Hard floors, upright · review
A sub-five-pound steam mop with a removable tank, an 18-foot cord and steam in 30 seconds.
Where this ends up The lightest American machine here at 2087 grams, with the only published cord length in the Shark range and a removable tank. It is also the benchmark its own maker measured the two 159-dollar models against, which makes it the most useful reference point on this shelf.
The S8001 at $159.99 and the S8201 at $159 both claim “up to 2x better stuck-on stain removal vs. traditional steam mops”.
And their footnote names the benchmark: “based on IEC/TC SC 59F (Mustard), tested against S1000.”
So the “traditional steam mop” in that comparison is this machine, ninety dollars below them on the same shelf. Which is unusually transparent, and it makes the upgrade decision a real one rather than a guess.
What the ninety dollars buys, by their own bullets: an automatic scrubbing head with rotating pads at “over 150 scrubs per minute”, three steam modes instead of one, LED headlights, and four pads instead of two. And on Shark’s stated mustard measurement, twice the stuck-on stain removal.
What it costs: weight. This records 2087 g; the S8001 3130 g and the S8201 4042 g — 50 and 94 per cent heavier.
Which is the trade, and it is not obvious either way. A light machine that heats in thirty seconds gets used twice a week; a heavy one gets used when the floor is bad. For routine floors this is the better tool. For a kitchen with baked-on spills, the rotating head earns its money.
“At under 5 lbs.” The catalog records 2087 g, which is 4.6 lb, so the claim holds with room to spare.
The shelf, by catalog weight:
this — 2087 g · Shark S3501 — 2209 g · NEWBULIG — 2341 g · Shark S8001 — 3130 g · Phueut — 3447 g · Schenley — 3629 g · Shark S8201 — 4042 g · HJGJYWLQ — 11489 g gross
So this is the lightest American machine on the shelf, and the three canisters are 65 to 75 per cent heavier before you count the hose.
Weight is the specification that decides whether a mop gets used. Four and a half pounds goes up a staircase one-handed and lives in a cupboard without being a project. The HJGJYWLQ at twenty-five pounds gross is something you wheel.
And “conveniently store away after use” is the half of the sentence that matters at this size: a mop that has to be dismantled or leaned somewhere does not get picked up on a Tuesday.
“The 18 ft. long power cord gives you a wide cleaning radius, so you can cover more floors without stopping to find a new outlet.”
Eighteen feet from a socket is a working radius of about eighteen feet, which covers most domestic rooms end to end. A kitchen, a hall or a bathroom becomes one plug-in rather than two.
this — 18 ft NEWBULIG — 16.4 ft, which is 5 meters exactly HJGJYWLQ — 3.5 m, about 11.5 ft Phueut — 9.8 ft, which is 3 meters, plus an “extra-long hose” Shark S3501, S8001, S8201, Schenley, Keenstone — nothing
The S3501 is the instructive comparison: “The long power cord gives you a wide cleaning radius” — the same sentence with the number taken out.
Why it matters on this machine specifically: it reaches steam in 30 seconds, so there is nothing else to interrupt you. Unplugging is the interruption, and eighteen feet removes most of it.
“Get on-demand steam ready in just 30 seconds.”
It can, because it is not heating a tank. A steam mop holds cold water and drips it onto a hot block at the head, flashing it to vapor as it passes — so there is almost nothing to warm up. The S3501 publishes the same figure.
The other architecture here publishes very different ones:
Schenley, $139.99 — “Fast 8-Minute Heat-Up” for a 45.5 fl. oz. tank. The arithmetic supports it: about 1.35 liters to the boil needs roughly 0.45 megajoules, which at 1500 W is about five minutes. Eight is conservative. Keenstone, $139.99 — no heat-up figure, and the sentence nobody else writes: “allow the unit to cool for 20 minutes before adding water.” Phueut, $119.64 — “heats up quickly”, no figure. HJGJYWLQ, $591.99 — “Fast Heating”, no figure.
What you give up for the thirty seconds is pressure. An unpressurized mop cannot drive steam into a grout line the way the Keenstone claims to at 58 psi.
“On-demand” is the other word worth noticing. This produces steam while you ask for it rather than holding a pressurized charge — which is also why no pressure figure appears anywhere on any of the four Sharks here.
“USE ON SEALED HARD FLOORS: Designed to clean across all sealed hard floors including hardwood, marble, tile, stone, laminate, and vinyl.”
Every Shark on this shelf carries that bullet, and the word that carries it is sealed.
On unsealed or waxed timber, steam swells the fiber and raises the grain, and it strips wax. On unglazed stone or terracotta, it soaks in. On laminate with open seams, it gets under the surface layer and lifts it. On unsealed grout, it erodes.
Steam does all of that faster than a wet mop, because it carries far more energy per gram. That is the point of the tool and also its one risk.
And the cheapest machine here says the opposite. The NEWBULIG at $37.89: “Safe for all floors: hardwood, tile, laminate, stone & grout lines.” The same list of materials, without the word — and nothing about that machine makes it gentler, since it publishes 212 °F of unpressurized steam, which is the same kind of heat this produces.
The Schenley, Keenstone, Phueut and HJGJYWLQ do not raise the question at all.
The cheap test before steaming a whole room: a drop of water on an inconspicuous joint, and watch whether it beads or soaks in.
“remove grease and grime using just water — no chemicals needed and no residue left behind.”
That is the strongest case the category has, and this listing puts it first.
There is no consumable. No bottle to replace, nothing with a shelf life, nothing to shop for again. A spray mop ties you to a refill; this needs a tap.
And it works differently from a detergent. Heat melts grease rather than dissolving it, and it leaves nothing behind — which matters most on the surfaces a child crawls on or a dog lies on. The Phueut makes the same point about “kids and pets”; the Schenley calls it “the power of purified water”; the NEWBULIG says “safe for… loved ones”.
The asterisk on “sanitization” leads to Shark’s standard note about controlled test conditions. Worth setting beside the two Sharks here that go further: the S3501 and the S8201 both claim “99.9% of common household bacteria” and name five organisms in the footnote — “Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica (typhi), and Klebsiella pneumoniae when used as directed.”
This page claims sanitization without the percentage, as does the S8001. The practical requirement behind all of them is the same: dwell time. Heat has to stay on the surface to do the work, which means moving slowly.
“2 machine washable Dirt Grip pads”, single-sided — so two cleaning surfaces.
The S3501 at $58.99 ships two double-sided pads, which is four surfaces: “Flip the mop head to clean using both sides… extending your cleaning session with fewer washes.” The S8001 and S8201 ship four single-sided pads each.
That is the real trade between this and the cheaper Shark, and it is worth stating plainly:
this — removable tank, 18 ft cord, 2 cleaning surfaces S3501 — filling flask, cord length unstated, 4 cleaning surfaces
Which matters because a steam mop pad stops working before the floor is done. It fills with the dirt it has lifted, and a saturated pad starts spreading what it was collecting — the usual cause of a streaked finish.
So on a small floor, the removable tank and the long cord are the better buy. On a large floor, the extra pad surfaces matter more, because you run out of clean pad before you run out of patience.
Dirt-Grip textured microfibre is the pad on all four Sharks here: “outstanding absorption and added scrubbing power”. And all of them are machine washable, which is the other reason the pad count is the figure to watch — they all go in one load.
No temperature and no pressure, as on all four Sharks here. For reference, the only consistent pair on this shelf is the Keenstone’s 300 °F at 58 psi — 58 psi is about 5 bar absolute, where saturated steam sits near 306 °F. The Schenley’s 248 °F at 3.5 bar and the HJGJYWLQ’s 110 °C at 4.0–5.0 bar are each internally inconsistent. The NEWBULIG’s 212 °F with no pressure claim is correct for an unpressurized mop — and this is the same kind of machine, so 212 °F is the sensible expectation.
No tank capacity, where the Keenstone publishes 51 oz and 50 minutes, the Schenley 45.5 fl. oz. and 45 minutes, the Phueut 1.5 L, the HJGJYWLQ 3.5 L. “Removable” is the only thing said about the tank here.
No wattage.
No steam modes. One setting, where the S8001 and S8201 have three — “Light, Normal, Deep” — the Schenley two trigger settings, and the Phueut an adjustable control on the handle with a lock.
No LED light, which both $159 Sharks have: “reveal hidden debris”, “so you don’t miss hidden debris in corners, crevices, and under furniture”.
No attachments. It is a floor machine. The Phueut ships 28 accessories, the Schenley 21, the Keenstone 17, the NEWBULIG 14 plus a detachable handheld.
No safety features published, where the NEWBULIG has anti-dry-burn with a sound, an auto-shutoff and a red light, and the Keenstone a steam child lock and a cap that stays locked while the tank is hot or pressurized.
No spare pads sold with it, on a machine that ships the smallest number on this shelf.
No warranty. The Keenstone’s two years is the only term here, and its UL499 the only certification.
Read on the day this page was built: $60 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-05. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Weight | Under 5 lb; the catalog records 2087 g (73.6 oz) — the lightest of the American machines here |
|---|---|
| Cord | 18 ft — the longest published on this shelf |
| Water tank | Removable, for fills and refills at the tap |
| Heat-up | On-demand steam in just 30 seconds |
| Pads | Two machine-washable Dirt-Grip textured microfibre |
| Steering | Swivel |
| Floors | Sealed hard floors only — stated in a dedicated capitalized bullet |
| Consumable | None — water only, no chemicals, no residue |
| Its role on this shelf | The machine Shark measured the S8001 and S8201 against |
| Temperature | Not published, as on all four Sharks here |
| Pressure | Not published |
| Tank capacity | Not published |
| Steam modes | One — the two 159-dollar Sharks have three |
| Attachments | None — it is a floor machine |
| Warranty | Not published |
| Amazon reference | B0768ZC23W |
| EAN | 0622356550703 |
Because Shark says so, and it is unusually transparent of them. The S8001 at $159.99 and the S8201 at $159 both claim "up to 2x better stuck-on stain removal vs. traditional steam mops" — and the footnote names the benchmark: "based on IEC/TC SC 59F (Mustard), tested against S1000." So the "traditional steam mop" in that claim is this machine, ninety dollars below them on the same shelf. Which makes the comparison genuinely useful rather than vague. What the extra ninety dollars buys, by their own bullets: an automatic scrubbing head with rotating pads at "over 150 scrubs per minute", three steam modes instead of one, LED headlights, and four pads instead of two. And by Shark’s own stated measurement, the result on stuck-on stains is twice as good — on a mustard test to a published standard. What it costs you: weight. This records 2087 g (73.6 oz); the S8001 is 3130 g (110.4 oz) and the S8201 4042 g (142.6 oz), so the upgrade is 50 to 94 per cent heavier. For routine floors, a light machine that heats in thirty seconds gets used more often than a heavy one that cleans harder. For a kitchen with baked-on spills, the reverse.
It is the clearest difference between this and the S3501 at $58.99, and it is worth the ten dollars for most people. Bullet two makes a feature of it: "The removable water tank allows easy fills and refills, helping more floors to be cleaned without interruption." The S3501 does not have one — its box contains "1x Filling Flask", which means you fill a jug at the tap and pour it into the machine. Taking the tank to the tap is faster and less messy than bringing water to the mop, and it is the thing you do most often on a machine with no published tank capacity. Both $159 Sharks also have a removable tank, so three of the four here do. What the S3501 has instead is double-sided pads — two pads, four cleaning surfaces — where this ships two single-sided ones. So the ten dollars between them buys a removable tank and loses you two cleaning faces. Which way round that falls depends on your floor area: a pad that has filled with dirt starts spreading it, which is the usual cause of a streaked finish, so on a large floor the extra surfaces matter more than the tank.
On a corded floor machine, more than most specifications, and this is the only Shark here that publishes a figure. Bullet seven: "The 18 ft. long power cord gives you a wide cleaning radius, so you can cover more floors without stopping to find a new outlet." Eighteen feet from a socket gives you a working radius of about eighteen feet, which covers most domestic rooms end to end — so a kitchen, a hall or a bathroom is one plug-in rather than two. The shelf: this 18 ft · NEWBULIG 16.4 ft, which is 5 meters (16 ft) exactly · HJGJYWLQ 3.5 m (11 ft), about 11.5 ft · Phueut 9.8 ft, which is 3 meters (10 ft), though it adds an "extra-long hose" · and nothing at all from the S3501, the S8001, the S8201, the Schenley or the Keenstone. The S3501 says only "the long power cord gives you a wide cleaning radius" — the same sentence with the number removed. Worth knowing because unplugging and replugging is the thing that interrupts a job, and on a machine that reaches steam in 30 seconds the cord is what governs how continuously you can work.
cleaning machines from the same category, at nearby prices. Only what all of them publish is shown: a column with holes compares nothing.
| Model | Price | Weight | Cord | Temperature | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shark S1000 | $60 | Under 5 lb; the catalog records 2087 g (73.6 oz) — the lightest of the American machines here | 18 ft — the longest published on this shelf | Not published, as on all four Sharks here | Not published |
| Shark S3501 | $59 | Under 5 lb; the catalog records 2209 g (77.9 oz) | Long, with no figure published | Not published, as on all four Sharks here | Not published |
| NEWBULIG AS-ZTB24SC-BKPK-SY | $38 | 2341 g (82.6 oz) | 16.4 ft, which is 5 meters (16 ft) exactly | 212 °F — which is exactly boiling point at atmospheric pressure, and consistent with an unpressurized mop | None claimed, correctly |
| Phueut Not stated by the maker | $105 | 3447 g (121.6 oz) | 9.8 ft, which is 3 meters (10 ft), plus an extra-long hose | Not published | Not published, though "high pressure" is claimed |
Details checked on October 5, 2026.
Sealed hard floors, twice a week, in a house where the mop has to be light and quick
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 2,000.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for cleaning machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
30 s heat-up · 0.4 l refillable · 1,600 W · two steam settings
A steam mop with a wood setting and a tile setting — the distinction most machines pretend does not exist.
Best for: Sealed hard floors of mixed types — tile in the kitchen, engineered wood in the hall — cleaned weekly
under 30 s heat-up · 680 ml removable tank · up to 50 min · 7 m cable
The biggest tank in this group by a wide margin — fifty minutes of steam, and a square head that reaches corners.
Best for: Large tiled areas cleaned in one go, and homes where corners and skirtings matter more than gadgets
1,500 W · steam to 130 °C (266 °F) · detachable handheld · 13 attachments
A steam mop whose top half detaches, with a stated steam temperature — which most of this family omits.
Best for: A flat where one machine has to cover floors, tiles and the occasional hob
