I finally got my microfiber mop, and you know I have to be honest. Maybe they are saying the pad is extra large because it does have width. However, the mop container is very small. I am definitely not used to that. It make any job that would be large hard. It does promote the need to keep making some clean water. For those that will use a bottle or another bucket and then just use this one to squeeze the mop, this will be perfect. It's just not what I expected and it's sad because it's a great mop. It has 4 pads, the squeeze function is superb, and the mop is perfect in pad size and handle. The only con is the bucket is very small. You will see my small hand in my picture next to it to kind of show the size.