Buying the Best Steam Cleaners, Vapor Steam Cleaners, and Steam Cleaning Equipment

The best steam cleaners are those which are actuallyunexpected hose malfunction requires the user to
referred to as vapor steam cleaners, which emit aship the entire steam cleaner back for service, which
much higher and hotter vapor than traditional steamcan be distressing, especially if the steam cleaner is
cleaners. Essentially, vapor steam cleaners emit dryused frequently as is the case for most commercial
steam with only about 5% water in the vapor whileand industrial steam cleaning applications. You can
low-priced steam cleaners lack the power and heatmerely replace the steam hose if you buy steam
to generate similar dry steam. The steam from thesecleaners with replaceable hoses. We suggest only
steam cleaners tend to be on the wetter side.replaceable hoses.
Cheap steam cleaner systems are typicallyContinuous-refill steam cleaners, which lack pressure
under-powered with pressure levels as low as 15 psicaps, are outstanding for applications requiring
and much lower temperatures that the more ruggedcleaning a large surface area whether for home and
and commercial steam cleaners. The low end steamcommercial cleaning applications. Those involved in
cleaners typically are sold in hand-held or relativelyfacilities maintenance, commercial cleaning, hospitality,
small versions versus higher-quality steam cleaners.foodservice, health care and other markets can
Inexpensive steam cleaners clearly lack the featuresbenefit from continuous-refill steam cleaners. Workers
and performance necessary for most steam cleaningoften need to clean for hours and steam cleaners
tasks within home, business, and commercialthat allow them to clean without stopping are ideal to
environments.maximize their productivity. Steam cleaners with
pressure caps take up to 20 minutes to depressurize,
Vapor steam cleaners are rated by a variety ofadd water, and reheat.
steam cleaner attributes, namely pressure,
temperature, boiler size, water refill chamber size (ifThe construction of the steam cleaner case or
the steam cleaner allows for continuous-refill), amonghousing is another very important attribute to
other features. The best steam cleaners offerconsider when searching for the best steam cleaners.
pressure per square inch (psi) of 65 and more, andHigh quality steam cleaners use either a heavy-duty
temperatures over 295°, which is well beyondplastic casing, one made of stainless steel, or else a
sanitizing and disinfecting levels. The benefit of vaporcombination of both. An easy rule to remember is if
steam cleaners is they offer outstanding cleaningthe steam cleaner vendor mentions the case or
power for applications low-moisture cleaninghousing is metal and the color is anything but stainless
applications.steel, then the material is absolutely painted sheet
metal. The problem with painted metal cases is they
The heart of a steam cleaner is the boiler, which iswill rust over time due to heat generated from the
available in either aluminum or stainless steel, which issteam cleaner.
the best metal for the ultimate in durability and
longevity. Always make sure to research the boilerDo not confuse steam cleaners with carpet steam
construction because saving money purchasing ancleaners as they are targeted towards distinctly
aluminum-based boiler with a shorter life span willdifference applications. Although they can be used to
most probably results in greater costs later. The bestspot clean carpet, upholstery, drapes, etc, vapor
commercial steam cleaners and industrial steamsteam cleaners are designed primarily for hard
cleaners come with at least stainless steel boilers.surfaces they are absolutely not geared towards full
Sacrificing boiler quality can result in steam cleanercarpet cleaning applications.
downtime and boiler replacement at costs up to andCarpet steam cleaners are actually a type of carpet
over $700.00.cleaner, which is dedicated to carpet cleaning tasks.
The bottom line is if your application calls for carpet
The best steam cleaners are bundled with replaceablecleaning, then buy a carpet steam cleaner if you
steam hoses rather than steam cleaner hoses thatdesire heat, but absolutely do not buy a vapor steam
are permanently attached to the vapor steamcleaner.
cleaner. The major problem with attached hoses is an