The Eureka Enviro Floor Steamer

[itself]

Gals,

For under sixty dollars, this is the best purchase we have made! Our tile floors are so clean and feel great. No chemicals, no build up, and easy. It gets great reviews. Just thought I would pass it along!

http://www.amazon.com/Eureka-Enviro-.../dp/B001LYFBHG

[zoom-zoom]

That looks cool! I have a Bissell hard floor cleaner that vacuums or steams, but it's really heavy and doesn't work all that well. I have a newer vacuum-only model that I like much better, but still have to mop the floor, which I never feel works that well.

Are those pads washable? I wonder how well that would work for unfinished pine floors (which we need to finish...DH thought it would be great to not finish them, but they are not holding up well under our office chairs or in high traffic areas).

[OakLeaf]

You're not supposed to steam any unsealed floors. That goes for floating floors of any kind. I think if hardwood floors have a heavy polyurethane finish over top of the whole thing it might be okay, but I'd definitely RTFM before trying it, and be safe rather than sorry.

I broke the nozzle on mine. Might have to get a new one, the oven needs cleaned...

[itself]

Yes, the pads are simply cotton cloth, and are washable.

It does say for hard surfaces but I am not sure if this includes wood.

[Irulan]

Are you still loving this? Now that we've added another 500ftsq of engineered bamboo too the house, I really need something else to help with floor care. Any other devices people are loving?

[Dogmama]

I've had mine for about 4 years. Still going strong & love it. I also have a floor washer machine that dispenses soapy water, brushes, sucks up soapy water, rinses, sucks up rinse water. As you can tell, it takes a long time, it is big & hard to handle AND if I use the Eureka over it, I still end up with a dirty pad because all of the dirt wasn't sucked up.

My dog has allergies, so I wanted something that would really clean the floors including pollen. Steam is recommended for that.