Pump as much as I want nothing comes out of the spout. Neither water nor steam. The body gets hot . But not below the water line. Land fill time. I like this site though ..the fact you can give no stars is better than most which make you give at least 1 ..which would be inappropriate for something that does not actually work.

I bought this machine and used in kitchen to remove grease from top of ovan but it does not work as desire. steam level not upto the mark and you have to refile it again and again after usage of few minutes. Over all product is wastage of money.

Recently bought the little penguin HT881, looked like a cool little machine and easy to use, looks very simple!, filled it with water and had the machine on for just a little over an hour and NOTHING not a single drop of cold or even warm water to see it was getting hot, the machine was extremly hot itself but noting out the end of the nozzle! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEE DO NOT BUY, IT IS A WASTE OF MONEY

The first use of my Hometek HT881 Penguin was fine when I used it to clean the shower - not quite as good as the demonstration, but not too bad. However when I went to use it for the second time there was nothing - not even a small puff of steam I tried ALL of the manufacturers tips and still could not make the thing work.

This product is a waste. It is impossible to use as expected. The pump action does not produce enough pressure to get the desired results and is soon tiresome. I advise you to avoid.

I was very disappointed with this Hometek product, little or no steam one minute and then a gush of steam which lasted no more than a few seconds.

Overall te Hometek HT881 Penguin is a neat little machine but very disappointed that only way to get any decent pressure you have to pump handle continuously, if you need to scrub inside a cooker it is very hard to maintain pressure and clean at the same time. After one use the brushes become bent and out of shape, therefore of little use. Great for cleaning mirrors, windows etc and freshening up work tops but hard work trying to use for anything else.

Suddenly stopped working. Although the pump made a noise no steam came out. Tried descaler to no avail. Probably worth a try if its on special offer otherwise an expensive gadget for a couple of uses.

Including this Hometek HT881 Penguin, I have had 5 mops in 2 years which either fall apart of the steam simply stops working effectively. If this model was more robust then it would score much higher.