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Does anyone here own a clothes steamer...?

  • 18-02-2016 7:19am
    #1
    thattequilagirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭


    As an alternative to ironing. There's a handheld one in Debenhams for €50 and I'm very tempted. I have work dresses I couldn't even look at wearing this week because the thought of ironing them depressed me so much (inconsiderate housemate threw my wet clothes in a ball on a chair)


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  • #2
    LLewellen Farquarson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭LLewellen Farquarson


    Yes, I have one. It is the big Karcher one that is used for tiled floors/windows, but has an attachment for clothes steaming.

    I use it mainly on suits etc. that otherwise would need dry cleaning. It is the business!

    Some suits I only wear for weddings etc. so I steam them before putting them away. As they weren't wrinkled I cannot be sure how good it is as a substitute for ironing, but it should make it easier if not eliminate it.

    The one I have has a wand, around 18" long, that can be put up the leg of the trousers, and steam from the inside out. This is great, and I don't know if the cheap ones have this feature.

    Anyway, I'd say go for it. If it is half as good as mine, it will save you money on dry cleaning.


  • #3
    thattequilagirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭thattequilagirl


    Thanks for the reply. Yeah I would definitely consider getting the full-sized one (€130) in the future, but the €50 handheld is as much as I can afford right now!


  • #4
    Speedwell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    Even a travel steamer is better than nothing, but not by much :) When I worked in a "mall store" in the US selling clothing, we used to receive the clothes in boxes, and we used a steamer to make them presentable for the shop floor. It was usable on all but things that absolutely-under-no-circumstances-whatsoever must not touch even a bit of heat/humidity (like glued-on decorations). Only the highest-powered ones are any good on clothes that are already wet.


  • #5
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    I have a power steam elite. Much faster than ordinary ironing but generally only useful for bulk ironing. It is not worth setting it up for 1 item.


  • #6
    thattequilagirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭thattequilagirl


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    I have a power steam elite. Much faster than ordinary ironing but generally only useful for bulk ironing. It is not worth setting it up for 1 item.

    How much setting up is involved?


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  • #7
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    thattequilagirl wrote: »
    How much setting up is involved?

    It is big and bulky so lifting it up and putting in water takes a bit of time, more so than with a small iron. It works far better to do a load of ironing in one go with it.


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