Gruene 2-n-1 Steam Mop & Steam Cleaner

If it is floors you are tackling, you simply fill the water tank and seconds later clean steam is at your fingertips. Using steam means that you can toss out that bulky, messy, mop and bucket and forget about waiting for wet floors to dry. When you use the Gruene Steam mop, the floors practically dry as you go. With included attachments you can steam garments, your mattress, grout, grills and even your oven. 

If you have children and pets, you will love that the GrueneSteam is a chemical free system.

Perhaps one of the most unique and innovative features of the Gruene Steam Mop and Hand Cleaner is its ability to convert to a hand steamer. While more expensive models, styled after canister vacuum cleaners, provide this option, most less expensive floor mops lack the ability to clean anything beyond your flooring. To use you simply unlock and remove the center section, and you're ready to go. This functioned exactly as advertised, easy to use and convenient.

In addition to the versatility of having a 2-in-1 steam cleaner, the Gruene comes with a multitude of attachments and nozzles. The three nylon brushes are pretty much your all purpose brushes used to help dislodge caked in grime and loosen debris that the steam alone has difficulty with. For me triangle shaped brush worked fairly well for the grout in our two bathrooms. The one thing to remember about this sort of application is that steam cleaners do NOT suck stuff up. They are not vacuum cleaners. A lot of people get snagged on this, but they simply do not work this way. The steam combined with the scrubbing action helped pull out things like pet hair and general grime, but if you are working in heavily soiled areas, it's best to go back over things with a broom or vacuum to get any large debris you have loosened up. The garment attachment was particularly useful as well. Once attached this helped release wrinkles in several of the button-ups I have in my closet (forgive me for not always remembering to immediately fold my freshly dried shirts!). The other two attachments I found the most use from were the window squeegee and the wire brush. The squeegee worked about the same as the type you'd find at a gas station. So it cleaned as well as the common ammonia based cleaner without the lovely odor. The wire brush was handy, particularly a few tools in my garage. After I steamed those, I made sure to wipe them down with some light oil to prevent rust or corrosion. But seriously, who like using a socket set that has 11 years of motor oil, grease and grime on it?

As a steam mop, the GrueneSteam performed in line with similarly priced models. One note on this though, with the Gruene you have to option to use pretty much whatever type of cloth you'd like. So instead of having to purchase special cloth, you can use any sort of terry cloth or microfiber cloth you want.

In general there has been a push towards using steam cleaners in recent years. As more and more people have problems with the chemicals found in household cleaners, steam cleaning has become a simple yet effective way to clean and disinfect. For allergy sufferers in particular, steam cleaning your mattress and bedding can help reduce or eliminate dust mites. At 212° the steam is more than hot enough to kill dust mites. Even more recently, steam cleaners have been used to help rid homes of bed bugs. The steam is hot enough to kill them and their larvae, and the Gruene steam cleaner is perfect for steaming nearly every part of your bedroom.