I have both wood and laminate flooring throughout my house. My bathroom, in particular, always seems difficult to clean... not anymore! This is super easy to use! Filling the water reservoir is easy. Turn it on...wait less than a minute...and go. The pad sticks to the mop very strongly. For a difficult spaces I would let the steam up stay for a couple of seconds and then keep on moving. It would always get up the difficult mess. The product came with a steam water from the company however using distilled water seems to work just as well.