When the time came to choose flooring for the kitchen, I played against what I'd been taught from an early age (ie. I selected neither a highly patterned surface 'that wouldn't show the dirt', nor anything that came in any shade of dark brown for the same reason)and chose a soft-feel vinyl patterned to look like fake floor tiles, in a mixture of cream and orange squares. I'd have preferred real tiles obviously, but as there isn't a flat surface in the house, we'd have had to have the kitchen floor re-screeded before tiling it, with something smooth. Hence vinyl was what we ended up with, and it's all right really, but like all kitchen floors everywhere, it's ...  Read the complete review

Normally when it comes to washing hard floors there are limits to what I'll do. If I resort to using our Addis mop sponge then I know that I'll be beavering away to an end where a couple of Ibuprofen and some cushions propped up in a chair at the end of the sesh will make me think twice about use a sponge mop again. Strangely enough how people often return...Sponge mops are good for quick clear ups of spillages but forget it if you have large expanses of flooring to wash down. ** This is a long review but it is beneficial for those who wish to buy Hometek's Steam Mop ** Many swear by an old mop though and we've had quite a few from Vileda ...  Read the complete review