# Anko 1300W Steam Mop

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/anko-1300w-steam-mop
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/steam-mops
- Placement: #10 of 14 in Steam Mops, D tier
- Brand: Anko
- LP on this board: 303
- Last researched: 2026-09-10T13:35:37.042Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

Viral marketing cannot offset CHOICE's avoid listing and repeated owner reports of leaks and total failures. It is the least durable product on this board and should not be bought at any level of the market.

## For

- Viral social media popularity
- CHOICE's experts found it easy to use
- Didn't leave much residue in CHOICE's testing
- Genuine evidence the budget end of the category is not all compromise

## Against

- On CHOICE's avoid list
- Owners report repeated leaks and total failures

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 1 of 2 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Consolidated from 3 cited sources across 2 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CHOICE Australia | - | D | https://www.tiktok.com/@choiceaustralia/video/7552683304818920705 | outlet blocks automated checks |
| CHOICE | - | - | https://www.choice.com.au/home-and-living/laundry-and-cleaning/steam-mops/articles/steam-mops-to-avoid-buying | fetched and confirmed |
| CHOICE | - | B | https://www.choice.com.au/shopping/everyday-shopping/supermarkets/articles/kmart-best-buys-things-to-avoid | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Bissell PowerFresh Steam Mop 1940 | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/bissell-powerfresh-steam-mop-1940 |
| 5 | Beldray 15-in-1 Steam Cleaner | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/beldray-15-in-1-steam-cleaner |
| 6 | Vax Steam Fresh Total Home | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/vax-steam-fresh-total-home |
| 7 | Bissell Commercial BGST1566 | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/bissell-commercial-bgst1566 |
| 8 | Shark Genius Pocket Mop System S | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/shark-genius-pocket-mop-system-s |
| 9 | Shark S1000 Steam Mop | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/shark-s1000-steam-mop |
| 11 | Bissell PowerFresh Slim | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/bissell-powerfresh-slim |
| 12 | Shark Steam & Scrub S7201 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/shark-steam-scrub-s7201 |
| 13 | Bissell PowerFresh Deluxe Steam Mop | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/bissell-powerfresh-deluxe-steam-mop |
| 14 | Bissell SteamShot Deluxe | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/bissell-steamshot-deluxe |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/steam-mops.

## What this tier means

- D: Weak. Hard to recommend when better options cost similar money.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.