For all of you who find that the word ‘Vax’ summons up an image of an ugly, tubby, red spud of kit with a black concertinaed hose, it’s time to think again. The Vax V-081 Steam Cleaner is elegantly gorgeous.

It comes with an impressive 15 piece accessory set, so you’ll effortlessly use it to clean not simply hard floor surfaces, but kitchen work-tops, cooker hobs, oven interiors, carpets and rugs, and even wall tiles and mirrors. You’ll slice through grease and grime like a domestic ninja with this device, which packs a gutsy 1500W in its motor, and blithely delivers wonderful jets of environmentally harmless, bug-blitzing steam in just 11 minutes.

You’ll be able to steam away for a full 50 minutes before having to recharge the 1.6 litre tank, and with a 1.7 metre hose and 7.8 metre power capable, you won’t have to keep stopping to reconnect the cleaner to the nearest socket. Sometimes, steam is cool.

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It’s rare to come across something as functional as a steam cleaner and find yourself thinking ‘That looks really cute!’ But once you set eyes on the neat, curiously cuddly design of this little monster, you’ll want to own one.

The VapourTek Monster SC-60 Plus Domestic Steam Cleaner not only has wheels and castors to move around easily, it has a shoulder strap so you can carry it as you walk – great if you’re steam cleaning tiled walls, mirrors or windows. The on-board caddy stows a comprehensive range of accessory tools so you’ll be able to bring your oven and grill rack to a steam-cleaned sparkle, deep cleanse your carpets and floors, purge your mattresses of bed mites, refresh your upholstery and zap kitchen and bathroom bugs – there’s a tool for every occasion.

It has a robust 1600W stainless steel boiler which resists limescale build-up and, after you’ve finished, you can hang it tidily on its wall storage rack.  Peachey.

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If you’re new to the pleasures of steam cleaning – and, weirdly, it is strangely pleasurable – you’d be well advised to get yourself the excellent Earlex SC125UKP Steam Cleaner, currently retailing for around $70.

The 4 litre water reservoir and gutsy 2000W element produce a satisfying jet of steam for a full 70 minutes. With all the appliances which come as standard, you can bring dull bathroom tiles and tired kitchen surfaces to gleaming brilliance in a jiffy, as well as sterilising all kinds of hard floors and rejuvenating your tired carpets with a deep clean.

The tile/window cleaner will bring a sparkle not only to your ceramic tiles, but to mirrors and windows, too, and the jet nozzle, steam brush and scraper will zap baked on grease so effortlessly you’ll want to add more in order to do it again. And there’s a wallpaper-stripping steamplate, too. Sometimes, hot steam is ultra cool.

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For a highly versatile and compact domestic cleaner which ably mimics the performance of machines far more expensive than its $100 price tag, the Trueshopping 1500 W Steam Cleaner takes some beating.

And the price includes accessories like a steam gun with hose, nylon and metal brushes, a jet nozzle, extension tubes and a two-in-one attachment for windows. Using nothing but water converted to steam, this little machine will blast household bugs into oblivion, whether their partying in your carpets or mattresses, lazing around on kitchen surfaces, bathroom tiles, or hard floors or cavorting in the comers of your cooker and hob.

You can even clean windows, mirrors, clothing and even plants with it. And if you need to defrost that ice box, it’ll work wonders. Light and easily manoeuvrable, this striking little yellow and black pod is a true gem from Trueshopping.

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This smart little broom will not just clean, it’ll sterilise – and without a single ecologically unfriendly chemical in sight. The Bob Home 2707 Broom Steam Cleaner just uses steam, applied through a micro-fibre floor cloth to hug the surface and blast it with bug blitzing billows of steam.

It satisfyingly slices through dirt, grime, grease and grunge in seconds. The only effort you make is to fill the water tank with water, plug the mop in, and gently slide it back and forth. The power to clean comes from the steam and the mop’s 900W suction power. It’s really only a floor cleaner, but it will clean hard wood, vinyl and ceramic tile surfaces.

Steam is generated at 130˚C after just 30 seconds of warming up and you can keep going for 30 minutes. It’s the simplest way to get some sparkle onto your surfaces and its light-weight is matched by its light price – just $85 from Amazon.

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Fancy a domestic steam cleaner that could sterilize your home with simple tap water? The ‘Ecosteam’ range could be for you. A fusion of Swiss and Italian technology produces superheated dry steam, effortlessly cleaning anything from cooker hoods to the inside of ovens, carpets and upholstery to baths, showers and toilets.

No corrosive or ecologically toxic chemicals, no vein-bulging effort, just bug-blitzing, bacteria-blasting, sludge-busting steam. The Vaperetto Eco Pro 3000, in particular, is a steam cleaner suitable for both light commercial and domestic use.

Weighing just 7kg, it has a hefty 2.9 litre, stainless steel boiler and delivers up to 5bar pressure of steam from its 2000W heater. With prominent LED displays for ‘Steam ready’ and ‘Out of Water’, its simplicity incarnate. And it has automatic cable rewind so you can put it away as quickly as you set it up. Snarling ‘Make my day, punk!’ to your household bugs, it’s the Dirty Harry of steam cleaners.

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Once you’ve found out about just how much better steam cleaners are than almost all your other household cleaning equipment put together, there’s no turning back. Most vacuum cleaners pick up a little surface grit, but leave whole villages of mites happily weaving back forth between your carpet fibres. The Allergymatters SteamBee Steam ’n Vac is a steam cleaner with a difference.

It cheerfully wipes dust mites into oblivion, significantly reduces and even allergic reactions, and comes with a wide range of accessories for use on multiple surfaces throughout the home. It’ll steam clean carpets, mattresses, upholstery, flooring of all types, kitchen work surfaces, and bathrooms.

Made in Italy by a company with years of experience in manufacturing both domestic and commercial steam cleaners, this stylish little number heats up super fast and is highly functional. Retailing at around $900, it is one of the most powerful domestic steam cleaners of its size on the market.

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Those of us who think that a quick swish with a duster and a vacuum cleaner makes for a clean home are living in a fool’s paradise, up to our necks in the that infamous river, ‘De Nile.’

There are all manner of ghastly germs lurking on your kitchen worktops, beastly bugs on your floors, and monstrous mites in your carpets, sofas and mattresses. Blitzing with powerful disinfectants in kitchens and bathrooms will help, but the critters in our carpets will get off scot-free. Steam cleaning will bring the tenancy of these unwelcome house-guests to an abrupt end.

The Vax V081 Compact Steam Cleaner cleans not just your carpets; its 15 tools mean you can go to town on upholstery, tiles, wood, laminate flooring, kitchen worktops and even mirrors. And it’ll wipe out bed bugs and dust mites, too. Relatively light at 5.9 kg, it’ll cheerfully steam for up to 50 minutes. Muller those mites without delay!

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Anyone who worries about using harsh chemical cleaners and disinfectants about the home might be interested in switching over to steam cleaning. With the robust but compact Morphy Richards 70452 Compact Allergy Steam Cleaner 2000W, you’ll not just decimate the bugs lurking on your kitchen floor, you’ll wipe out any mites in your carpet or mattress and zap allergens into oblivion.

Water in the 1 litre tank is heated with 2000W of energy (it’s fast) and maintained as steam by 1500W. It comes with an upholstery tool, an angled nozzle, round brush and jet nozzle. And it has a window cleaning squeegee attachment for good measure. It’s compact and lightweight and has a shoulder strap to make it easy to carry.

If you want a bug-and-mite blitz, this is a weapon of mass destruction that will fit snugly in the cupboard under the stairs.

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Most of us have suffered the humiliation of watching a salesman demonstrate the superior cleansing power of a new product or machine, as it exposes layers of previously invisible filth and microbial nature reserves lurking in your carpet, on your kitchen surfaces or bathroom tiles.

One of the most hygienic tools currently available to dispense with these stomach-churning nightmares is undoubtedly a good steam cleaner. One which is acquiring a good deal of  popularity is the Ladybug Vapor Steam Cleaner: a thousand times more effective at obliterating germs and bugs than chemicals and disinfectants, its continuous fill system allows you to top it up at any time while cleaning.

It’s easy to use, with finger-tip controls allowing you to regulate the flow of steam, light to carry and features nano technology in its patented cleaning system. If you really want to blitz those bugs, a Lady Bug Vapor Steam Cleaner may be a very good buy indeed.

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