There’s a product I keep seeing promoted on Instagram that I’ve really wanted to test out for myself. It’s those little steam cleaners that you see people using to clean anything and everything in their home, from grout to shower doors to those parts of the window that are so challenging to clean.
I’ve seen two different types of these steam cleaners being recommended. The first is the smaller handheld version, like this little Bissell Steam Shot Deluxe. (That’s an Amazon affiliate link.) I definitely liked the price on that one, and the reviews are great. But the most common complaint about those little handheld steamers is that they simply don’t hold much water, so if you’re doing a big cleaning job, they require constant refill.
So instead, I opted for the second kind, which is the type with the larger separate tank that sits on the floor and rolls on wheels. I got this Dupray Neat Steam cleaner (also an affiliate link) that comes with all kinds of different attachments.
The reason I wanted the bigger one is because (as you may have guessed from the picture above) I wanted this specifically to clean the grout in our two bathrooms. Both bathrooms have white grout, but with a 100-pound dog who loves to sleep on this cool floor during the hot summer, as well as two messy adults and a constant stream of guests using this bathroom, it doesn’t stay white for long.
Over the years, I’ve spent quite a bit of time on Pinterest trying to find all of the “clean grout easily” cleaning hacks that I can find to help me keep this grout clean, and nothing works. I’ve done the vinegar and water. I’ve done the baking soda. I’ve bought various products touted as the one.
None of them were the one. So I end up resorting to Grout Renew to make the grout look clean again, but that’s pretty time consuming, even for a small bathroom. And now that we have a much larger bathroom with grout that will need to be kept clean, there’s no way I want to have to Grout Renew the floor every few months.
So after watching Instagram reel after Instagram reel of these steam cleaners seemingly working magic on dirty grout (and other things around the house), I finally decided to spend the extra money, buy the one with the bigger tank, and test it out on my hallway bathroom grout.
Well, all I can say is buy it. Just buy it. You will want this in your life. I will give this a very enthusiastic five out of five stars. It is amazing!
Here’s how my grout started out…
And the woman who cleans my house (which is done on a weekly basis) had just been here the day before. So before the steam cleaning, that’s what the floor would look like when it was “clean”.
Using this steam cleaner is very simple. You simply unscrew this cap on the top, fill it with water, and screw the cap back on.
And then you plug it in and press the power button on the front. When you turn it on, the power button will be yellow. You have to wait about eight minutes for the power button to light up green, and then it’s ready to use! It’s so simple!
Cleaning is not my favorite thing to do (and that’s an understatement). I’d rather do just about anything else than clean. But y’all! This thing is FUN to use! There’s something so satisfying about watching it work its magic on this grout, and seeing the huge before and after difference. Here’s an “in progress” view of the floor.
And here’s the floor after all of the grout was steam cleaned.
I mean, just look at this! And do you know how long it took me to do the whole floor? Ten minutes! Ha! TEN MINUTES!!!
I am not even exaggerating in the least. It took ten minutes to turn the grout from the dark, dingy, dirty grout on the left to the bright, clean grout on the right.
So far, this is my absolute favorite and most impressive Instagram influencer product recommendation that I’ve tested out. I needed this in my life years ago! I’ve spent so much time on my hands and knees scrubbing the grout in this bathroom with so many different things in an attempt to find the magical cleaner, and as it turns out, that magical cleaner is steam. Just steam!
I still can’t get over the fact that it only took ten minutes. Granted, it’s a small bathroom. I think it’s about 7′ x 8′, and the bathtub and cabinets take up quite a bit of that space. But still, ten minutes to completely transform the look of the floor and turn it from grungy to clean is pretty darn impressive, especially after all of the things I’ve tried in the past to get grout clean. Amazing.
So this is a definitely five out of five stars. I highly recommend it. You can find the one I got here, but if you don’t want to spend that much on a steamer (which I understand seeing that mine sat on my wish list for four months before I decided to go for it), then try out the little Bissell. I think they both work well, but if you have bigger cleaning jobs, the bigger water tank will probably be a better choice.
If you missed my previous posts where I try out Instagram influencers’ product recommendations, you can see those here:
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