Hard floors, upright · review
Fifteen seconds, a triangular head and a scrubbing pad — the cheapest sensible way to stop mopping with a bucket.
The bottom line The right first steam mop: fast, cheap and honest about being a maintenance machine.
The Vileda Steam Plus does one thing well — it starts in fifteen seconds and gets a floor done — and it does not pretend to be anything else.
The specification that decides whether a steam mop is used weekly or twice a year is how long it makes you wait. Fifteen seconds is fast enough that steaming the kitchen floor is not a plan, it is a decision made while the kettle boils. Everything else on this page trades that convenience for pressure, tank size or settings.
The PowerPad is the interesting inclusion: a scrubbing face for the dried-on mark by the bin, where an ordinary microfibre pad simply polishes it. The two plain pads handle the rest. Between them the machine covers the two states a domestic floor is actually in, which is more useful than a longer accessory list.
A triangular head is sold on reaching corners, and it does — point first. What it does not do is clean the two edges that meet at that corner in the same pass, which a square plate does. On an open floor this is irrelevant; in a fitted kitchen it means finishing the skirting line separately.
There is no published steam level, no boiler pressure and no descaling cartridge. This is a maintenance machine for sealed tile and vinyl, and it is priced as one. A kitchen that has not been properly cleaned in a year is a job for a cylinder machine with real pressure, or for a floor washer that puts down clean water and takes the dirty water back.
One reference across all six Amazon stores, including the United States.
| Heat-up time | 15 seconds |
|---|---|
| Tank | 400 ml, with water level indicator |
| Head | Triangular, for corners, edges and under furniture |
| Included | PowerPad, two washable microfibre pads, carpet glider |
| Part number | 168932 |
| Amazon reference | B09G383W17 |
| EAN | 4023103229730 |
It is an abrasive-faced pad for dried-on marks — the spot where something dripped and set. The plain microfibre pads pick up dust and everyday traces; the PowerPad gives you something to scrub with without fetching a separate tool. Swapping between them is the whole technique on a floor that has one bad patch and is otherwise fine.
It is Vileda's figure, and machines with small tanks and modest elements genuinely do start that fast. What matters as much is that the machine stays ready while you move between rooms, so the second and third room do not each cost another wait.
With care and never parked. There is no low setting published, so the protection has to come from technique: keep the head moving, do not go over the same strip repeatedly, and test in a hidden corner first. If your laminate has open or lifting joints, the honest answer is that steam is not the right tool for that floor.
Compared with the median of its own aisle on this site — not with the market at large.
7.0/ 10
The right first steam mop: fast, cheap and honest about being a maintenance machine.
A flat or a small house, on sealed tile and vinyl, cleaned often and quickly
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 | Amazon reference |
|---|---|---|
| Vileda Steam Plus | 75 € | B09G383W17 |
| Leifheit CleanTenso Power | 70 € | B09YJ1GBM5 |
| Schenley Lightweight Steam Mop | 69 € | B0G58X4RX4 |
| Livatro 13-in-1 Steam Cleaner | 95 € | B0H29L2BXN |
At 75 €, it sits -21 % against the 95 € median of the 7 models in this category published here.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 15, 2026.
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
≈ £125 / 99 €
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
≈ 70 €
1 500 W · steam to 130 °C · 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
≈ 95 €
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
