Originally wanted to steam 12 years of wear and tare off my kitchen wood cabinet doors, but for a first test I cleaned up 15 years worth of caked on dirt and grime from my old Hoover industrial vacuum canister and hepa filter container screen. It came out spotless and looking like new! With the extension pipe I got into nooks and crannies I never would have reached with just my hand. Stuff I probably would've ended up scratching the plastic trying to get clean. Took a moment to get going, but nothing to bad. Puts out a good amount of steam for small jobs, had to put the nozzle right up close for the pressure to work on the really caked on areas and went thru it like butter. Hit my finger tips a couple times with the deflected steam, but wasn't hot enough to do any harm. Then again I'm used to working on hot engine/transmission parts with my bare hands. Few seconds doesn't bother ya. Not exactly scalding hot. I used a couple bottles of spring water, as I'm not about to buy distilled. I hear adding a little vinegar helps the process. I'll try that when I tackle the toaster oven tomorrow. I wanted to try this one out for its size, I'm limited to where I can hide the nifty household gadgets. All in all I'd say it's worth every penny. So long as it lasts a while, I'm a happy camper. I've got a whole list of things lined up for this little gem. Tub and tile grout, bathroom sink formica surface, built up black soot on old ceramic propane fire pit logs, built up grime around door knobs, fish tank and equipment, pond, fountain and water fall nick nacks that have been out in the weather for years, the door seal on the old dish washer and if it ain't broke by then.... My 30 year old Zayer's special Grill Master. I like that its very light to hold, but the cord and sprayer hose are plenty long enough to set it down anywhere your cleaning. I've also got some old lawn furniture that has that green algae tint on the legs that this would make short work of. I bet you could steam clean an engine real nice too, without harming any wires or hoses. Has many many applications. Wonder how well it would do on tough carpet stains with the wet/dry vac to suck out the dirt, would make life much easier than having to set up a big carpet steam cleaner just for a small area. I'll be back for an update once I get all these odd jobs taken care of. For now, looks like it's well worth the purchase. Read more
My first steamer was from big box store. I’ve been hooked on steam cleaning ever since. This little machine packs a mighty punch. It doesn’t lose steam power and my baseboards can’t hide dirt anymore. Makes light work of cleaning what I hate to clean. Blast the doors and baseboards (carefully or it’ll take the paint off) and the dirt just flies away. Then wipe and you’re done! This steamer cleans better than the big box purchase (that has since died). The smaller reservoir doesn’t last as long but you can refill while using. Only gripe is the short power cord and there isn’t a trigger on the handle. You have to turn machine off to stop steam....but it powers right back on. No delay. Instant steam! Love it! Read more
For better or worse, it does what it does. This thing is steaming hot, and really does blast steam really well out the nozzle. It blasts the gunk you didnt even know existed into existence. Its so hot, that the chinsy thin plastic handle feels like molten lava in your hand. Im not sure i remember if when it came the threads were stripped, or if it just effin melted them during the first use? At least 6 skin burns later i smartened up and wrapped it in a towel, in duct tape, and prayed it didn't light on fire! Do you need to blast away the last 100 years of grime off of something? This will do the job. Its confusing at first with just an "on" switch, but you get the idea once it starts coming out. Some times when you shut it off it will keep blowing steam for another minute, which is kind of inconvienient when you just burned the crap out of your hand and you need to hold the steam away from yourself with one hand and then push the switch which is covered by a clear silicone like squishy box that makes it harder to switch off... the brush attachments threads are OK but as you scrub and steam it unscrews itself. The bristles are really hard and at an angle only a small amount of the bristles scrub. There is a sweet spot somewhere between 45 degrees and 90 with a certain force that gets a really good scrub, and it is hard to find. Thats only for the 1 inch scrubber though, the wider scrubber is almost unusable because unless your pushing straight down and applying movement in some direction, without being able to apply force in that direction without touching the welding rod. There is too much friction to scrub this way, and at any other angle your only using the outermost bristles to scrub. The plastic bristles i would argue are just as strong and non-bendy as the metal wire brush, idk why they even bothered wasting money including a metal brush when the plastic brush already did its job. It is the strongest plastic I've ever encountered. I dont like how the power plug into the unit is right next to the filling port, its always wet when i fill it and then it gets plugged in. Nothing about this product is anywhere near safe, but dang it sure is powerful! Read more
