Reliable Steamboy Steam Mop

After using the Reliable Steamboy steam mop on laminate, tile, vinyl, and hardwood floors, I was impressed by its ability to remove the toughest sticky areas from floors with only water. The ability to control the amount of steam was helpful when mopping ceramic tile floors that needed less steam to clean them thoroughly. The triangular swivel head made reaching under kitchen cabinets and into corners an easy task. Although the Steamboys edge cleaning ability was mediocre, its ability to lift up stickers, dried food, and more from almost any floor surface, made me love it.

Imagine gliding a mop effortlessly around a floor and having even the toughest dried on debris be wiped away with 1 or 2 quick passes. The Reliable Steamboy T1 comes very close to that dream mop.

On vinyl

The Steamboy was easy to push on vinyl floors and cleaned most dirt with one easy pass. For stuck on chili and a few stray Dora stickers, a quick 5-7 second burst of steam followed by another quick pass was enough to leave the floor perfect. The vinyl floors dried very quickly.

On tile

On ceramic tile floors, the Steamboy turned dingy tile into a gleaming surface. It had some difficulty moving across and cleaning in deep grout lines, and left pooling water and some debris, but on the tile, it shined. Tile floors with more shallow grout lines had much less pooling of water.

On hardwood and laminate

On hardwood and laminate floors, the Steamboy was easy to push. The trigger allowed an intermittent burst of steam and kept too much water from pooling on the floor. Both sealed hardwood and laminate floors tended to dry in streaks, however, much the same as they had after mopping with a regular mop. To prevent streaks it would be necessary to buff the floor with an old towel or cloth.