Cleaning laminate floors is tricky business. If you don’t have the correct tool or the right technique, you will sooner end up with a damaged floor than a clean one.

In today’s article, one of our staff writers — Joseph French — has taken upon himself to find the best mop for laminate floors out there. After weeks of research, he has found the following models, which got the best rating on laminate floors.

Check them out!

Best Steam Mop for Laminate Floors: Bissell PowerFresh Deluxe Steam Mop, 1806

This is our first choice not just because of its popularity and high overall rating, but also because it has a steam mopping function.

Generally speaking, most people shy away from using the steam best mop for laminate floors. The lamination is very sensitive to moisture, so blasting heated steam on it doesn’t sound like a very safe thing to do. Nevertheless, this doesn’t stop the Bissell PowerFresh 1806 steam mop from becoming the go-to mop for many laminate floor owners.

The reason? The steam is gentle. As long as you move fast, the steam won’t damage the floor.

In terms of design, the PowerFresh 1806 is lightweight. It is also very maneuverable with a swivel steering mechanism, which gives it the ability to squeeze into tight spots.
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To make the steam mop function work, the machine comes with a 16-ounce water tank. Pour water into it and voila, cleansing steam on demand!

At the head of the steam mop is a small compartment that you can fit Bissell’s fragrance disc in. It basically works like a scented cleaner, giving your floor a fresher smell after you mopped it over.

Beware, however, that not all kinds of laminate floors will work with a steam mop. If you aren’t sure whether your laminate floor will work well with the PowerFresh, you should do a test run first.

Pick a small, hidden spot and give it a couple of passes with the PowerFresh. If the lamination in that spot isn’t damaged, you can proceed to use the steam mop on the rest of the house!

Still, a steam mop shouldn’t be used frequently. Only take it out when you need to deep clean and sanitize the floor. Once every couple of months will do the trick.

Best Spray Mop for Laminate Floors: O-Cedar ProMist MAX Microfiber Spray Mop

If you want your mop to be just a mop without the fancy steamer attached to it, you’d love the O-Cedar ProMist spray mop.

It functions like your ordinary mopper. However, instead of having to dunk the mopping head into a bucket every once in a while, the water is held in a small tank within the mop. Squeeze the trigger on the handle and the mop will spray the water onto the floor and you can mop that up in an instant. It’s a lot more convenient this way.

The O-Cedar mop comes with double-sided mopping pads. So, when one side of the mop gets dirty, you can just flip the mop to the other side and continue cleaning. There’s no need to stop and change it out for a new pad.

After you’re done mopping, you can throw the mopping pad into the washer and reuse it the next time.

Each pad lasts around 3 months on average before you need to get a new one. At check-out, you can choose to get a maximum of 3 “refills” (extra pads) along with the mop itself. That will last you 9 months before you need to purchase more refill pads. Fortunately, they’re pretty affordable (around $20 for a pack of 4).

The thing that we like best about this mopper is that you can fill the water tank with whatever cleaning solution that you like best (2 tablespoons will do). Most spray mops will demand that you only use their proprietary cleaner.

We’ve checked in with quite a few users and most reported positive experiences using the O-Cedar spray mop on laminate floors. The mop can clean the lamination without damaging it. Just make sure to dry off the moisture sitting on top of the lamination quickly.

A spray mop is great for deep cleaning.

Best Dust Mop for Laminate Floor: Eyliden Dust Mop

For light, daily cleans of laminate floors, a dust mop is going to be extremely useful. We found the Eyliden Dust Mop to be one of the best out there.

The Eyliden can be used both dry and wet. If the dust and debris are sparse and you don’t need to mop it thoroughly, you can track the dry pad across the floor and use it like a broom. When the floor gets a little bit dirtier, you can dampen the mop a little bit to give you some extra cleaning power.

Its handle is telescopic and can flexibly extend from 32.9-inch to 52.6-inch. So, not only will you be able to use this mop as a floor cleaner, you can use it to clean high-up places such as the ceiling or the top of shelves, too.
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While you’re mopping, if the pad gets too dirty, the Eyliden has a convenient button located on the mopping head. Press it and the mop will instantly detach. This one-touch replacement system is quick as well as hygienic since you don’t have to directly touch the filthy mopping pad.

The Eyliden dust mop comes with two washable mopping pads. After you’re done using them, put them into the washer and dry. You can use them again the next day if you so choose.

Like we said, a dust mop isn’t meant for deep cleaning. Rather, use this one for day-to-day, light cleaning of superficial dust and debris.

Conclusion

These are the best mop for laminate floors: your top choices in 2024!

Since each one serves a specific role, if possible, we highly recommend that you stock up your home with all three. Of course, it will turn out to be a pretty costly purchase. Nonetheless, we think that they’re completely worth it since they will do an excellent job at keeping the laminate floor clean and shiny.​