Swiffer cleaning fluids=toxic

[OakLeaf]

I definitely would not use the steam cleaner on wood (or cork, or bamboo), but it's wonderful on tile, and also on the stovetop and oven. I wouldn't have thought it possible to clean an oven without lye or worse, but it takes the crud right off. For me, unless there's an extreme amount of dirt, a single wipe after steaming is enough.

[PamNY]

I definitely would not use the steam cleaner on wood (or cork, or bamboo), but it's wonderful on tile, and also on the stovetop and oven.

Oh, it does stovetop? How wonderful. That and bathroom use would justify the purchase even if I can't use it on my laminate floors. Does anybody use steam for windows? I read a description on Amazon of a steamer with a window squeegee attachment.

Pam

[DebTX]

Last night while watching TV, I saw an add for "Swiffer" (didn't know what it was before). Watching the ad I thought, hmmm, that looks kinda cool (I'm a marketer's dream).

Then I realized I saw a TE thread about it and here I am reading about whether I want to buy it or not.

Scary - TE is becoming the Wikipedia of my daily life.

[Irulan]

I have a swiffer dry w/ vac, that takes the wet cloths.

I found that while it's great for dust on the floor, I much prefer a microfiber dustmop with a real vacuum for true hard surface cleaning. The wet cloths were a total waste IMO, really smeary and not very effective.

I like what my son said about the swiffer : "looks like more junk that will last a year and then end up in a landfill". I do have issues with the disposable cloth aspect. At least with my microfiber dust mop I can wash it and re use it.