[Bill Douglas]

I know we should be discussing chainsaws not steam mops....

But, has anyone got a steam mop or steamer, and what do you think of it.

The intended use is for when I renovate a house and pull up the old carpet, the floor below stinks of dust mites, and I thought blasting them with a steam mop would be a good way to kill them off. Usually in these situations I mop the floor with a water and bleach solution and that works well, but I'm wanting to do a no chemical clean. I'm doing up my own place and I have much loved two cats and two dogs so I don't want them walking around on bleach then licking their feet.

Also it would be used to kill dust mites in the carpet and to clean kitchen/bathroom floors etc.

I liked the look of the Hoover Dry Steamer as it's hotter and less steam - but slightly expensive. Some of the other ones I saw demo-ed didn't seem that hot and blasted out a lot of moisture.