Vapamore MR-100 Primo Steam Cleaning System With Lifetime Warranty

Broke after first use
Update, Jan. 2012:
The president of Vapamore says in the comments section of my Vapamore review that he spent "hours" on the phone with me. This is not true. He may have spent hours with the dealer I bought it from, who was concerned that I be satisfied with the purchase and was concerned with my complaints, but Vapamore did not spend "hours" on the phone with me. The president of Vapamore also says the steamer I sent back worked perfectly when the company got it back. I wouldn't have sent it back if it worked. Maybe the returned steamer worked because Vapamore replaced my returned hose with a new one, I don't know. I noticed when I was packing to send the steamer back there was a bulge in the hose near the top of the hose. The tech had told me when I called to report that my new steamer wasn't working that the two most common problems with Vapamore steamers are blown fuses on the steamers and issues with the hose. My new steamer had been used two hours when it began producing...

Great Product for the Money
I almost bought a steam cleaner at twice the price of the Vapamore MR-100 Primo, but decided to try the less expensive Vapamore and can attest that it is a good machine for the money. At half the price of a competitive product, you may have to buy extra brushes (which I ordered right away from the factory), but you can buy a lifetime supply of spare brushes and still not spend as much as $700 total for the effect.

As other reviewers noted, the steam cleaning makes a high pitched noise, so ear protection is recommended if you plan to clean for a half hour or more. This machine does an excellent job on glass, ceramic, wood and tile, but not so great on stainless steel.

As far as carpet cleaning, it is good with small areas; I would not use it for wall-to-wall carpet, but area rugs clean up nicely, especially small stains. If you have cheap carpet, you may not get good results. Wool carpet and good acrylic carpet clean up well.

The smaller nylon brush tip...

One of 3 listings on Amazon for MR-100
Don't know about the other 2 listings for this same unit, but I ordered mine from this Amazon vendor. Unit arrived well packed and I went to work cleaning my large 3 burner plus IR 42" stainless steel propane grill as part of an needed overhaul. Grill has seen many years of service and had caked on grease/carbon that have proven to resist normal grill cleaning. Plus needed some new igniter electrodes that were hidden under the grime. So time to bring out the big guns! The MR-100 took a few minutes to setup and get steaming. Note: unit needs distilled water or you void the warranty. Also, print a copy of your order to send in with the warranty card.

Back to the MR-100. How did the MR-100 do? It removed all of the grease and most of the hard burnt on stuff. Most came off with not much more than a pass over the area with the included brass brush accessory and a wiping down with paper towels. Some needed extra effort and a soaking with oven cleaner spray before steaming the...

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Shark Cordless Floor-and-Carpet Cleaner, V1930

Broke after about 6 hours of light use
It's a little deceptive. This vac makes very little noise and the battery powered brush doesn't appear to really be doing much. But then your floors and carpets get clean. It really does a pretty good job! It's perfect for 'in-between' use. I use it once or twice a week just to keep the floors in good shape.

Now for the bad news. Battery life does in fact seem to...well...suck. I've had this little guy for about 3 weeks and already I can sense the battery losing charge much more quickly than the first few runs. As this isn't a powerful vac, a full strong battery charge is important.

There's even a sticker on the vac that instructs you to replace the battery every 9-12 months. Not a good sign if you ask me.

So overall, I'm disappointed. It's a good little vac with a cheap battery. With any luck, Shark will take these reviews to heart and really delve into improving the battery life. If and when they do, my review will go straight to 5...

Very Pleased
I just bought this today so I cant tell you how wonderful it still works after many uses but I can tell you that it worked absolutely wonderfully on my very yuckie, dirty, Cheerio crumb infested (toddler in the house) kitchen floor. I will never use a broom and dust pan again. Well, maybe the broom, but only to quickly sweep the stuff the Shark can't reach under the lower cupboards (we live in an old apt which may have something to do with that). Not a big deal. I just swept it into the middle of the floor and then sucked it all right up with the Shark. It picks up much more than the broom/dust pan method, even better than my Hoover on the "hard floor" setting! It made mopping the old fashioned not so "yuckie." Now Im starting to eye the steam mops. Here's to no more getting on my hands and knees to clean the floors!

I also tried it out on the carpet (more crumbs!) and it worked the same. Great! This product obviously wont replace your regular vacuum, but for quick, light...

Convenience is great, cleaning is OK
After using this product on my entire house for the first time, I find it easy and convenient. It is small enough to get under many things that are difficult for my real vacuum to reach. It is easy to carry upstairs. It seems to work fairly well on carpet, which was a surprise. I find my vacuuming is done faster.

I have many uncarpeted surfaces, though, and found it a bit substandard on those. I had to go over my kitchen and hardwood floors several times in some spots to gather the dirt/dust there. My hardwood floors have grooves between the wide boards, as well, which my regular vacuum does a great job on, but the Shark leaves most dirt in those grooves.

I did try it around the litter box, and after some repeated passes, it did pick up most of the cat litter, except any left in grooves.

The place it did the poorest was on my hardwood stairs. It really did a lousy job, which is a shame, because this is one of the places that is real pain to use my...

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