I have good reasons to feel as passionately as I do about floor cleaners.

I am charged with the care of a white tile floor, so I am faced more obviously than the average person with the dirt beneath my feet. Sharing this floor with me is a two-year-old who, just moments ago, cast a handful of penne noodles to the ground and gazed at them as if reading the I Ching. Somebody has to clean that up, and the dog moved out with my ex. I guess that leaves mom. There is no time of day like after dinner to make me feel as if I am perilously low on energy and patience, so it's best for all concerned if I can wash the floors as effortlessly as possible. Some mood-lifting aromatherapy wouldn't kill me.

Method's Lemon Ginger Floor Cleaner - too sweet to be sour.

My first bottle of this cleaner came in my Omop starter kit. Although other cleaners are fine to use while mopping with microfiber, the small bottle in the kit worked so well, I knew after the first few passes through my kitchen that I would buy the full-size product on my next Target run.

What convinced me to spend $6 for 25 ounces of floor cleaner? (I promise it's not the marketing. Not this time). The number one reason is the way Lemon Ginger cleaner makes up for the un-scrubby nature of microfiber by melting food debris and dirt after gliding over it a few times. Supporting factors are the small amount needed to clean my whole house, the company's commitment to formulations that are healthier for the earth and we who dwell here, and the pleasant scent. It doesn't hurt that I am so used to Method and Mrs. Meyer's products, I've forgotten that Pine Sol costs about half as much.

Method usually offers a vague ingredient list for their products, but this floor cleaner breaks that trend. I haven't a clue what is in it, but I know it's something biodegradable, non-toxic, and wax-free. To use, squeeze the bottle and watch a light shower of cleaning fluid spray across the floor. The first several times I mopped, I used way too much. Start with a two-second squirt in a zig-zag pattern, and add more if needed. I have noticed that Lemon Ginger has an almost oily spreadability when used with microfiber, but other cloths and sponges seem to soak it up rather than wiping it over the surface to be cleaned. Despite this appearance, no residue of either an oily or a sticky variety is left behind. The product evaporates with the mopping water, and I can't feel it at all under my bare feet or with my fingertips. Although it is made for the floor, I frequently use it on my tile counter-tops and kitchen table. All surfaces look polished and feel squeaky clean. The combination of microfiber and Lemon Ginger does an excellent job of picking up every last crumb. Sticky and greasy messes that I expect to get down on my hands and knees to scrub often surprise me by giving way to a few strokes of the mop and disappearing.

Some people will be head over heels for the fragrance, especially the ones who want to clean their floors with a Method product but aren't wowed by lavender. I think the Lemon Ginger is yummy, but not Method's best effort. I'm used to my cleaning products lingering in the house for an hour or so after I clean, but Lemon Ginger flees in a hurry. The scent fills the air while I mop, but seems to dissipate as soon as the job is done. Maybe I don't perceive it as strongly as others because of the size and openness of my tiled areas. I do like the way the citrusy lemon registers as clean in the subconscious, but I wish the spicy ginger note were more dominant. Although it doesn't inspire me to dab it behind my pulse points, the scent still does its aromatherapeutic job of clearing my mental cobwebs and cheering me up while I clean.

I invite you to wander barefoot through my home.

I sincerely appreciate my Omop every day and think you should give it a try if you are in the market for such a thing, partly because it's a great excuse to switch from whatever you use on your floors now to the All Floor Lemon Ginger floor cleaner. If you think the Omop is silly and will never buy it, the Lemon Ginger floor cleaner is still a good agent for dissolving dirt and polishing hard surfaces with microfiber cloths. Once again, my house-keeping burden is lightened by a Method product.

Recommended: Yes