At $0.80 a piece, the operating cost also isn’t cheap-and roughly twice the cost of the Swiffer WetJet refills, though you only get one use from each of those, and I can use a Shark pad for up to a week of spot or area cleaning or one full-house pass. The disposable Shark VacMop pads are really nice for cleanup, but less nice for the landfills. It’s not super eco-friendly-or a one-time-only expense If you opt for the VacMop, you will have to buy replacement pads and floor cleaner. Then my sister-in-law-and mother of two boys under the age of 4-introduced me to the $80 Shark VacMop, and my floor hygiene (if that’s a thing?) will never be the same. I feel compelled to sweep up the “Gus bunnies” first, the machine itself is heavy to maneuver and requires its own cleanup, and the tile gets dirty again faster than the inevitable rainstorm after you wash your car.
(Why don’t I have a cordless vacuum already?!) In my defense, for as well as the Karcher works, it feels like a production to use. Less frequently than I should admit, I haul out my Karcher floor cleaner. Instead, I let my robot vacuum do its thing a couple of times a week and wear house shoes-which sometimes end up outdoors, oops-to keep from feeling the grit under my bare feet. Keeping these floors truly clean would be a full-time job, and I already have one of those. This is worth mentioning up front because a) my ground-level windows are never closed, b) there are tumbleweeds of dog hair (and occasionally muddy pawprints) everywhere, and c) someone tracks in beach sand at least once a week. My scruffy dog, Gus, and I share an unair-conditioned, single-story home in the Caribbean that has approximately 1,750 square feet of tile floors.
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