I have laminent flooring in my whole house. It is great long term but is bad about spills sticking to it or when it rains, spotting. I had a bigger steam cleaner but I have had some health problems and it was just too heavy to use. This product is much lighter in weight I also like the water compartment being removable. My old unit had a cup and you had to pour water into the actual unit. This one has the removable cup and I prefer that This way, you can be sure there is no water left inside. I also like the way the cleaning pads attched. My old unit required the pads be stretched over the cleaning head and once those were washed, that became difficult This one just has velcro and that works great. My only coplaint is that it won't stand on its own, so thats a little annoying.