The cord is nice and long, which is so helpful when you're cleaning a large room or maneuvering around the kitchen table and chairs. Then you plug it in and let it heat the water into steam, which doesn't take very long at all - maybe 30 seconds.

You attach the cotton cleaning pad (re-usable, washable) and fill the reservoir with water. The positives: The Steam Mop is simple to use. I use it on my kitchen and bathroom floors, which have vinyl flooring. We've had the Shark Steam Mop for a few years now and it has been worth every penny. I would especially recommend it to parents with young children and pet owners who want to keep their floors clean without using harsh chemicals.

Otherwise this is a great tool for keeping your house clean. I have to fill it at least 3 times just to clean my kitchen floor. The only reason I didn't give it a 10 is because of the small water reservoir. nasty mop water or paper/plastic cleaning pads) so I feel much better about using it more often. It is a bit of a workout to use but there is no waste (i.e. Because there aren't any chemicals involved I only have to run it over the floor once (saving time) and it does a pretty good job of keep the floors clean. I'm quite surprised at how well it works. I was skeptical that the steam mop would do much better so I held off purchasing it until I found it really cheap. So up until we found the steam mop I have mostly used the old fashioned mop (squeezing it into the sink) or a Wet Jet neither of which worked really well in keeping our floors (with the traffic of 4 humans, 3 cats and a dog) really clean. The only problem is that our has really small closets with very little storage room. We live in a small old house that we have renovated.

Shark steam mop