Portable Steam Cleaners

Portable steam cleaners are fast becoming a basic necessity at households nowadays. If you have gone shopping lately at your friendly neighborhood departmental stores, you would have seen the many different brands and models of steam mops and steam vacuum cleaners. But if you ask the sales assistant what are the key differences between two, you might not get very clear cut answers as there are certainly some similarities on features and functions.

Let us first look at how each of these steam cleaning machines function. The steam mops are usually more light weight and compact than their counterparts. Storage is never a problem as you could literally stash them away at the corner of the kitchen or utilities room without much hassle. They are so handy that some models are even made and shaped like jugs. For most models, they look like striped down versions of the vacuum machines.

Despite their minimalist looks, their functions are by no means stripped down. They are capable of not only cleaning your surfaces mainly hard flooring as well as fabrics, but also sanitizing them with nothing more than high temperature steam. You literally steam and remove the hardened dirt almost simultaneously when you attach the microfiber cloth to the end of the mop. A mid to high range steam mop will provide you with water container large enough to clean your living and dining room at one go. And with other right attachments, you can even utilize it for cleaning other types of surfaces, like kitchen flooring, counters and bathroom shelves etc.

Despite their versatility, affordability and multi functionality, many still prefer steam vacuum cleaners. The steam mops is probably the more affordable version of the steam vacuum cleaners. Depending on your needs this could simply prove to be the right one for you or more of an overkill. The former is true when your home is almost fully carpeted with toddlers and pets around. Steam vacuum cleaners function just like a vacuum machine, except that they use steam technology to deep cleanse the fibers of your carpet before the vacuuming process kicks in. Again, these two functions are simultaneous and make your cleaning fast and efficient.

There is one key difference between steam mops and Steam vacuum cleaners. The latter have suction features the former do not. In fact, the former uses an alternative approach, which is wiping off the lifted dirt instead. And often, the latter has much greater steam creation capacities as deep cleansing carpets require much more high heat steam than hard floor cleaning.

In conclusion, you should choose the right machines, be it steam mops or steam vacuum cleaners which suit your needs and more importantly, your budget. There are too many people who buy home appliances at the spur of the moment, only to stash them away at the garage until they rust away. But, I am very sure that steam cleaning machines will never suffer the same fate, not if these portable steam cleaners are bought with the right needs in mind.