McCulloch MC1275 Heavy-Duty Steam Cleaner with 18 Accessories, Extra-Long Power Cord, Chemical-Free Pressurized Cleaning for Most Floors, Counters, Appliances, Windows, Autos,…

9 reviews for McCulloch MC1275 Heavy-Duty Steam Cleaner with 18 Accessories, Extra-Long Power Cord, Chemical-Free Pressurized Cleaning for Most Floors, Counters, Appliances, Windows, Autos,…

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Bernie Peskett – July 25, 2024

   I saw this product on The Detail Geek YouTube channel a few years ago and promised myself I would eventually buy one. I did! OMG, it is amazing! So light and unassuming in appearance, yet so versatile and hugely affective. I use it mostly on car detailing, but any household use, like cleaning out narrow window tracks, toilet seas, shower doors and trim etc, it really is so versatile! The initial price always put me off, but now I own it, it really was worth buying!

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Menthol Rum – July 25, 2024

   For months I have been reading reviews trying to figure out if the McCulloch Steam Cleaner was worth it. Some people loved it, while others derided it. I read dozens of reviews looking for balance among them. Finally, I ordered it and hoped for the best. The beauty of Amazon user’s reviews is that with enough reviews, positive or not, it is possible to figure out an accurate ‘feel’ for a product. This one kind of had me stumped. There are plenty of reviews already, but I hope my opinion is helpful in further clarifying the many previous good reviews.

   It is well made, seems to be an ABS plastic, so it will withstand some punishment. The brass fittings are a nice touch and just part of the overall good build of the machine. There are several parts for different cleaning applications, such as floors, a squeegee for flat surfaces, and several different small heads, some with nylon bristles, others, metal. The unit is fully assembled, except for one piece, the handle, which takes about 10 seconds to attach with the included screwdriver. I do wish they designed something for cord storage. I just gather in and bind it with a heavy elastic band. I find the unit small and even when full of water, not heavy. The cord and the steam hose are both adequately long for me. Before I started, I took 5 minutes to read the manual. I didn’t use distilled water, but I have filtered water and I expect I will have to follow the process removing minerals every so often. There is no sound that I can tell, coming from the base unit, but the escaping steam makes a loud hiss, nothing that bothered me, others or pets. You couldn’t watch television with someone using this in the same room, but the sound is what I expected with a machine that sprays steam.

   The base control is a button/trigger that also has a lock for continuous steaming. I cleaned all over and this little machine surprised me. I cleaned my bath and shower and overall, I was impressed. The porcelain wall tile, toilet and marble floor came out quite literally, as new. The textured privacy glass, the metal all over was perfect. Using cloths to wipe up following the steam was fast and easy. My 8′ x 4′ mirror wall cleaned fast and easy with no streaks. The grout in the floor and walls was cleaner, not perfect, but good. A second time might yield better results. Where it didn’t work so well was soap residue and mineral deposits. There were some mineral deposits on the granite counter, those actually came out, and with just a little more effort than I had been using. I was surprised, as the soap reside in the shower did come off the walls, but very very slowly but on the tub floor, it really wasn’t worth it and would have taken a long time and likely a few refills of water. I am a pretty neat and tidy person to begin with, so these surfaces are not untouched for months and I am expecting the steam cleaner to instantly overcome that. It seems to be a combination of minerals and soap residue that needs to be scrubbed off and the steam cleaner isn’t up to the task. Given how hard it is to get that off manually, I’m hardly surprised the steam cleaner can’t remove it. The reddish colored iron water stains however, came right off. These are stains that appears reddish in tone in sinks, tubs, shower and toilets.

   The pressure of the unit is adequate for cleaning around the home. Thinking of steam cleaning your car engine with this machine? I think that is a stretch. Do not buy this unit thinking that you are getting the power of a pressure washer, you don’t. A little more pressure would be nice, but for cleaning around the home, this does a nice job as is. The reservoir holds 48 oz of water and if you need just a quick clean, you add 16 oz, which will give you about 15 minutes of steam, also the less water you add, the faster it heats up. A full tank took several minutes to heat up, I didn’t time it, but it was fast enough. The plastic bristle heads seem to melt sooner than I’d thought, but I count those as a disposable part, plus replacement is inexpensive.

   In the kitchen, the cleaning continued. My refrigerator is newer and looks clean, but this machine brought out stuff from every crack and crevice. The controls, the door seals and the surface are indistinguishable from new. The same with the dishwasher, range hood and the stove, their previously unreachable crevices that hide dirt are now reachable. They never looked this clean before. Porcelain sinks in the bath and kitchen are items that I don’t think a steam cleaner can clean adequately. They might be clean on the surface, but the stains tend to be in the porcelain and beyond the reach of steam cleaning. I used a liquid cleanser on the kitchen sink and finished with the kitchen. It was exceptionally clean. One thing to note is the superb job that steam cleaning does on metal surfaces. The range, the faucets, trim all look out-of-the-box new.

   I cleaned microfiber upholstery, painted walls, the Litter Robot LRII Automatic Self-Cleaning Litter Box, Beige, windows sills and screens, bath & kitchen cabinets and inside the microwave. With few exceptions, the McCulloch Steam Cleaner has taken everything I have thrown at it. I bet this can steam clothes, but I haven’t tried it.

   So, for me, I am quite happy that I listened to the positive reviews. As to those that didn’t have a positive experience, my only thoughts are that they may have been used to a more powerful (and expensive) unit, they have significant minerals in their water or possibly they expect more of this steam cleaning unit than they should. I can’t say, those are guesses. My experience has been almost completely positive.

   Pros:
   * cleans most surfaces fast and easy with no chemicals
   * versatile attachments
   * simple operation
   * small & lightweight
   * impressive cleaning of many surfaces

   Cons:
   * no organizer for the power cord
   * steam pressure is adequate, but a little more would be good
   * can’t remove heavy soap residue/minerals from bathtub & shower

   Bottom Line:

   At this price range, this unit is hands down, a great performer. I did look at other units that were 4x and 10x the cost of the McCulloch Steam Cleaner, an amount which is far more than I am willing to spend. For household cleaning, this unit did an impressive job and left most everything noticeably cleaner. Only exceptions are the heavy soap residue and minerals which I still need to use elbow grease and cleaner. With that said, this is a very good value for a good steam cleaner.

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Eric Montagna – August 7, 2024

   Clean cars and your home, very versatile. Bought to clean wife’s car, would have paid as much for a detail. Works great.

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Sebas – August 9, 2024

   Es de muy buena calidad, limpia super bien con poca agua y tiene bastanted accesorios , si la recomiendo

5. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Amazon Customer – August 28, 2024

   I used this machine once for a short time and decided it was not for me based on maneuverability for me and storage, in my particular home, nothing to do with the product itself. I loved all the attachments and did tryout several of them in an attempt to sell myself on it. Its a great steam cleaner, hot, great pressure, and the versatility of attachments is wonderful. Everything is plastic, thus the lower price, but dragging it around the tight spaces in my home and across grout lines was too cumbersome for me as i navigated the power cord and hose… I worried i would have it destroyed in a matter of months 🙂 A great deep cleaner for every room in the home and not an overwhelming size either. I personally just needed something more streamline and will have to sacrifice all the nifty attachments 🙁

6. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Edgar MR – September 3, 2024

   La calidad es muy buena y su funcionamiento también. Llegó completo y bien empaquetado. Hayas ahorita lo he utilizado para limpiar una sala y colchón y ambos quedaron muy bien, buen producto. Lo recomiendo

7. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Fiatvictor – September 27, 2024

   Read a lot of reviews when deciding between this and the similar Wagner item. Ultimately got this one because it was available as a Warehouse Deal for under $95. For me it’s probably really a 4.5 star item. I’d give it 6 stars if it had a strong vacuum feature built in to pull up the dirty liquid. Many people knock this device for unfair reasons. #1 bad rap is water coming out of the nozzle instead of steam. Come on people, use your brains! Steam is vaporized water. If you run steam through a few feet of cool tubing it’s going to condense into water. There are ways to work around this. Use it continuously rather than brief spurts which reduces the water and makes the steam hotter or use a pail, directing the first few seconds into the pail until the water is gone. Also, once the steam hits something cool it will condense into water so be ready to wipe. BTW, that brings up another gripe that people mention. Continuous use will cause the nozzle and trigger parts to get pretty warm. Not really much of an issue. Others gripe that the steam isn’t hot enough. It’s a matter of opinion, I guess, but there are some realities involved. Your wall outlets will only support about 1800 watts so a machine like this can only heat so much water to turn it into steam. To get it hotter would mean less steam production or you’d have to plug it into a 240v outlet and many people don’t have that. Continuous use does a lot for upping the steam temperature. If the steam were much hotter, you’d be reading complaints about melted and deformed plastics. I think this machine strikes the appropriate balance. One legitimate gripe is the flimsy plastic construction. Has plastic gotten so expensive that making the parts 50% thicker would add that much to the cost? I accept the device for what it is. A tool that most people will only be using occasionally. There are better, more sturdy devices for people who’ll use this frequently.

   I’ve had it a couple of weeks and tried it on various things. Windows: works pretty good but a little messy. I used a chamois to clean up the water drips. Really great with a spray bottle of strong cleaner to clean your vinyl window casings, seals and felt scrapers. Again, chamois with a bucket of clean water gives best results. Walls: works pretty good to clean cooking oils and cigarette smoke film from glossy paints. This pretty much dissolves cigarette smoke film on anything from paint to plastics to metal or glass. Vinyl Mini Blinds: Oh, such a pain to clean with anything. I sprayed them with some strong cleaner, gave it a minuet or two and they came out pretty darn good. I think removal and cleaning in the bathtub might make the job less messy and would make rinsing easier. Microwave: I get mine pretty clean with a scrubber sponge and normal dish soap but finishing off with steam is the icing on the cake. Gets the nooks and crannies, corners and grills. Touchpad looked new and the rest of the oven was darn close. Upholstery: May get certain stains loosened up but this is really no substitute for a suction type upholstery cleaner and soap. I wasn’t too impressed. Sink and Countertop: I have very hard water and my issues are more with calcium deposits than grime. This did nothing for water deposits. Leather Jacket: Used steam as a first step in a re-dye. Worked OK but not a big advantage over saddle soap and a brush. Took about 90 minutes to do a really good job. Coffee Maker: Didn’t do much better than dishwasher plus soap and a sponge. Deep Fryer: Thought this would do a really good job but it was no better than using a strong degreaser and scrubber sponge with hot water from the sink. Slow and messy. Included scrubber pad clogged quickly and wore fast. Stove and Toaster Oven: Fine for hard to get to edges of the glass top on the stove but don’t think this is your ticket for removing burnt-on food.

   Other random observations- The little brushes suck. they’re too stiff when you start and too soft after a few minutes of use. The scrubber was unimpressive too. All these things wore down quickly and you’re better off using a scrubber or brush that suits your need and use the steam to assist the scrubbing process. The window squeegee worked fine but sopping up the water is a pain. Much quicker than Windex and paper towels. Zero streaks. Did not use the mop attachment. Having no water gauge is lame. You don’t know when your going to need to add water and then you don’t know how much to add when it’s not empty. The wheels seem mostly useless. I pick it up and move it.

   Overall I’m very happy with my little steam cleaner and I haven’t even used it for the 2 things I bought it for, removing wallpaper and detailing car interiors. Unless you have a specific thing that you need a steam machine for (like wallpaper or bedbugs) you should think of this as another tool in your cleaning arsenal. It probably won’t replace anything else you have now, it’ll just help you to do a better job. Sometimes it’ll save you time. Sometimes it’ll save you work. For the most part, it’s not going to save you a lot in cleaning chemicals. You’ll mostly still use those. I understand these are really great with the hard plastics in a used car. I can see this as a great tool for cleaning a refrigerator. Not sure about the germ cleaning capabilities, I have my doubts about using this, alone, to mop a floor when your goal is killing germs. A bucket of very hot water and mop solution is probably more effective. All said, I definitely would buy it again and recommend it to friends.

8. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Miguel Borja – October 4, 2024

   Me encantó el equipo, tiene todo lo necesario para hacer una buena limpieza, eso sí, utilicen agua destilada que es lo que se pide, me gustó igual que llegó mucho antes del tiempo mencionado. No esperen que la máquina quite toda la mugre, igual hay que limpiar igual.

9. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Ver_C – October 16, 2024

   At first I had some concerns when the box arrived partly damaged and re-taped. I wondered if I was getting a product that had been a past return. But when I opened the box, all the parts were there and were covered in their original plastic wrapping. So I think the box was just damaged during shipping and I received original, unopened product. The steam cleaner worked perfectly thx. I recommend this McCulloch brand – I was a bit suspicious of the Chinese brands since I wasn’t sure if they would be made to electrically safe standards for the US. This is very important in a steam cleaner. I researched McCulloch and it seems to be a legit brand that is now owned by Husqvarna. The steam cleaner worked perfectly and an easy to understand instruction book explaining how to use it. I love all the different attachments depending on what type of area you want to steam clean. I recommend this steam cleaner and the seller.