HawKam CA019 review

What the maker puts in writing

• “Preheats in 4-6 minutes after a refill… heats up rapidly to 293°F and delivers powerful hot steam with 4bar steam pressure to deep clean grease and grime in crevices”
• “Designed with a 50.7oz large capacity water tank, this steam cleaner for car with a 16ft long power cord provides up to 50 minutes steaming time”
• “The built-in child lock is designed to protect children and pets from accidental injury; featuring a highly sensitive temperature control system, the steamer for grout cleaning will directly release the steam when the steam pressure in the boiler is too high”
• “Including a floor brush, an ironing brush, a glass brush, 3 Nylon round brushes, 3 stainless steel brushes, 2 extension tubes, a big nozzle, a towel floor brush, an ironing towel, a carpet glider, a pair of gloves, a squeegee, a measuring cup, a funnel, a piece of cleaning wipe, and a storage bag”
• “Aspiron Steamer for Cleaning Have 5M power cord + 1.5M cleaning hose + 1M extension rod, which can cover the living environment within a diameter of 11M”
• Title: “60PSI Heavy Duty 293°F” · Reference: CA019

Its last bullet names the other brand

“Aspiron Steamer for Cleaning Have 5M power cord + 1.5M cleaning hose + 1M extension rod.”

The Aspiron listing on this shelf sells the same machine for $149.98.

Both carry the reference CA019. Both titles read “High Pressure Steam Cleaner, 60PSI Heavy Duty 293°F Steam Mop”. Both publish:

the same 50.7 oz tank · the same 16 ft cord · the same 50 minutes of steam · the same 4–6 minute preheat · the same 293 °F · the same 4 bar · the same 21 accessories, in the same order, down to “a piece of cleaning wipe” · the same child lock · the same over-pressure release · the same “11M” coverage claim

The five bullets are the same five bullets, reordered. And this one left the other brand’s name in.

So the question is not whether the machine is good. It is, and the next section says why. The question is why you would pay fifty dollars and one cent more for the same page.

If the Aspiron listing is unavailable, this is still the machine worth having. If both are in stock, there is nothing here to buy.

Two hundred and ninety-three degrees at four bar, and why that pair is unique here

Steam temperature and pressure are locked together by physics. At 1 bar, water boils at 100 °C (212 °F) / 212 °F. At 4 bar absolute, saturated steam reaches about 144 °C (291 °F) / 291 °F.

This publishes 293 °F at 4 bar — within two degrees of what the steam tables require. The figures corroborate each other.

Nothing else on this shelf manages that:

Gautye, $59.97 — 212 °F at 3 bar. But 212 °F is exactly 1 bar. ODSD, $49.99 — 221 °F at 3 bar. 221 °F corresponds to about 1.2 bar. Mecmic, $59.99 — 250 °F at 45 PSI. 250 °F corresponds to roughly 15 PSI. EurHomePlus, $109.99 — “3-3.5 Pa” and no temperature at all. Three and a half pascals is a light draft; atmospheric pressure is 101,325 Pa. McCulloch, $218.99 — 4 bar (58 PSI) and “over 200ºF” — consistent, but vague on temperature. This Hill, $269.99 — neither figure for its steam side.

And the three mismatches have one explanation. All three claim a 15 second heat-up, which means they are flash boilers: water pumped past an element and vaporized a trickle at a time. Their stated pressure is the pump, not the steam.

This takes 4 to 6 minutes because it pressurizes a 50.7 ounce tank properly.

What that buys: steam hot enough to melt grease on contact rather than merely wet it, and output that holds for the full fifty minutes rather than tailing off. The title’s “60PSI” is the same 4 bar in the other unit — 4 bar is 58 PSI — so even the title agrees with the bullets.

Consumption works out at 30 ml a minute (1.5 liters over 50 minutes), which is mid-shelf: the McCulloch manages 15.8, the Mecmic 26.7, the Gautye 35.6.

Twenty-one accessories, and three of them are unusual

Only two listings on this shelf itemize their kit. Three items here are worth separating.

An ironing brush and an ironing towel. This machine presses garments as well as cleaning, which nothing else here claims — and a 4 bar boiler is most of what a garment steamer is anyway.

A carpet glider. The plate that clips over a floor head so steam can refresh a pile without the brush dragging through it. Only this, the Aspiron and the McCulloch (with its “floor mop, mop pads”) have the equivalent, and without one a steam cleaner is a hard-surface tool.

A measuring cup and a funnel. Filling a pressurized boiler through a small aperture is how people spill water into the electrics, and the cup lets you put in a known volume rather than guessing against a fifty-minute runtime.

Plus gloves, included on four listings here, and necessary because attachments reach above boiling and get swapped mid-job.

By count: McCulloch 23 · this and Aspiron 21 · Mecmic 18 · Gautye 15 · ODSD 12 · This Hill itemized without a count · EurHomePlus 2 brush heads.

The caution the listing does not give: the 3 stainless steel brushes will scratch anything polished, and steel particles left on aluminum corrode it later. Use the 3 nylon ones on visible surfaces. Two rivals supply brass instead, which is softer than most of what you clean and cuts deposit without scoring it.

A child lock and a pressure release, which the cheap machines do not need

“The built-in child lock… featuring a highly sensitive temperature control system, the steamer… will directly release the steam when the steam pressure in the boiler is too high.”

Both safeguards belong specifically to this architecture, and that is worth understanding.

A tank boiler holds a pressurized volume of water above 140 °C (284 °F). A flash boiler does not — which is a genuine safety advantage of the three cheap machines here, and exactly why this one needs a release valve.

A child lock on a trigger delivering 293 °F steam is not decoration either. Only this and the Aspiron publish one.

How the rest of the shelf handles risk:

EurHomePlus — “a surge thermostat that provides water shortage protection” Mecmic — a “low-water alert” and “no leaks, no shocks, and no scald” ODSD and Gautye — a transparent tank, which is the manual version This Hill — six protections including GFCI, the only one on this shelf, and the right safeguard for a mains appliance used with water McCulloch — a “steam lock for continuous steam”, which is the opposite of a safety lock

Eleven meters, which its own figures contradict

“5M power cord + 1.5M cleaning hose + 1M extension rod, which can cover the living environment within a diameter of 11M.”

Add the parts: 5 + 1.5 + 1 is 7.5 meters (25 ft), and that is a radius from the socket — giving a 15 meter (49.2 ft) diameter, not eleven.

The eleven does not follow from anything in the sentence. The components, though, are useful, and the honest total is 7.5 meters (25 ft) or about 24 feet of reach, which is near the top of this shelf:

McCulloch — 18 ft cord + 7 ft hose = 25 ft, correctly totalled this and Aspiron — about 24 ft by their own components Mecmic — 16 ft, correctly totalled Gautye — 13.2 ft, the only other sum here that checks ODSD — 11.5 ft

The 16 foot cord is the part that matters most. A tank boiler is heavy and pressurized, so you want it standing in a doorway while you work a bathroom — and a machine you have to move mid-job is a machine you move less.

What is not published

No weight, which the Aspiron listing does give: 4990 g, with dimensions of 508 × 279 × 305 mm. So the figure exists; this page omits it.

No wattage, which would let you check the 4–6 minute heat-up. Four rivals publish one: the Mecmic 2500 W — which at 120 V is 20.8 amps, more than a standard 15 A American circuit supplies — the EurHomePlus 1700 W, the ODSD 1600 W, the This Hill 1500 W.

No sealed-surface warning, and at 293 °F this is the machine on this shelf most capable of damage. Steam that hot drives water into unsealed timber, unglazed stone, waxed wood or laminate with open joints faster than anything cooler — and the carpet glider and towel floor brush in the kit make floor use the obvious application. Only the McCulloch and Gautye say the word “sealed” anywhere here.

No descaling or rinse function. The Mecmic at $59.99 is the only listing on this shelf with one — “a one-touch rinse function that clears potential clogs instantly” — and on a tank boiler at 4 bar, scale builds in a vessel you cannot reach. Distilled or filtered water from the first fill is the sensible precaution on this machine.

No warranty, where the Mecmic publishes three years and lifetime support.

And no reason to buy this page rather than the identical one fifty dollars below it.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $200 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.