Steam mops that clean floors

BISSELL PowerFresh Deluxe has the best record by a wide margin: 31 of 32 shoppers said it got their floors clean, and more shoppers weighed in on it than on any other mop here. Shark Steam & Scrub S8201 comes next at 19 of 23. The rest got split reports, from True & Tidy STM-300 Steam Mop at 9 of 13 on a small group down to Shark Steam Pickup 3-in-1 SD201 with the weakest record here at 11 of 27.

  • 192 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Sep 2020 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it get floors clean? What shoppers said
  1. BISSELL PowerFresh Deluxe 32 said either way
  2. Shark Steam & Scrub S8201 23 said either way
  3. True & Tidy STM-300 Steam Mop 13 said either way
  4. Shark Steam Pocket Mop S3501 22 said either way
  5. BISSELL CrossWave HydroSteam 28 said either way
  6. Shark Steam Pickup 3-in-1 SD201 27 said either way

Share of shoppers who stated an outcome for cleaning. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

BISSELL PowerFresh Deluxe Best record BISSELL PowerFresh Deluxe 31 of 32 say it got their floors clean See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Weak steam and streaks show up in the weaker records. 28% of Shark Steam Pocket Mop S3501 reviews say the steam is weak, and streaks come up in 18% of BISSELL CrossWave HydroSteam reviews and 16% of Shark Steam Pickup 3-in-1 SD201 reviews.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points shoppers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 BISSELL PowerFresh Deluxe

BISSELL

PowerFresh Deluxe

31/32 say it got their floors clean

Shoppers keep saying it cleans: 84% of its reviews, plus 35% for being easy to use and 14% for heating fast. The main complaint is a mop that stopped working, at 8%.

What shoppers praise

  • Easy to use 35%
  • Heats fast 14%
  • Lightweight 8%
  • Good value 5%

What shoppers complain about

  • Stopped working 8%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 31 of 32
  • Brand site 7 of 7 shown, not counted
2 Shark Steam & Scrub S8201

Shark

Steam & Scrub S8201

19/23 say it got their floors clean

19 of 23 shoppers said it got floors clean, and 31% call it easy to use. Streaks come up in 8% of its reviews.

What shoppers praise

  • Easy to use 31%
  • Good value 12%
  • Lightweight 8%

What shoppers complain about

  • Leaves streaks 8%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 19 of 23
  • Brand site 7 of 7 shown, not counted
3

True & Tidy

STM-300 Steam Mop

9/13 say it got their floors clean

A smaller group weighed in (13), and 9 of 13 said it got floors clean. 32% call it easy to use, but 18% say it stopped working and 14% mention streaks.

What shoppers praise

  • Easy to use 32%
  • Good value 14%
  • Heats fast 14%
  • Lightweight 14%

What shoppers complain about

  • Stopped working 18%
  • Leaves streaks 14%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 9 of 13
  • Brand site 7 of 7 shown, not counted

Share of 22 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

4

Shark

Steam Pocket Mop S3501

11/22 say it got their floors clean

Weak steam is the sticking point, at 28% of its reviews. Praise for the cleaning (31%) and ease of use (19%) keeps the record even at 11 of 22.

What shoppers praise

  • Easy to use 19%
  • Good value 8%
  • Heats fast 8%
  • Lightweight 8%

What shoppers complain about

  • Weak steam 28%
  • Leaves streaks 11%
  • Stopped working 6%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 11 of 22
  • Brand site 6 of 7 shown, not counted

Share of 36 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5

BISSELL

CrossWave HydroSteam

13/28 say it got their floors clean

Shoppers are split, with 13 of 28 saying it got floors clean. 18% of reviews mention streaks, 13% call it heavy and 8% mention leaks, while 33% praise the cleaning.

What shoppers praise

  • Easy to use 10%
  • Good value 5%

What shoppers complain about

  • Leaves streaks 18%
  • Heavy 13%
  • Stopped working 8%
  • Too expensive 8%
  • Leaks 8%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 13 of 28
  • Brand site 6 of 7 shown, not counted

Share of 39 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

6

Shark

Steam Pickup 3-in-1 SD201

11/27 say it got their floors clean

16 of 27 reviewers said their floors weren't clean, which gives it the weakest record here. The praise is for ease of use (31%) and light weight (12%), and 16% mention streaks.

What shoppers praise

  • Easy to use 31%
  • Lightweight 13%

What shoppers complain about

  • Leaves streaks 16%
  • Too expensive 9%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 11 of 27
  • Brand site 6 of 7 shown, not counted

Share of 32 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 6 products ranked here carry 6,175 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about cleaning, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Sep 2020 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

We count what shoppers report. Nothing here is safety advice: use heaters, fans and other appliances as the maker's manual says.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most shoppers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. BISSELL PowerFresh Deluxe Target (37 reviews counted)
  2. Shark Steam & Scrub S8201 Target (26 reviews counted)
  3. True & Tidy STM-300 Steam Mop Target (22 reviews counted)
  4. Shark Steam Pocket Mop S3501 Target (36 reviews counted)
  5. BISSELL CrossWave HydroSteam Target (39 reviews counted)
  6. Shark Steam Pickup 3-in-1 SD201 Target (32 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which steam mop cleans floors well?

BISSELL PowerFresh Deluxe has the best record (31 of 32), followed by Shark Steam & Scrub S8201 (19 of 23) and True & Tidy STM-300 Steam Mop (9 of 13). The other three mops split closer to even.

Can I use a steam mop on any floor?

Check your floor maker's care instructions before you steam, since some makers of sealed wood and laminate floors advise against steam. Our counts are about floors looking clean, not about which floor types a mop suits.

Do steam mops stop working?

Some shoppers said theirs did. It comes up in 18% of True & Tidy STM-300 Steam Mop reviews, 8% of BISSELL PowerFresh Deluxe reviews and 8% of BISSELL CrossWave HydroSteam reviews. Check the maker's warranty before you buy.

Do steam mops heat up fast?

Some shoppers say so. 14% of BISSELL PowerFresh Deluxe reviews and 14% of True & Tidy STM-300 Steam Mop reviews mention it heating fast. Check the maker's listing for the warm-up time.

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