

The Kärcher SC3 Upright EasyFix Premium: price and availability I’ve used two main methods of mopping in the past – a mop and bucket which is effective but messy, dirty, cumbersome, old fashioned and a pain in the butt, and a robot mop which is futuristic and effort free but costly and ultimately not 100% reliable. We’re talking extremely hot wet, clinically clean stuff – ie boiled water – that annihilates ingrained dirt and makes bacteria and viruses run for their dodgy little lives. Yes, chemicals would most probably kill the majority of bacteria and viruses, but what if you have a toddler or a pet who is likely to lick the floor from time to time? By the time you’ve finished, chances are the last section of flooring would resemble a microscopic slide from Porton Down.

However, mopping does require a lot of back and forth elbow grease plus visits back to the basket to squeeze out the dirty water which then mixes with the clean water, which you then smear back all over the floor.

A humble mop generally works well at cleaning a hard floor even if it does leave a voluminous streak of water in its wake. Now, you could reach for a mob and a bucket of water, perhaps with some kind of chemical solution mixed in. There’s no getting away from it, hard floors need a good cleaning now and again, not just to make them look speckless but also to kill bacteria and even some viruses.
