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Let me preface this review by saying before I bought this I researched other product reviews and noticed the majority of them were written by people who got a free unit from the manufacturer, so I'm sure their reviews were skewed by the fact that they didn't have to purchase it. I bought the Steamboost mop at full retail price at a local store. Compared to a regular Swiffer Wetjet, it is no contest. The Steamboost is lighter, more maneuverable. The steam is ready in less than a minute, and if you go from one room to another and re-plug it in it's available almost instantly. Compared to a mop and bucket, it got our floors twice as clean in half the time. Also the floors dried much quicker. And it's less of an elaborate production in filling up a bucket and having to dump out dirty water and cleaning wet mop heads. As for costly refill pads, we just don't use them. We used the 2 ones that come in the start pack and they do a good job, but it seems like they get dirty too quickly and don't hold enough dirt. We bought a pack of terry cloth ribbed bar mop towels that fit perfectly around the mop head. Clip them in like a regular pad. We soak ours in a little Mrs. Meyer's All Purpose Cleaner and water and then steam the floor. The bar mop towels are bleachable, so it's cheaper, more environmentally friendly and reusable. We have a cat so it's nice to be able to have a cleaning solution that actually steams and sanitizes the floor. We used this equally well on hardwood, vinyl and tile. We were surprised how many times we would go over a "clean" area and the steam mop would just keep pulling up dirt.