This content reviews and compares various spray mops, highlighting key features that contribute to their effectiveness and user-friendliness for everyday cleaning tasks.
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- I'm a little bit of a stickler
when it comes to having clean floors
especially in the kitchen
and I much prefer the spray style mop
over the traditional mop
that requires buckets of water and wringing out.
I actually broke my spray mop the other day
and so I'm excited to hear what you have to say
because these weren't on the market
when I bought my first spray mop.
- Perfect timing for the testing.
And you're so right, these are a lot more convenient
to both use and store than a bucket
and a big old fashioned mop.
We had a lineup of six of them.
The prices range from 22 to $48
and these are great for routine spills, daily life.
So that's how we tested them.
We spilled a little coffee on the floor,
we tracked in some dirt and some mud on the floor
and we also smeared honey and heavy cream
and those were all on tile floor.
- All right, so all of these work
with both hardwood and tile?
- Yeah, I get the sense you're kinda itching
to do a little mopping, Julia.
- My trigger finger's
already wanting to squeeze this handle.
- I am gonna facilitate this for you
with this cup of coffee.
I'm gonna spill a little.
- Happens most mornings.
This is real life for me.
All right, just a little spray.
Ooh, that's a good spray.
All right.
Ooh, this is a good one.
- Nice, huh? - I like it, I like it.
You know what I like is it does this.
- [Adam] Yeah. - Super agile.
- In our test,
the effectiveness came down to the pads largely.
Most of them are made from microfiber
which is a super absorbent fabric
that's made from little tiny fibers of polyester and nylon.
Testers really liked when there was a double thick pad
because it was more absorbent.
Testers also appreciated when a mop came with multiple pads
so that you're in the middle of cleaning,
you can just swap out the pad.
You don't have to worry about cleaning it,
anything like that.
It was nice when they were machine washable.
- Absolutely. - Just for convenience.
And in terms of effectiveness, size helped.
The range in the lineup was 11 and a half to 18 inches.
Anything that was 15 inches or longer,
you can see that purple one right there,
that was one of the smaller ones.
- Oh yeah.
- Not gonna cover as much ground as a bigger one.
- [Julia] Nope.
- In terms of the handle length,
there was only a variation of about four inches,
48 inches to 52 inches.
Testers preferred them a little bit longer
'cause there was less bending involved.
In terms of the grip and the trigger, bigger was better.
A more generously sized grip like that one
was more comfortable.
A more generously sized trigger
allowed testers to put a couple of fingers around it
instead of just one.
- [Julia] That's important to me.
- Try that beige one there.
That was one of the smaller ones
and that was less comfortable.
- [Julia] Oh yeah.
- And the last thing was weight.
That one was about two pounds.
Testers felt like it was a little too light.
It actually glided over the mess.
- Oh, yes.
- Heavier ones like this one, this is closer to four pounds,
and that was still light enough to be agile and maneuverable
but it had a little scrubbing power.
It did a little of the work itself.
- [Julia] Oh, I can feel that. - Yeah.
Now, if you're someone like me
who would rather make the mess than clean the mess,
really the only fun part of using a mop is spraying
and we liked mops that had further, wider spray
like this one.
This one, if you squeeze the trigger the whole way,
it sprayed up to eight feet.
If you just squeeze part of the way, a little closer.
So it's adjustable based on how hard you squeeze it.
- I love that.
- This one is actually our winner.
There's another right down there.
- [Julia] One for you, one for me.
- This is the O-Cedar ProMist Max Microfiber Spray Mop.
I think it's gonna be your new spray mop
and it's a little over $31.
- Oh, not too expensive. - Nope.
- Thanks, Adam.
There you go, if you're in the market for a new spray mop,
check out the O-Cedar ProMist Max Microfiber Spray Mop
at just $31.
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