Anyone own a garment steamer? (to use instead of an iron)

[purbeast0]

My new job requires me to wear dress shirts and I really REALLY hate ironing, so I'm looking to get a garment steamer.

I'm wondering if anyone has used one and if so what is their opinion on one.

Here is the type of product I'm referring to.

http://www.amazon.com/SteamFast-SF-4...sr=8-1-catcorr

thanks.

 

[Mike Gayner]

L2 iron, it's not hard. But in a pinch, I hang my shirts in the bathroom and have a long shower. The steam flattens them pretty well usually.

 

[purbeast0]

i know how to iron i just hate doing it, and the time it takes.

steamers work much faster and are easier.

 

[Mike Gayner]

i know how to iron i just hate doing it, and the time it takes.

steamers work much faster and are easier.

I doubt you could steam a shirt much faster than I can iron one. When you've been ironing shirts for a while you get very fast at it. Plus the result is better.

 

[sixone]

I have a steamer, and I love love love it. Sooo much better than an iron.

 

[theflyingpig]

I fill my garment steamer with the blood of the innocent. I have found that it works far better than water as the blood takes out the wrinkles and leaves a pleasantly satisfying odor on all of my garments. My clothes are always looking magnificent because of it. Everyone knows this.

 

[purbeast0]

I doubt you could steam a shirt much faster than I can iron one. When you've been ironing shirts for a while you get very fast at it. Plus the result is better.

eh i dunno wtf you are talking about.

when i bought a shirt at a story in hawaii the dude steamed it for me right infront of me to get all the wrinkles out. it took him like 30-40 seconds.

and it was a short sleeve button up dress shirt.

 

[purbeast0]

I have a steamer, and I love love love it. Sooo much better than an iron.

which one you have? i was just searchin amazon and saw this one...

http://www.amazon.com/Jiffy-Steamer-...841833&sr=1-10

i may get that soon before my amazon prime runs out. reviews are great.

 

[Mike Gayner]

eh i dunno wtf you are talking about.

when i bought a shirt at a story in hawaii the dude steamed it for me right infront of me to get all the wrinkles out. it took him like 30-40 seconds.

and it was a short sleeve button up dress shirt.

You will get wrinkles out with a steamer, but you'll never get the crisp result you'll get with an iron.Plus they're shit for most collars, and you can't do pleats.

 

[sixone]

which one you have? i was just searchin amazon and saw this one...

http://www.amazon.com/Jiffy-Steamer-...841833&sr=1-10

i may get that soon before my amazon prime runs out. reviews are great.

El Cheapo from Walmart

If I needed to use it daily, I'd spend some money for a nicer model. But it's pretty good for what I need. Gets the wrinkles out waaaay faster than an iron, and in a lot less space.

 

[purbeast0]

El Cheapo from Walmart

If I needed to use it daily, I'd spend some money for a nicer model. But it's pretty good for what I need. Gets the wrinkles out waaaay faster than an iron, and in a lot less space.

ah cool.

i think if i get one i'm goign to invest in a good one because i know my wife and i will use it a lot.

anyone else?

 

[purbeast0]

bump for the work crew.

 

[damocles]

I used to work in a retail store and the professional steamers are the bomb. They wont give the crisp look of a well ironed shirt but the results are great for most normal purposes.

I tried a cheaper one and it was crap. Oviously some models are better than others

 

[SuRgEoN]

We have this exact model... still in the box though. Just got it for Xmas. We'll let you know once I use it.

 

[DingDingDao]

We have the exact same one as well. The wife loves it for dresses/coats. Just make sure you let it run for a bit when you first turn it on, it sometimes tends to "spit" initially.

 

[purbeast0]

which model do you guys have, the first or second one I linked to?

and DingDongDao, have you ever tried it on dress shirts?

 

[BoomerD]

I fill my garment steamer with the blood of the innocent. I have found that it works far better than water as the blood takes out the wrinkles and leaves a pleasantly satisfying odor on all of my garments. My clothes are always looking magnificent because of it. Everyone knows this.

Now we know you're lying through your teeth...there are NO innocents.


OP, garment steamers will remove most of the wrinkles, but won't give you that "fresh pressed" look. If that's acceptable, then go for it...otherwise, buy one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Rowenta-DG8030...884337&sr=8-13

Best of both, iron AND steamer.

 

[krunchykrome]

I bought one a while ago for that same reason, I hate ironing. It didn't work, in fact it took just as much effort and didn't do as good of a job as a traditional iron. The steamer now sits in my closet. You still in Columbia? You can have it if you want, haha.

I iron all of my shirts on Sunday. I would get dry cleaning, but I don't think I make enough money yet to pay for my clothes to be ironed. My wife's uncle/aunt own a dry cleaner, but I refuse to let them do it for free....I'm no free-loader.

 

[Paperdoc]

We run a retail clothing store and the majority of our stock gets steamed with a commercial-grade unit before going on display. They are handy for large items, and in some cases faster than an iron. I will give you four caution notes:

1. You need a sturdy place to hang the garment on a hanger while steaming. You tend to tug at it to keep it flat while moving the steam head over the garment, and the direction of the tugs is NOT straight down, so you can pull over some flimsy stand.

2. Plan to burn yourself occasionally. Steam is very hot and very fast on skin!

3. Steamers do NOT do a good job on cottons, linens or other fabrics that take high temperatures on an iron. They just can't get all the small wrinkles out. But they are OK for poly/cotton blends, polyester, rayon or acrylic fabrics commonly used in many women's apparel items.

4. You definitely should use distilled or deionized water in the steamer. Your will have to disassemble and clean out the boiler from time to time to get rid of scale, and using water with little or no minerals in it will make those jobs much less frequent.

 

[DingDingDao]

which model do you guys have, the first or second one I linked to?

and DingDongDao, have you ever tried it on dress shirts?

I have the model you listed in the OP. I haven't tried it on a dress shirt yet, but I did use it on a suit coat that had developed wrinkles after being packed in a suitcase, and it worked great.