Marketing Ploy or Great Product?

Some would say that gullible is my middle name. My husband definitely would. While I admit to being somewhat gullible, I like to think that it's not so much being gullible as much as being desperate to find balance. If a product can save me time, I'm all over it. I love my Swiffer wet mop because I eliminate the need for pulling out a bucket, a separate cleaner, a mop, washing the mop, rinsing the bucket - you get where I'm going with this, right? I blogged about trying to find balance a while back and unwillingly had to admit that I'm not Superwoman. But I'll never give up the search for time/money saving products.

A few months ago I caught an infomercial about the Shark handheld steamer. Have you seen this? I was extremely curious about it because the sales pitch included how much safer this product is than all the cleaning products we're buying these days as well as what a time saver it is. Well, after hearing that, I knew I wanted to hear more! It comes with all these different attachments and pads to clean just about everything imaginable. Even windows.


I begged my husband to look into it. I'm not sure he ever did. I'm gullible, remember? But since then I've watched the prices drop a bit and admit that I am still curious about this product.

While looking it up the other night, I ran across another Shark steam product:





I have a very large hardwood floor that takes a very long time to clean and it's also hard to keep clean. So now I'm wondering about this product as well. But before I purchase one...

Do any of you use either of these products or know someone who does? I would love to hear what you think of it. Please be honest. Am I buying into a marketing ploy in my desperate search for saving time and finding balance?

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