- Keeping your home clean includes the floors, and that means mopping.
- Libman Spin Mop and Bucket is our top pick because it works in kitchens, bathrooms, and mudrooms, and can help keep wood floors gleaming.
- For more info on the right type of cleaner to use on your flooring, check out our guide to the best floor cleaners for wood, vinyl, tile, and more.
To keep your home sparkling clean, you have to mop your floors. Of course, that's often a dreaded chore.
You should always sweep or vacuum first to pick up small debris and dust so you're not just moving dirt around with your mop later. It also helps to mop weekly so it's more like maintenance work as opposed to a big undertaking. But the best way to make mopping easier is to have a good mop that actually gets the job done.
A quality mop should make quick work of even sticky floors, be easy to use, and ideally, have a removable head so it can be washed and disinfected to keep bacteria from growing. In fact, if your mop ever smells bad or looks particularly grimy, don't use it.
All of the floors in my home require mopping, so I've been testing mops and cleaning products for decades. I've also been a home economist for companies and publications, so I'm always looking for the most effective and easiest to use products.
Here are the best mops
- Best overall: Libman Spin Mop and Bucket
- Best on a budget: Libman Wonder Mop
- Best for wood floors: Swiffer WetJet Wood Mopping Kit
- Best for ceramic tile floors: Libman Nitty Gritty Roller Mop with Scrub Brush
- Best disposable mopping system: Swiffer Sweeper Dry and Wet
Updated 1/14/21. We updated prices, links, and formatting. We've also included an additional mop we're looking forward to testing for a future update of this guide.
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