Having a cleaning obsessed husband- I have learned to deal 😉
Many of you might know that David (the hubs!) is really into cleaning! I mean.. I don’t want things to be gross or dirty or anything, and even when I lived on my own at my apartment when I was away at college I like to think I was pretty organized and clean- I even had people tell me that before. However, David takes cleaning to a whole new level!
I mean he might be cleaner than my mom/grandma are, or even my great grandma ever was- and she was so clean I think you could have ate in any surface in her house even when she got to where she couldn’t do anything else she would sit in a chair at her dresser and dust all her stuff! My dad is constantly saying that we are going to get some kind of weird sickness because he cleans away even the good bacteria too!
He has gotten a lot better with being so obsessive with this- but sometimes he can be really crazy about some cleaning. Like I say I don’t knock anyone for being into being clean- I prefer it as to being flithy but… there is a happy medium lol.
One thing about the cleaning that has began to bother me more recently- ever since I started having all the allergy related asthma is the smell of cleaning products- it is actually another one of my triggers, especially if you are knocking around dust and pet hair and whatnot. Some things are worse than others- especially this one window cleaner he uses.
Hello, Shark Blast and Scrub 2 in 1 pocket Mop!
Anyways, when I had a chance thanks to Shark to review again for them and they offered me the Shark Blast and Scrub 2 in 1 Steam pocket mop I was pretty excited, and I am not even the one doing all the cleaning ha ha. When I told David he was pretty excited too because he had been wanting to buy one and we had actually pushed this one around in a shopping cart at walmart before and then changed our mind at the last minute. Oh, and my mom started rambling off all kinds of things that you can do with it as well!
The Shark Blast 2 in 1 Steam Pocket Mop can be used for SO Many things I can’t even begin to name what they all would be. It is not only a steam mop, but you can easily convert it into a handheld steamer to clean things like your shower, outdoor furniture,etc. Oh and you are only using STEAM- so it doesn’t kill my asthma!
You can also use it to get stains out of things- we actually used it a little bit on our new couch because it is white and had a few spots (of course that was to be expected. We also used it as I had mentioned for our outdoor furniture which had the winter grime on it -some bugs and dirt and what not and it was VERY easily cleaned up- probably in less than 5 minutes for our 2 chairs and the white table that sits out on the patio!
Accessories & WASHABLE MOP PADS!
It comes with SO many accessories it is crazy- To start with it comes with 2 Rectangle pocket WASHABLE pads- which I LOVE because we are used to using a certain floor cleaning thing that takes pads you have to buy both wet and dry if you know what I am saying- also since it uses cleaning solution if you want to spray that- you have to buy all of the above and it def. gets expensive. So being able to wash the pads is a HUGE plus, and not having to buy any sort of cleaning solutions is not only great for the asthma but also good for the wallet.
As far as other accessories that it came with they include: Steam Mop Handle, Steam Mop Body, 1 rectangle mop head, 1 scrub blast accessory, scrub blast pad, ez reach bending duster accessory,ez reach bending duster pad, accessory hose with direct steam nozzle, fill flask and blast and scrub pad. In other words they provide everything but the water!
How To Use:
It is so easy to use, that even I can do it, lets just put it that way 🙂 All you have to do is attach the packet pad to your mop head and fill in the water tank to the fill line and plug it in.. in about 30 seconds you have steam, so you will watch out and not get scalded obviously! You will hear a “hissing” sound and see the steam- if it runs out of water you will hear a gurgling sound – if you do run out of water be sure to unplug it before you refill! It is also recommended you use distilled water- which I didn’t notice until just now but that is just a recommendation. I actually buy distilled water for my purmist steam inhaler so I did find that interesting!
Steam of course sanitizes and doesn’t have all the yucky chemical smell, and doesn’t leave residue- which is something else I like.
You can then select a hi or lo steam, and start mopping away! Â You can flip over the mop head and use both sides as needed!
To convert to the steam cleaner, the only thing you have to do is hit the release button, take off the mop head and go to town!
Summing it Up:
I REALLY loved the Shark blast and scrub 2 in 1 steam pocket mop , but it has actually been David being the one that hasn’t came around as much. He has such a mad love for chemicals he won’t believe that it is clean just from steam even though he knows steam sanitizes and that it is visibly clean! He is coming around a little bit more and more but he isn’t there quite yet. I love it- I can breath easy and I can see things are clean and the dirt on the pad- though well not a lot of dirt on the pads because hello mr obsessive compulsive cleaner!  I look forward to using it more in the future and I might even let my mom borrow it because they just put in wood floors at her house!
