two-stage steam regulation system to adapt to the steam intensity needed on the surface and the amount of dirt you're cleaning. You can also manually adjust the steam level on the handle. It also comes with attachable accessories to clean other areas of your home including a hand nozzle and round brush.
HAAN SI-A70 Multi Steam Mop Cleaner
Using this HAAN steam mop will make cleaning quick and easy. It is built with 15 steam jets, a removable water tank, a 360-degree swivel head and will be ready to clean in 20 seconds once switched on.
BLACK+DECKER 1600W 15-in-1 Steam Mop
Safe to use on all sealed flooring, the BLACK+DECKER 15-in-1 Steam Mop adjusts the steam level based on your floor type. It comes with a huge range of attachable cleaning accessories to reach and clean every corner of your home and is ready to start cleaning in under 20 seconds.
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Bissell PowerFresh V
Not only does the Bissell PowerFresh V remove dirt and grime from your floors, but it also removes sticky stains and messes. It is built with a SpotBoost Brush to dirty target sticky areas of your floors – just step on the back pedal to release and use this brush. It also comes with two fragrance discs to make your space smell as clean as it looks.
Euroflex Vapour-M2R Floor Steam Cleaner
The Euroflex Vapour-M2R Floor Steam Cleaner is one of the more high-tech steam cleaner mops on the market. With a built-in pressurised steam generator and double steam jet technology, it also features ultra-dry steam technology with a hot plate to effectively clean without leaving behind moisture and water streaks.
Shark Klik N Flip Steam Mop
The Shark Klik N Flip Steam Mop gets its name from the double-sided cleaning pad design. You'll be able to switch between two reusable and machine-washable scrubbing pads to clean twice the amount in one go, it also has evenly placed steam channels on the mop head to avoid moisture streaks on your floors.
Tineco FLOOR ONE S5 STEAM Smart Wet/Dry Vacuum Cleaner and Steam Mop
The Tineco FLOOR ONE S5 STEAM is a 3-in-1 cleaner that lets you steam, mop and vacuum from one appliance. Using two 750mL water tanks (one for clean and one for dirty water), clean water is distributed on the soft roller cleaner brush, which washes and scrapes of marks and muck from your floors and sucks it away. When finished, your floors will be dry and free of streaks in minutes.
Not only will it steam clean your floors, but will also clean the brush head as part of its auto-clean system. It is also built with Tineco's iLoop technology where the screen on top of the cleaner will turn red when it detects debris and turn blue when the debris is cleared and cleaned up.
Vax Fresh Twin Tank 1600W Steam Mop
This Vax steam mop has 15 minutes of power on a single charge and is built with a 500mL twin water tank system. This system helps combine the water and any cleaning detergent added for a more hygienic clean.
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