Clothes Steamer, 1500W Steam Iron Handheld Portable Garment Steamer for Home and Travel Clothing Steamer Wrinkle Remover 25s Fast Heat-up, 280ml White, Small (Updated Version)

I hate ironing with a vengeance, and if I'm honest I'm one on those people that kids themselves that if you give something a good shake when it comes out of the tumble dryer and fold it up quickly you can get away with not ironing. The look of disdain on my mother's face when she sees me clearly means this isn't the case. I'm 46 mum, get over it.There are several reasons I hate ironing- I have to get "The Board" out. It is invariably in a cupboard with a million carrier bags, brooms, and the massive washing powder box in front of it, wedged in like some giant jenga piece which involves intricate and complicated removal when I want to use it (and put it back) - think the Krypton Factor, except I'm not wearing a snazzy (unironed) tracksuit and Gordon Burns isn't cheering me on.Then the iron weighs a ton and always has black bits on the bottom of it from the last time I attempted to use it. It's a decent iron, don't think I've not tried throwing money at this problem in the past in the mistaken hope that expensive iron = well ironed clothes. I've learned the hard way that is a fools way of thinking.Then there's my technique. I somehow manage to iron more creases into a garment by the time I've finished than when I started. What was a lightly wrinkled t shirt will have well defined tramlines all over it by the time I've finished, along with a lovely V indentation on the back of the neckline where I've forgotten my mums tip of "don't iron the neckline on the front, it will go through to the back".When I got the uniform list for my daughter's new school which mandated a PLEATED skirt and proper shirts, I nearly had an attack of the vapours. I had images of me on a Sunday evening with a basket full of shirts and skirts, damp tea towels to avoid shiny marks placed over the "quality" 100% recycled from plastic bottles polyester skirts that I've been fleeced 20 quid each for from the authorised seller, arranging clothes pegs (another mum "tip") at the bottom of the pleats to try and hold them in place whilst slowly sipping my gin and questioning my life choices thus far.Then I decided to get in control of the situation. Looking down the barrel of 5 years of secondary school uniform ironing I decided to get a steamer. They all seemed much of a muchness so I decided to go for something with a decent water capacity and wattage. To be fair I have spent more time deciding what to watch on Netflix, tech holds no interest for me and domestic tech even less so.I've tried this steamer out on my intended target i.e. school uniform and am pretty impressed with the results. See my pics and prepare to be amazed...Disclaimer: both of these items are straight out of their packaging, I've not washed them (who does that?) so the creases may have come out easier than after washing them , then getting them out of the tumbler. I'll have to see what happens there, it's risk I'm prepared to take.The machine itself is simplicity to use. 30 seconds to heat up and you don't need to keep your finger on the trigger to keep the steam coming out.My top tips are:Keep your fingers out of the steam when holding a garment (ouch - ask me how I know).Move the steamer up and down SLOWLY.Keep the steamer in touch with the fabric.Don't expect to be able to do more than a couple of shirts and skirts on one tank of water. It only takes 30 seconds to heat up between refills so this isn't an issue. Top up your drink/eat a biscuit/shout at your husband and/or kids about how you have to do EVERYTHING IN THIS HOUSE during these handy intervals in proceedings.Try and make the clothes as taut as you can, so hold the bottom of a shirt or cuff of a sleeve as you run the steamer over it. As with most things in life, if it's just flapping about the results won't be as good, you want a bit of firmness.And there you have it. The upshot is, yes I would recommend this steamer. I certainly won't be steaming my king-size bedding any time soon, life's too short for that, but at least my daughter won't be looking like Worzel Gummidge on her first day at school.

The steamer was delivered promptly. It can packaged well, with a heat protected glove and a bag for transporting the steamer.The steamer itself is quite big and a little on the heavy side - which might be off putting if travelling.It does heat the water extremely quickly and does a pretty good job on basic day to day clothes. The water tank isn’t overly big so will require at least 1 refill if you are doing a few clothes. It doesn’t replace ironing altogether as it’s not completely crinkle free, items such as shirts would definitely require an iron. It’s a bit easier then taking the ironing board out, instead hanging the clothes that are suitable for steaming on the hanger - it leaves those clothes pretty crinkle free.Overall, I’m happy with the purchase as the pros outweigh the cons.

I bought this solely for a wedding in Italy. I bring everything with me on my travels, and this trip was nothing different. I heard a rumour that Italy doesn't have irons in hotel rooms, bar some, due to safety, so bought this to look sharp while away.It generally takes 15 seconds to heat up. The great thing about this machine is the trigger is more like a button which you can click once and you can continuously steam; so instead of holding down a trigger and getting cramps in your hand after 30 seconds, you can just click the trigger once and steam ahead.The added extras like the sleeves guard and the mittens are very helpful to avoid scalds.Like many of the previous reviews, there is a clicking sound when you first use it that lasts about 2 mins; I guess this is the machine trying to run the water through its system. Just let it do its thing and it works quietly afterwards.The output isn't as strong as a steam-generated iron but still works pretty well on jeans and cotton garments. My linen suit and shirt took two attempts (only) to "iron" out the creases. I wasn't expecting it to get out all the creases but to my surprise it did! I got about 10-15mins worth of steam but this will obviously differ depending on the garments that you want.While I think that this steamer is great, it's not that travel friendly. I brought a medium sized check in bag to Italy and it took up about 1/6 of the suitcase, so would recommend this for the home rather than to travel with - but it still gets 5 stars from me though!

3 starts because over all the product is good. Takes a little bit of time to get hot and to work and steaming clothes is a little longwinded. However if your doing curtains it freshening furniture it’s great.For clothes nothing will beat an iron. I found on clothing the crease would be removed but reappear very faintly when the dampness from the steam was removed.