Kärcher SC 5 EasyFix Steam Cleaner with hot water connection, steam pressure: 4.2 bar,heating time: 3 min, area: approx.150 m², tank: 0.5 l + 1.5 l, incl. floor cleaning set EasyFix and nozzles yellow

One minute I'm gob smacked at how clean thus gets things with so little effort... But come the kitchen sink, a dark grey composite job, complete with minor limescale, the steamer did nothing...despite claims of light limescale removed. The cooker hood, stainless steel, gleaming like new. The tiled floor, clean AND no sticky residues, excellent.The next question is whether it's worth £350??? It's a lot of money for a kettle on wheels, when you consider you get far more sophisticated items, like a dishwasher or clothes washer for the same sort of money! You have to make your mind up.The other comment is on accessories. I bought this, then realised it comes with one micro fibre cover per brush (two sizes). No big brush, no carpet glider, no "power nozzle" (which would cost less than 5p to manufacture). So I've just spent another £40 to make it usable.Value for money it's pathetic. It's worth £150 maybe £200 at a push. Ease of use etc. Fantastic.

This is the most expensive of the Karcher steam cleaners. I owned a small one before with a pressure knob that stuck but this one is really worth the money. I can't do without it with victorian grooved skirting boards and tall ceilings in an older building. After winter my lovely long gauzy curtains from 12ft ceilings are like Cobweb city but I can aim the steam jet high to dislodge. All the pollen from pine trees blows in from outside so a lot of dust to remove. Good for cleaning bathroom and round a saniflo toilet. Great purchase and you can just refill the tank as you go and pull it along behind you. And no chemicals!

I’m 5 foot 2. I don’t like balancing on stools. The house has slowly degraded to a grimy mess, despite having another branded mop/ hand held steam cleaner.I stared at the awkwardly cluttered tiny bathroom. I needed something with poles that would connect any scrubbing accessory to the end of the pole ( it’s not always obvious- I had to check on YouTube reviews).As I tackled my first areas, I came to realise it was all about the cloths mopping up the dirty dribble. With a cloth over the rectangular brush that shower door got cleaned very fast- and without any chemical glass cleaner. Wow! Tried a bit of floor. You mean I don’t have streaks, like the other mop left? The squished in blueberry came a lot quicker too. We’re supercharged. There are reviews on generic cloths suggesting that they don’t absorb quite as well as Karcher cloths. Deep sigh. At least it saves on £8.50 of floor detergent.The bathroom walls at height worked reasonably well (which is why I decided on the top model for higher steam pressure). Didn’t quite work at the top. Sigh, squeegee?.That strange gunge on the carpet outside the kitchen which the carpet cleaner has failed to remove. Wow, rectangular brush and a bit of spot cleaner spray for the stubborn bits (rather than half a bottle of spray).So it’s expensive (got it on a slight price dip and the price went up the next day). The extra accessories are expensive. I doubt Kaecher pay their third world sweatshop workers more for the stitched cloths, but I chose not to compromise on absorbency.There are some tales of product failure. I’m keeping the box for a while. You can’t store it in a frosty garage in the winter as the boiler contains some water permanently. I’ve learned to switch it off when changing tools to stop jogging the trigger (steam burns). The wheels are useful. The plug in block for the hose reduces strain on that area ( a wear area on other models where the hose is permanently attached).I like it and I hope it lasts, because I can’t see any better replacement. It’s all about the poles and the cloths.