I used the Bona spray bottle with microfiber cloth stuck to the bottom of the stick thing that comes with it for a couple of years and thought it was doing a somewhat decent job and would also every once in awhile clean it on my hands and knees with a damp cloth yet I always wondered why the heck it felt somewhat sticky and also if you walked on it barefoot and your feet had any condensation on them whatsoever it would leave trails everywhere in the house you walked. After having a child it made me think twice about spraying a chemical down on the floor they were crawling on and then them putting their hands in their mouth and whatnot, which led me to try the shark steam mop which I saw on a late night infomercial and while it did work somewhat it took forever and you had to constantly pump it to get steam and therefore it was easy to use excessive steam when it finally started coming out and then leaving drips everywhere and puddles even. After a few months ths flimsy shark broke from me trying to push down on it hard to get out a spot of something on the floor basically because it doesn't heat up hot enough to even clean that up. Finally I dug around on Amazon and stumbled onto the Eureka Steam Mop, this thing is awesome. It feels like I am cheating when I am cleaning it takes so little time, it heats up much hotter than the shark so therefore it sterilizes the floor and easily cleans of any mess with no effort and from time to time I have to check that it is actually working because the water evaporates so quick you can't even see it ever sitting on the wood except for a few seconds. This Eureka steam mop is very hard to get ahold of usually because it is out of stock quite a bit and the only downside I have seen is that the replacement pads are hard to find and get ahold of. I ordered some direct off of the companies website and they didn't ship forever so I called them up and they said they cannot keep them in stock ever because everytime they are in stock they all get bought up in no time and she said everything related to this Eureka steam mop does because it is a huge seller for them. I totally understand why...haha My cleaning lady was shocked how good this unit was and has actually had all of her clients buy them now too and they have all had the same exact results I did. So I guess if your happy working your butt off keeping your floor clean the old school way and spaying chemicals and breathing those in then keep doing it, yet if you want actual clean floors not getting build up on them and to clean your floors in a quarter of the time with this unit and some distilled water then go for that as well. Just search on Amazon for Eureka 313A if you would like to check it out and see the 640 reviews on it from actual customers yourself or click the link I attached, free shipping and no tax. Spoken like a true Amazon junky....lol Michael Here is a link that might be useful: Linky ==> Best Floor Cleaner I Have...

I dust mop with the Bona dust mop and use vinegar and water on the Bona terry cloth. I then go over the wet floor with a dry Bona terry cloth. I use 1 cup of white vinegar in a gallon of water. BTW, a floor installer told me never to use anything on my floors but vinegar and water so that they could buff them in the future rather than sand them. I am assuming that the Bona spray is vinegar and water. I am too thrifty to buy the Bona solution when white vinegar and water works really well.

I have been using the Bissell steam cleaner on my floors for a few years now. They have never looked better. No streaks anywhere. We have solid wood brazillian cherry,which are dark and glossy so they normally show everything. I echo the poster who said that the steam dissipates very quickly, so does not really seem to be a threat to the wood. I tried Bona and many other cleaners, but the steam mop is by far the best. We also have tile and marble floors, and I love that I can go right through the house with one device. I'll never go back to another method. There is much more discussion on these cleaners on the Cleaning Forum.

Woops. This ad looks like it was written by people from overseas. Many companies pay oversea companies to write "articles" for them so that they get a better SEO ranking (ranks higher on google searches, etc). I've seen SOOOO many of these articles (I worked for a company that used this service...I had to proof read the articles because of SERIOUS grammatical mistakes) I could just spit. Needless to say, I would be VERY wary of anything this article says. It SMACKS of "articles written to promote SEO ranking". And to be clear, it is the HARDWOOD floor manufacturer that allows (extremely rare) or FORBIDS (almost all forbid it) the use of steam cleaners on their floors. Best to assume that you are NOT allowed until you SPECIFICALLY find a published statement from the manufacturer that you are allowed. Welcome to warranty writing my friend. It is all about MISSING information. If it is "missing" then it is FORBIDDEN.