The H2O MOP X5 with Built-In Portable Steamer is designed not only to thoroughly clean floor surfaces, such as marble, ceramic, stone, linoleum, sealed hardwood floor and parquet, but get your entire house clinically clean! It also uses a microfiber floor cloth to enhance absorbency. The  5 in 1 Steam Mop X5 deodorizes sanitizes and increases cleaning power by converting water to steam.

An Inside Look at Steam Mop Testing

A steam mop is only as good as its stain-busting power. We applied four soils — oily dirt, spaghetti sauce, soda, and orange juice — uniformly to ceramic and vinyl tiles and let them dry overnight. Then we pushed each steam mop over the stain, using a maximum of 30 strokes to remove the mess. Most steam mops excelled, removing soda stains in as few as two strokes. Spaghetti-sauce stains gave the mops the most trouble — a few were unable to remove the red sauce marks entirely, even after 30 strokes.

We also rated the ability of steam-and-sweep mops to remove debris on bare floors. To do so, we spread sand, oatmeal, baking soda, and orzo in a defined area on clean vinyl flooring. We then passed the sweeper over the area and measured how much of the debris it was able to pick up in two strokes. Performance varied, but none of the mops were able to pick up all of the mess in one go.

No one wants to spend all day cleaning, so we took a look at just how efficient each mop is. Beyond soil removal, steam rate is a great metric to look at for steam mops. In theory, mops that produce more steam should be better and quicker at cleaning, but aren't always.

Ideally you don't want to have to run to the sink to refill more than once when you're cleaning a room. We looked at how long each steam mop can continuously produce steam on a single tank. (Ideally, you should get at least 15 minutes worth of steam.) We also timed how long each unit took to heat up (less than a minute in almost every case) and how much water the reservoir can hold.