Euro-Pro Shark SC630 Steam Pocket Multi-Purpose Portable Steamer Best Quality

The Shark Pocket Steam is an ineffective toy. Swim away, swim away!

I did a lot of research on this product, because I was already completely sold on steam cleaning (I have a Scunci SS1000, on its last gasps of steam, and wanted to update). I've been using the Scunci mostly in the bathroom and kitchen, and started working on my patio railing, gunked up after not being cleaned in a few years, and decided I needed more firepower, and greater tank capacity.

I figured the "mixed" reviews on the Shark Pocket Steamer were from folks that didn't understand the steam cleaning idea, so I ignored those whimpering fools (a group which I joined when I bought this thing), and ordered it. The variety of applications for the unique steaming pockets, and the garment capabilities were strong appeals, and I'd been ga-ga from the TV commercials.

There's only one problem. It sucks. Not like a vacuum cleaner, but like a product whose plastic isn't worth recycling. It doesn't put out much steam, with very little pressure. And that's pretty much the story.

After somewhat obsessive research for something effective at a reasonable cost, I found a line of products sold by the Steamfast company under other names (Steamfast, McCullough, and I believe Wagner, with the same idiosyncratic product shape). The customer service reps said there's no difference among Steamfast and McCullough, and that their products put out 30+ psi -- that pressure doesn't have a fair comparison with the Shark Pocket Steamer, because the Shark folks said they had no such measure -- for good reason, because their tinny, finny, crappy product doesn't put out much pressure. Or steam. It has to rev up, coughs out a weak flow of steam, takes 10 seconds to stop spraying...it's really j-u-n-k.

I've got a Steamfast 275 on the way from Amazon, which was my first choice before I was bamboozled by the gadgetry and unique features of the Shark (which unfortunately don't work). The 275 has greater capacity, stronger psi, and I really like the idea of the "continuous" shpritz button to work on that railing and my mattress, and I'm hoping for the best -- I'll probably review it there. Among the Steamfast "family" of products, the product to buy is the Steamfast 275, because it was a 2-year warranty, double the warranties of their other identical products. My research, your gain. No sweat, just steam. Peace out.



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