Have you seen the infomercials where a steam cleaner cleans everything including the toilets, stove and oven, windows and toys? You may have had the impulse to call up and buy one of these steam cleaners to help you to clean up your home. You are impressed by the flashy demonstration showing you how every mess is easily cleaned up.
Before you called the toll-free number, a small alarm went off in your head causing you to do a bit of research before plunking down the first of four easy payments of $29.95. So, do those steam cleaners really work? Are they worth it?
The only thing that a steamer is going to do is make steam. Sure, by spending over a hundred dollars on one of these machines you are going to be able to turn the steam on and off and feed it through special attachments, but at the end of the day it is just boiled water coming out of a hose.
Here are some of the claims that you may have heard on the infomercial, and whether or not they are true.
The steamer can clean windows without any streaks. This claim is going to be true if you are good at cleaning windows. Plus, it isn't going to be as easy as it looks on TV, because if your windows are anything like mine, they are really dirty. Add water to the mix and you are going to be spreading around mud.
This steamer is going to cut through layers of grease and fat on your stove. You are going to be out of luck, because your steamer is not going to be able to do this. Why? Because you are going to need more than just hot steam to clean this mess. To test this out, leave a pot of boiling water on your stove and see if it makes cleaning your stove any easier.
A steamer can clean hard water stains and grime from your shower door. Sorry, it isn't going to be able to do this either. To clean hard water deposits, try white vinegar. Grime is best cleaned with a bathroom cleaner. Sure, you could do it with steam, but it is going to take a long time and be a bigger pain to do.
A steamer will sanitize hard surfaces. This claim is true if the steam is allowed to go over the entire surface for long enough time. Just holding a toy over the spray of steam for a second is not going to do anything to kill bacteria or germs.
The bottom line, a steamer is a fun toy to have, but once you use it a couple of times, you are going to find that it isn't that great to have. In the time it takes to heat up the steamer, you could have probably cleaned what you needed to clean.
Do you have a steamer? Was it worth it or is it just cluttering up your closet?
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