Steam cleaners

Does anyone own a steam cleaner?

I've seen a couple of 'info-mercials' this weekend (the side effect of being up early to let the puppy out!) and they seem like a good idea.

We have wooden/laminate floors thorough out the house and it seems like a really useful thing for cleaning them, plus cleaning puppy smell out of the sofa/curtains, not to mention cleaning various other things around the house/

So, do you have one, what type do you have and would you recommend it?

Thank you

I do not own one, but I rent one occassionally, I would be careful on wood/laminate floors, they could lift.

I think the ones you can rent are more powerful than the domestic ones, also if you live in a hard water area it can rapidly reduce their efficacy.

hiya
i have a karcher one and find its great on all my floors- all the flat is either tiles or laminate with two carpets in the bedrooms. i like the drying time which is minutes instead of tip-toeing around the edge of the room lol! very handy when lots of muddy paws are around! and its soo easy to clean venetian blinds/shower door/taps/toilet/carpets etc etc etc. it came with tablets to pop in if you have a hard water area or limescale but i dont use them as we're a soft water area and i think it was about eighty pounds in tesco sale.
hope this helps

I've had an expensive Polti one, it worked fine for a while, then it died I then bought a mid-range Hoover one, which again, worked fine for a while, then it died too even though I always used de-ionised water which helps to protect them, and the only steam appliance that seems to be going on forever is my steam mop. I won't be buying any more of these steamers, I think the best bet is just to hire one when you need it.

We have one, brill on the tiled floors, stopped using it on the wooden floors as small strange holes started to appear

don't know about laminate