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Question: Two questions:How much water to you put in it?How long do you have to wait until the steam is ready?
Document: This steamer performs fairly well as far as the steam it produces, but it holds such a small amount of water that having to wait for it to cool down and refill is an annoyance. Also the cord is much shorter than my previous steamer and that is also annoying as an extension cord has to be used for most jobs. That being said, I love a steam cleaner and this one performs fine.
I actually have TWO of these, and they BOTH behave identically, leading me to suspect a systemic design flaw. (one ordered directly from H.L.A. the other through Amazon)  I have at least two other brands of similar Steam Cleaners (also verifiably Amazon ordered)  Here is how Steam Cleaner SHOULD work:  After filling with Distilled Water, and heating up, you SHOULD get a CONTINUOS blast of steam as long as thumb button is held down continously! The H.L.A.
It gets into those places that I cant and blasts out the dirt. So far so good. Does not work for very long and hard to determine how much water is still in it but overall one of the better ones I have purchased.
I had to replace another steamer, but didn't want to spend the money it cost for a replacement. I read the reviews on this and decided to roll the dice. This steamer is powerful! It doesn't seem to put out as much hot hot hot steam,, but it sure does shoot out the steam.
This steamer is not as large as I expected and does not steam for as long as I'd like. I tried a handheld steamer belonging to a friend and it was a much better appliance than this. I recommend spending a bit more and getting a better steamer; wish I had anyway.
I retruned the product because it didn't work--totaly unsatisfactory (limited amount of steam and when it did put steam out it came out as water droplets, not steam). I returned it on April 21 and have not heard a word from Heartland America. Assume i will eventually get a refund.
I filled it as instructed, let it heat for about 5 minutes, and at first it put out great steam. After about 5 minutes, the steam stopped. I figured it ran out of water and maybe was just very low capacity. I let it cool, removed the lid and poured the water that was left in it back into the measuring cup.
Well, what can I say...very disappointed, until I sold it for the same price I purchased it for. You wait for 3 minutes for the 500 degree (or whatever) heat, and have like 5 seconds of it, and it doesn't do much of anything. My guess is if I had to clean a microwave with this thing, it may take 8 hours.
the good: heats up fast, really cleans great, grease, whatever it pretty much cleaned it allthe bad:  small water holding ability, runs about 10 minutes before it runs out of steam.would I recommend it? For small jobs it works great. Big jobs can be done you have to be patient. I did the whole kitchen floor, but it took 2 hours, most of the time was waiting for it to cool down, refilling and waiting for it to heat up again.
I Love this little machine. Does what it is suppose to do. When my children get sick, I will be able to steam the germs away. Gives out a great amount of steam for about 20 minutes and takes 4 minutes to heat up. The cord is not as long as I would like but I use a extention cord. The only time water has came out of machine ( the spraying end) was when I leaned the machine back. Do Not do that.
Answer: I filled up the whole container minus a little so there was room for the steam to build. As for the wait time, it took about 12 minutes before I got any real power. Unfortunately, you only get about a 3 seconds spritz before you have to wait another 3 minutes for enough steam to build back up.