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Upside is that no buck of water is required. However, stay in the room too long, and the floor will be wetter than with the use of a standard mop with a sponge head. On an existing clean tiled floor, for a quick sanitising freshen up, the Shark unit does what is expected without the use of chemicals. In short, the steam did not loosen the discoloration on the grout and even when a stiff hand brush was used, the result was only fair. For the grout, I was hoping that the steam would loosen staining in the light-colored grout which had built up from the floors being mopped. The mop was tested on ceramic floor tiles with 3.0mm grout spaces in wet areas including bathrooms and toilets. It clicks in and out of the body of the unit for filling, however it does require quite some force to be removed, and is therefore an aspect of use which may cause a premature breakage. The water tank is small and contains about 250ml of water. The pads attach to the base plate by way of Velcro fasteners. There are two washable pads included which contain both soft and harder fibers. Read more s up and down to activate the steam function. The unit does not have a trigger to switch steam on and off, instead the unit handle move. Out of the box, the Shark is easily assembled and there are only a few parts to click together as a part of the assembly. I say entry level, because the price was around $129 on various Australian websites.
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I think the term sanitising is used because it is not really intended to tackle particularly dirty floors, nor large floor areas. The Shark S1000ANZ is an entry level Steam Mop, and as per the instruction sheet, to be used for ‘sanitizing’ floors.