Steam cleaner effective but not perfect I decided in December 2011 to buy this steam cleaner from amazon.co.uk. My own needs was simply to keep the house looking clean and tidy. This steam cleaner has definitely helped achieve that. In a few uses I was able to clean my carpets in the living room and in the bedrooms with what I feel to be a convenient and cost effective manner. I had the feeling that vacuuming alone was not enough. In short where it impressed me the most was that I used a small attachment with a terry cloth that came with the machine and I used this machine to clean my gas hob. In around 2 sessions of steam cleaning my gas hob was looking like ...  Read the complete review

Our rug in the dining room was looking a bit jaded and we wanted to give a it a spruce us as we had recently decorated the room. I was telling my brother about it and he said he had a steam cleaner we could borrow to have a go at it to see if it came up any better. The cleaner is a Karcher SC1020 steam cleaner and he bought it from Tesco for just under £100. The cleaner is a nice yellow colour and it come with a hose, pipe and brush attachment like you would get with a vacuum cleaner. You also get another bit that looks like the brush bit for a vacuum cleaner but you attach cloths to it to rub the floor with. The hose has a trigger thing on the end ...  Read the complete review

I used to have a steam cleaner but didn't replace it when it started to expel boiling hot water from the hose where the tools clicked together. So we bought a carpet cleaner, but what I missed about the steam cleaner was that I could use it to clean tiles, curtains my sofa and car seats. So I did some research and read very good reviews before I decided to buy the Karcher SC1020. I wanted something that was small effective and easy to store so I could use it on a regular basis and this fits the bill perfectly. The Packaging It comes in a small cardboard box which initially was a bit worrying as I thought I had bought one ...  Read the complete review