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H2O Steam Mop

I’m not one to give reviews of cleaning utensils. Normally the subject couldn’t bore me more. But whoa boy! Did I find a gadget I could learn to love.

You may have seen the ads on TV of a triangular shaped mop that emits steam. The claims are that you don’t have to use harsh chemicals and it will clean up really tough messes without much effort. Normally I watch these TV ads for a little while, amused by how incompetent the “don’t do this” people are. Usually they are tearing into their own skin, breaking off well manicured fingernails, or squirting poison in their eyes. All of these things solved by whatever product is being advertised. But dear readers, I swear, this one is different!

I bought an H2o mop today at Wal-Mart. It was on sale for $69.99. I almost bought a different brand which had more attachments but it was more than double the price and since I wasn’t sure if I would like it, I opted for the cheaper item. I reasoned that if it really blew me away, I could step up to a better model later.

I got this thing home today and the first thing I noticed when I got it out of the box was that it was made with real steel. Remember steel? It’s that shiny metal stuff that they used to make things like vacuum cleaner hoses out of. It required a couple of screws to put together but the instructions were easy enough to follow; even for a manual dolt such as myself.

I plugged it in and whoo-hoo! It was removing stains from my floor that had been there for months. Washing after washing, some stains just won’t take a hint and scram. They had no choice with this beauty. Away you go! Take that and never come back again! I’m flummoxed! Flabbergasted! Gob-smacked! It even took some greasy stains off my kitchen wall that wouldn’t come off with the most vigorous scrubbing and the most caustic cleaning liquid. A while back I poured some toxic waste on those stains. You know the kind. The bottle has a picture of a skeleton hand immersed in liquid, except this one had a symbol of a nuclear blast mushroom cloud. Still, the stains remained.

I’m convinced now that steam is the most awesome and dangerous cleaning tool known to man. With this new-found respect, I’m going to keep my face far away from the electric kettle when she blows.