When your carpet doesn't look its best, you know it is high time to Google for carpet cleaners. The steam cleaner arose when I did my research, and here you will learn about my conclusions. I found that there are plenty of benefits of using carpet steam cleaners. After you finish reading this article, you'll be in a better position to decide whether you should buy a steam cleaner.
Features of Steam Cleaner
Steam Temperature
The best steam cleaners have interior boiler temperatures of 285 degrees and above.
Steam Cleaner Tools & Attachments
The good quality tools and a selection of steam cleaning attachment will make your cleaning tasks go faster at the same time as achieving superior results.
Reliability
This is where the average consumer can get taken for a ride. there are actually only a very few manufacturers who stand behind their machines and offer substantial warranties or facilities for repairs.
Durability
Here are some durability features for steam cleaners to be aware of.
- Metal-coated machines rather than plastic coated ones add to the durability over the years. We have not had any trouble with our higher end plastic encasing on machines but have heard of cheap ones in the marketplace that have been known to crack.
- Most steam cleaners do not have an enclosed circuit board inside the machine, which means they will short out if moisture gets in to the machine.
Weight
Safety
We have rejected many steam cleaners where we have burned ourselves during testing, perfectly possible to do with poorly designed machines.
- Look for an on/off trigger on the handle of your steam cleaner which we think is an excellent safety feature in case you accidentally leave the steam running(we have done this with a cheap machine and burned off the finish off a hardwood floor)
- Safety caps are essential with reservoir machines and not all steam cleaners have them. In the unlikely circumstance of excess pressure (which is controlled by an internal thermostat) a safety cap would blow first and the steam would not blow up in someone’s face.
- There is a pressure gauge which has a red zone for when the pressure is too high, and orange for too low, and thus you can easily regulate the machine for optimal (medium) pressure.
- A good machine will shut itself off automatically when the water level becomes too low and the machine needs refilling.
Advantages of Steam Cleaner
The Advantages of buying and making use of a steam carpet cleaners are many, but we will concentrate here on just three: the effective cleaning without using chemicals, the ability to access remote locations that dirt likes to stick to and the ability to regulate the pressure and temperature control as well as their capacity to disinfect. Most of us don't even think twice about making use of chlorine-based cleaners in out kitchens and bathrooms although we are fully aware that certain concentrations of chlorine can kill. Or we don't even stop to think about using soap in our carpets which hardly gets absorbed but ends up accumulating in the carpet over time. The steam cleaner on the other hand, will clean out stubborn stains with ease.inexpensive
it costs a chunk of change to buy a steam cleaner. That’s a perfectly valid point. However, this method of cleaning manages to be very cost-effective over the long term.
universal disinfectant
Steam can kill 99.9% of germs and bacteria, just like the best disinfecting cleaners. It’s an easy way to kill germs and viruses to prevent illnesses at home.
It deodorizes naturally
Since steam kills the bacteria that produce unpleasant odors, it can be used to deodorize all over the house.
Works practically anywhere
Here are just a few common uses:
- Any sealed flooring
- Cabinetry
- Walls
- Pet beds and furniture
- Mattresses
- Stovetops/Ovens
- Grills
- Appliances
- Shower
- Tile
- Sinks
- Plumbing fixtures
