Bona Hardwood Floor Spray Mop, includes 28. 75 oz. Cartridge

This is a great reusable mop but I wouldn't suggest it for heavy cleaning. Here's a list of the pros and cons I've had with using the BonaKemi spray mop:Pros: --Easy to assemble and comes with everything you need to get started. Just snap everything together and you're good to go. --Washable mop pad. I like that you don't have to waste anything with this mop, just wash the mop pad in the washing machine and let it air dry! --Great, even mist spray. Usually, one spray is enough to clean about a four-foot square area, but this is my cleaning preference. The spray is very fine and is even so it doesn't cause a deluge right in front of the pad. --Stable attachment of mop pad to mop. The pad attaches to the mop head with four very sticky pieces of velcro. Even when the pad is wet, the adherence is superb. No worries about losing the pad while mopping, even with vigorous scrubbing. --Refillable reservoir. You don't have to keep purchasing individual containers of the cleaning solution, just buy it in bulk and reuse the same container. The part of the container that inserts into the spray mechanism on the handle screws off to allow refills. There is a rubber washer on both the outside and inside of the reservoir that does a great job of preventing leaks. --Ergonomic design. The trigger handle is a comfortable thickness even for small hands. It's not too tiring to keep firing the spray (though you don't really need to), and the slight upturn and ridges at the midshaft keeps your guide hand in place. --Great mop head size! The BonaKemi is the perfect size to get large areas of floor done quicker while it's narrower width makes it perfect for getting into crannies and corners. --Family-safe chemicals! The cleaning chemicals are safe to use around kids and pets so it's (somewhat of) a relief to know that the mandarin orange slice your kid just ate off the floor isn't harboring both dirt AND toxic chemicals.Cons: --The spray mechanism sometimes leaks causing drips onto the upper part of the mop head and wastes product. Honestly, it's not a big leak, but it is worth mentioning. --For a more efficient cleaning job you need more mop pads. Unless you like to go running to the sink after every four-foot swathe, multiple pads are a necessity when cleaning a room with this mop. --This is not a "big job" type mop. Because this mop only uses a pad cleaner, larger messes may need to be cleaned up by other means first. Also, if your hardwood floor is subject to shoes (and their subsequent tracked-in dirt) all day, do not expect this mop to pick up everything in one go. We always take off our shoes inside, but we hosted a party and let the guests keep their shoes on. I went over the floors with this mop FOUR TIMES (rinsing pads at regular intervals) and was still wringing out dingy water!Overall this is a great small-mess, touch-up cleaner. It's great for use between your more thorough mop jobs to keep the floors nice. I like that the cleaning materials are not harsh and are kid and pet friendly. I would venture to say this is a more economical choice to the disposable mop pad varieties as both the reusable pads and extra cleaning solution are very affordable. The cleaner does not leave streaks on hardwood, as well, which is VERY nice! I recommend this product to anyone looking for a quick and efficient way of keeping your hardwoods looking great.

A couple of important tips that will save you a lot of headache; trust me.1.Put the mop face on the lower half first, then put the pad on the face, that's out of the sequence from the sheet, but even Bona recommended that change in sequence when I spoke with them.2. Insert the lower half of the mop handle into the upper half aligning the slots and press it in as far as it will go easily, then......3. Put the mop's head face down on the floor and have the two loosely assembled halves of the handle straight up and down from there and then push down hard, very hard, until they not only slide completely together, but until you ALSO hear a click; no click means you're not done. I pressed with I'd say 25 pounds of pressure (no click) and was afraid of breaking it so I called them, and they "said press harder, lots harder." Having the mop head on the lower half stabilized it for you to apply that kind of pressure. It just took a lot of force and I'm not a puny guy. Once that snap is completed the little plastic collar can slide up against the upper half where it stays. The final verification other than the click is that the trigger no longer hangs limp in the handle, you know it's latched onto something at this point.4. When I inserted the fluid bottle after uncapping it, it seemed to snap in and it did spray but then petered out quickly, so I pressed it in again and it got some more which it sprayed out and then quickly ran out again. It turns out it's the same deal with the bottle, you have to press way harder than you think you should have to for it to really be bottom-seated and locked. Once it is in, really in, the spraying will be consistent until the bottle is empty. So my bottom line to you is, when pressing components together in this mop system, use more than a reasonable amount of force they've designed it that way.As a side note about this mop handle once snapped together it's designed for the two halves to never come apart which means if you won't be able to send it back in it's original carton. The original carton is 28" long, the assembled mop almost 52" long.The fluid container is refillable so it will pop out and once refilled you will need to press it in hard again.I liked the way the pattern of the spray fanned out, way out, and out in front of the mop, for normal that's great. If you need to wet the area closer to the mop head simply tilt the mop handle straight up and then spray and it will go immediately in front of the mop head, neat. I like the Bona products and I recommend that's what you refill this with. Another thing, I suppose you could mix-up some home batch of 409 and water, but if you decide to do that use distilled water. This spray fans out as good as it does because the spray nozzle isn't fouled up with any minerals from the local hard water. Better still is to stay with Bona products, and for your Costco members a gallon refill jug of the Bona cleaner hovers between $9-something and $11-something less than half all other places.It's just me, they don't say to do it, but I placed a zip tie through the fluid bottle handle and around the mop handle and zipped it snug. I did that so that, especially when it's full, the top heavy bottle in the moping process is held fast in place and doesn't have any tendency to move around. That may be why they made it snap in hard, but zip ties are cheap, and when I refill I will just snip my zip and apply a new one. Happy mopping.PS: It occurs to me with a different microfiber face (Amazon sells variety kits) you could fill the bottle with Windex and do your hard to reach windows. Also if your windows were mineralized from garden sprinkled spray or whatever instead of Windex you could use a De-Scale It product before the Windex. The fact this mop handle is made this well makes other possibilities possible. The only thing I cant say because I haven't tried it is how many sprays it will make if you have it inverted (pointing up) using it for window cleaning as I suggested. Ask me again in a few weeks and I'll know.

I bought this mop for cleaning our Bruce Oak wood floors and I am very happy with the results. There was no smudging or streaks and the floors came out looking brand new (sans the scratches from my dogs nails). Make sure you clean very well before using - vacuum then hit the floors with a micro-fiber dust mop first and it will work best. It was important to me that the bottle be refillable which this one is. You could easily make your own mix and use that with this mop if you so choose, or buy the gallon size of the bona mix and pour it into the refillable container that comes with the mop to save some money. I planned to make my own, but after seeing the results with the Bona cleaner liquid, I plan to keep using theirs.I mopped my entire first floor and still have more than the half of the included solution left. The sprayer on this mop is great which is another reason I went for the Bona. I heard that the swiffers can be drippy and put out to much water. I also didn't want anything battery operated - I have no problem squeezing a trigger. This sprayer puts out a really nice fine mist which is what you want. You don't want water pooling on your floors.The only reason I deducted one star is because the mop is very squeaky. I may try to oil it to see if that helps. It doesn't affect the functionality of the mop but is a mild annoyance. I would have only deducted .5 stars if I could.

I bought one of these mops because I was hoping for a fast, easy way to clean the hardwood floors. And I like the idea of using non-toxic cleaning solutions. Assembly was fairly easy, and the mop worked fine. It is of sturdy plastic construction, and the spraying mechanism worked fine too. No problems there. However, the proof is in the pudding as they say. They whole point of this is to *clean* the floor. After cleaning a section of hardwood floor, using some elbow grease (no wussy pushing back and forth) and letting it dry, I took a white paper towel, ran it under the faucet, and then rubbed it over the area I just mopped. If the mop did its job, that paper towel should come up white, if not... Well, glad to say, it did come up white, so that tells me the mop did its job. There is also no smell at all from the cleaning solution, which is nice. We also have a couple of rambunctious cats who chase each other all over the house, and after a while, you get scratch marks in the hardwood floor where they do their 180s and sudden stops and starts. The mop cleaned those right up, scratches gone. No residue, no dull floors. Looks good.Have only used this once, but so far so good. If all goes south with the mop, I will re-post, but so far I think it was a good purchase. One tip - when inserting the cleaning fluid cartridge into the mop, give is a good push so it "clicks". It has to break the seal of the cartridge.

BEFORE you assemble. be very sure there are no broken parts. Once assembled you are stuck.The trigger was broken. In fact, part of the green handle was missing.....meaning someone tried it...or during testing it was broken.I will try to return...I will NOT order this again7-8-2013 update - I had to contact the manufacturer. They were very nice, and said they would ship me a replacement. (fingers crossed) (Amazon said that I needed to contact the manufacturer.)7-12-2013 update - A replacement was received. Yes, exactly like the other one, except this one was a recently manufactured one (July)... the initial one was made in January.So, this was my second assembly, so, not an issue at all. I will say that you need to be sure to NOT pull the green slider down at the base of the mop. I did that on my first one, and it was tough to raise it back up into position. Well, since I remembered that, on my second assembly, I simply made sure it was loose before assembly.I can see that the trigger pivot is strong.....even though it is plastic, and should not break. This is where my first mop was broken. To use the mop, the trigger is pulled ever so slightly..... not much force at all.... So, as I think back to the first one, no doubt it just happened to slip through QC.I wasn't particularly happy that I needed to deal with the manufacturer, and not with Amazon. However, it worked out fine, and I am totally happy. Excellent customer service.The mop works nicely. As I said earlier, the pressure on the trigger is ever so slight, so I do not anticipate future issues. The reusable pad is great - velcro attaches it to the mop... and you can just toss it in the washer to clean. And, the cleaner cartridge is reusable, so just turn it upside down, unscrew the cap and refill. Funny, I swear I saw a review from someone that mentioned that they put a hole in the top to refill and used a cork!!!Now it gets 5 stars!Update 5-11-2014: It is still working great. Some info on use.... as you pull the trigger, and the solution is dispensed, it is creating a vacuum within the bottle. So, as you use it more and more, the vacuum gets stronger, and it will not spray as good as it did at the beginning of your cleaning session. The fix is to just break the vacuum..... pop the dispenser out - turn it upside down and put it back in - snap it back in.. and you are golden.I think what could happen to some is that the spray will stop coming out, and then the user pulls harder and harder on the trigger to release the solution.... no do not do that, just reset the bottle as explained above.Enjoy