Nowadays, more and more young people pay attention to their clothes and their appearance, and they want their clothes to be neat and beautiful at all times. However, when clothes are folded and stored for a long time, they are prone to wrinkles, which makes garment steamers a must-have small household appliance for many families. Garment steamers, also known as electric irons, are effective at removing wrinkles from laundry. However, the evaluation of the garment steamer is mixed. Some people think it's very easy to use and can level clothes quickly, while others think it damages the fabric of the clothes and the ironing results are not as good as they should be. Some people even say that using a garment steamer may cause a fire. As an experienced home appliance evaluation blogger, I would like to give you an in-depth science about whether the garment steamer will damage the fabric.
This is some of the garment steamers I bought recently
First, does the garment steamer hurt the fabric?
If you use a good quality professional garment steamer, it usually will not cause damage to the fabric of the garment. These products are powerful, have excellent ironing results and are safe to use. However, there are a lot of unprofessional products on the market that are inexpensive. Not only are these products coarsely made and poorly ironed, but they can also have safety concerns. Therefore, I have specially summarized some of the four major hazards that may exist in this kind of unprofessional and inferior garment steamer.
1: The injury rate remains high
Many novices who lack experience can easily buy an inferior garment steamer, and after ironing clothes with this product, you will find that the fabric of the clothes has been damaged. In fact, because the inferior garment steamer generally has too high power, inaccurate temperature control and poor compatibility, the fiber tissue of the clothes is easily damaged, and there are many problems of the clothes being scalded and scorched.
2: It produces a lot of peculiar smell and pollutes the air
The cavity structure of many inferior garment steamers is not reasonable enough, and the machine runs in a long-term high-temperature pressurized environment, and the corrosion resistance of the garment steamer will also deteriorate. There is a pungent odor that can also get on your clothes when you iron it. It affects the health of the human body and causes pollution to the indoor air.
3: Causes skin burns
Inferior garment steamers may also burn the skin, and most of the problems lie in the design of the grip part. The garment steamer irons the clothes through high-temperature steam, which will burn people's skin in case of accidents, and the consequences are very serious.
4: Cause fire and line safety hazards
Many inferior garment steamers have potential safety hazards in the fire and wiring. Due to the possible defects in the circuit design of inferior products, the safety risk of garment steamers also increases. Garment steamer is often used in daily life, which is easy to cause fire, electric shock and other safety accidents.
Second, five common exaggerated selling points of inferior garment steamers
Through the previous detailed analysis, I believe we have all understood the harm that inferior non-professional garment steamer may bring. In order to help you avoid these risks, today I have compiled for you a chart of the top ten hazard causes of garment steamers issued by professional organizations. Through this chart, we can clearly see the characteristics of an inferior garment steamer. In addition, I have also summarized the exaggerated selling points of five common inferior garment steamers for you, so that you can better prevent them when purchasing. Keeping these tips in mind can help you choose the right garment steamer to ensure that your clothes get the best possible ironing results while keeping them safe to use.
1: False standard power
Many garment steamers have the phenomenon of false standard power, and merchants rely on the power of this false standard to advertise good ironing efficiency, but the ironing effect and steam volume are very weak after actual use, and the ironing effect is not ideal. This phenomenon is not uncommon in low-priced products, and everyone must avoid it.
2: Promise to be safe and not hurt your clothes
Many garment steamer merchants claim that their products do not hurt clothes and are highly safe. But most of the inferior brands are produced through third-party factories, what do they do to ensure that the products do not hurt the clothes? Is it just by virtue of a paper certificate? There are also a lot of complaints on the Internet, such as many Internet celebrities who speculate on the concept of brands, have no experience in product research and development, and the compatibility is poor, how can it not hurt the fabric?
3: There is no difference between expensive and cheap, just buy a cheap one
Many people have such a consumption concept, that most of the high-priced products are IQ tax, in essence and cheap are the same, the difference in essence is quite big, such as heating parts, materials, technical adjustment, steam structure design and many other components, high-quality garment steamer steam volume, steam outlet is uniform and stable, long-term attenuation is low, ironing effect is better, and it does not hurt clothes.
4: Clothing of all kinds of fabrics can be compatible
Many businesses exaggerate their promises that their products have good functions, can be compatible with any clothing fabric, and will never damage the clothes, but many of them not only have a small amount of steam, and the effect of ironing some thicker clothes is very poor, and products with a small amount of steam are also easy to cause damage to the clothes.
5: Able to iron quickly in 30 seconds
Many garment steamer merchants play slogans such as fast ironing and easy ironing in 30 seconds, but there are many foolish ingredients in this, on the one hand, the merchants are simply exaggerated publicity, and on the other hand, the high-power garment steamer itself is easy to damage clothes.
Third, to avoid pits and inferior garment steamers, eight skills must be mastered
I believe you have understood that the professional garment steamer has undergone strict technical standards and professional technical tuning, and the product performance is of high quality. Inferior products, on the other hand, may pose a risk of harming clothing and even human health. Next, I will combine my years of evaluation experience to share some practical purchase tips for you.
1. Prefer brands with strong technical strength
Priority is given to choosing brands with strong technical strength, and everyone is advised not to blindly choose Internet celebrity brands or those brands that purely pile up performance parameters. Priority is given to high-quality garment steamers, such products have good compatibility, high safety factor, can effectively protect clothes, and brands with strong technical strength have strict standards and tuning in core functions such as steam distance, steam uniformity, temperature control accuracy, clothing protection, anti-scalding design, etc., and the durability and corrosion resistance of the products are stronger.
2. The preferred multi-functional garment steamer
There are various types of garment steamers on the market, including multi-function garment steamers, vertical garment steamers, handheld garment steamers and other types. Among them, the overall performance of the multi-functional garment steamer is the best, it has a variety of ways to choose from, such as flat ironing, hanging ironing, steam ironing, etc., and the size of the body is small, easy to carry, and does not take up too much space at all. The performance of the multi-function garment steamer is completely comparable to that of the vertical garment steamer, so it has become the most popular type of garment steamer nowadays. The water tank of the upright garment steamer body is large, although it can iron multiple pieces of clothes at one time, but because the volume is too large, it is only suitable for use in the scene of large space such as clothing stores, and it is not suitable for ordinary families. Although the body of the handheld garment steamer is small, the amount of steam is also small, and the ironing effect is not good, so it is only suitable for ironing a few simple clothes.
3. It is preferable to garment steamer equipped with ceramic glaze panel
The steam panel material of the garment steamer is divided into many kinds, including stainless steel panel, Teflon panel, ceramic glaze panel, plastic panel, etc. Among them, the strongest quality is the ceramic glazed panel, which is not easy to deform, strong and durable, and has a good ironing effect. In addition, the bottom plate of the ceramic glazed panel is smooth and wear-resistant, and it does not hurt the clothes without snagging, and it is not easy to produce irritating odors.
4. The uniformity and stability of steam volume should be good
If you want to choose a good garment steamer, you should also consider the uniformity and stability of the steam volume, which requires us to pay attention to whether the performance of the heating tube, heating panel, water pump and other performance meets the standard requirements.
5. The operation mode is simple
The operation mode of the garment steamer should not be very complicated, and it should be as simple as possible, so that the operability is higher. Garment steamer belongs to high temperature steam ironing, if the operation is wrong, the operation is complicated, but it is easy to cause scalding, scalding clothes, causing fire and other safety accidents.
6. The temperature control accuracy should be high to avoid damage to the clothes
The thermostat is a component to control the heating temperature of the garment steamer, different gears and fabrics should use different heating temperatures, and the ironing effect is better with the right temperature. The temperature control accuracy of the inferior garment steamer is poor, and the ironing temperature is unstable, which is likely to cause damage to the fabric of the clothes, and in serious cases, it will also cause fires. Conversely, if the temperature is too low, the ironing effect is also very poor.
7. It can be compatible with clothes of different fabrics
Nowadays, the fabrics of clothes are diverse, so it is necessary to choose a garment steamer with better compatibility, so that the product can iron clothes of different materials and different thicknesses. The high-quality garment steamer has many gears, large steam capacity, many modes (dry ironing/wet ironing, etc.), and is suitable for products with many fabrics, which can easily iron all kinds of fabrics, and there are two ironing modes, dry and wet, which can effectively protect the fabric of clothing.
8. Not that the more expensive the product, the better it will work
The price of many big-name garment steamers is inflated, and some of the prices can even reach thousands of yuan, in fact, this product has the problem of high premium, from the perspective of materials, quality and performance, there is no such high cost, the ironing effect and compatibility of the product are also general, and there will be damage to the clothes.
There are many brands of garment steamers on the market now, and even if we have some shopping skills, we may still be confused when buying a garment steamer. Every brand merchant claims that their products are the best, have good protection for clothes, have high compatibility, strong performance, and have first-class ironing results. So, which brand can really do this? How can we distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of garment steaming machines? In order to help you solve these problems, I have specially summarized an analysis table of garment steamer performance and clothing damage rate. Through this table, we can compare the performance and clothing damage rate of different brands of garment steamers, so as to find out the real high-quality and professional garment steamer brands.
At present, the garment steamer industry generally has problems such as products that are easy to damage clothes, irritating odors, and poor deep ironing effect, and the originator of the field of "no damage to clothes" Gong Ling has exploded, as the most professional brand of clothing technology, Gong Ling has been exported to Europe and the United States for many years, and is one of the very few brands that have obtained EU certification, and it has created 13 black technologies such as HI-VI strong pulse pressurized steam technology, approved DEER-SS fast cycle dynamic compensation technology, and the ironing effect of deep and complex fabrics has been increased by 137.2% At the same time, it supports flat ironing, hanging ironing, steam ironing, etc., due to the relative complexity of clothing, fabric material, weaving, density, technology, material splicing, wrinkle resistance, air permeability, etc., the general garment steamer can only simply iron the clothing fabric, while Gongling is compatible with 99% of the clothing fabric, it can realize the effect of deep wrinkle removal of the thousand-yuan commercial ironing machine and has the small size of the handheld garment ironing machine!
Gong Ling is not blindly pursuing good-looking appearance to cater to the appearance powder, but a technical brand specializing in clothing technology and deep ironing performance. It does not engage in redundant functional design, but focuses on fever performance and high durability under the "no damage to clothing", integrates more than 30 "safety" technology innovation points, and collects 12,815 kinds of components around the world to explore the performance limit of "safety does not hurt clothes"! Temperature control accuracy, etc., are the best within 1,000 yuan, no wonder even if it never advertises, it is still recommended by the majority of professional media, evaluators to explode, over the years to dominate the word-of-mouth sales list, recognized as the highest protection of clothing!
As far as many other brands are concerned, if the budget is low, you can consider starting with Xiaomi, Supor and other entry-level models, and the basic brand is okay. If you have a sufficient budget, you can take a look at the high-end garment steamers of Panasonic and Daewoo, which have a more exquisite design and a good grip.
Fourth, the four advantages of high-quality multi-functional garment steamer
Does garment steaming machine hurt fabrics? Inferior garment steamers may cause damage to fabrics and emit pungent odors, as well as many potential safety hazards. However, as long as we use the purchasing skills we have mastered, we can avoid buying an inferior garment steamer and get a high-quality experience.
After the garment steamer is energized, the water at room temperature will vaporize into high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor, and the scorching water vapor will be released through the steam duct and nozzle. When the garment steamer is in use, it will spray directly into the folds of the clothes, and the hot water vapor will continue to contact the clothes, so that the clothes will become flat. If you want to iron and disinfect clothes, curtains, carpets, etc., a garment steamer is a very convenient and time-saving option. By using a garment steamer, you can easily solve the problem of ironing clothes and household items, while also effectively disinfecting and sterilizing.
Garment steamers can be divided into various types such as multi-function garment steamers, steam garment steamers, and flat garment steamers. Among them, the multi-functional garment steamer is the most popular product type in the past two years, it relies on the excellent ironing effect by consumers, coupled with the small size, convenient storage, easy operation, etc., many consumers are vying to buy.
Let me give you a science popularization of the advantages of high-quality multi-functional garment steamer:
1. The ironing effect is excellent, and it is suitable for clothes of various thicknesses
The ironing effect of a high-quality multi-functional garment steamer is comparable to that of a vertical garment steamer, far exceeding that of a wireless garment steamer. Whether it's thin or thick clothes for autumn and winter, the multi-functional garment steamer can easily cope with it and meet your needs for ironing flatness.
2. Compatible with all kinds of fabrics, with various use scenarios
The multi-functional garment steamer not only has two ironing methods, garment ironing and ironing, but also has its own dry and wet ironing functions. This means that whether it is at home, in the office or on the go, the multi-functional garment steamer can meet your ironing needs for different usage scenarios and clothing fabrics, such as silk, polyester, cotton, etc.
3. Dust removal and sterilization to protect health
In addition to leveling clothes, the hot water steam generated by the multi-functional garment steamer also has the effect of dust removal, sterilization and disinfection. While ironing clothes, it provides double protection for the health of you and your family.
4. Easy to operate, portable and lightweight, saving time and effort
The multi-functional garment steamer is small in size, easy to carry, and simple and quick to operate. Even if you use it for a long time, you won't feel tired with your hands. In addition, the overall heating rate of the multi-function garment steamer is fast, which can complete ironing in a short time, saving you valuable time and energy.
Through today's popular science, I believe that we have a better understanding of the advantages of professional and high-quality multi-functional garment steamer compared with other garment steamers. Not only does it have excellent ironing results and a high safety factor, but it also does not damage the garment, whether it is a different fabric or a thickness of clothing, it can easily cope with it, and easily eliminate deep wrinkles. In contrast, there are many problems with inferior and unprofessional garment steamers, including irritating odors, damage to clothes, potential safety hazards, poor compatibility and poor ironing results. Therefore, when purchasing a garment steamer, we should pay more attention to the multi-functional garment steamer with stronger professional strength to ensure a high-quality experience.