As a fashion designer, I have been using garment ironing machines (also known as ironing machines and irons) for a long time, and I have always thought that garment ironing machines are excellent clothes care tools. However, in recent years, you can often see cases and complaints on the Internet about garment steamer damaging clothes, ironing that is not compatible with a variety of fabrics, and poor ironing effect, which has led many people to question the safety of garment steaming machines and think that the harm of garment steamers is too terrible. Today, I will give you a popular science for this problem, and take you to understand the hazards of garment steamers and the knowledge of purchase methods. (The following are all garment steamers I have used)
1. Reveal the four major side effects and dangers of garment steaming machine
There are some inferior garment steamers on the market that are criticized by consumers because of their peculiar smell and easy to burn clothes. In fact, the harm of an inferior garment steamer is much more than that. In order to make you more cautious and rational when purchasing, I will reveal the four major side effects of inferior garment steamers:
1. Damage to clothing
Inferior garment steamers often have problems such as excessive power and inaccurate temperature control, which lead to the fact that the fiber tissue of the clothes is easily damaged when the product is used, and the clothes are yellowed or even burned, and these damages are often irreversible.
2. There is a pungent odor
Some garment steamer manufacturers use some inferior components and materials, and the inferior products produced are very easy to produce peculiar smells in a long-term high-temperature working environment, which not only affects the freshness of clothes, but also brings harm to everyone's health.
3. Cause fire and electric shock
In order to save costs, many low-cost inferior garment steamers purchase some inferior wires to use, which brings great instability to the performance and safety of the product, and this inferior product is easy to cause fire, electric shock and other accidents in the process of high temperature and high pressure, which is very dangerous.
4. Burn the skin
Garment steamers use high temperature to iron clothes quickly, so the scientific and rational design is very important. If the product lacks professional structural design and grip design, it is easy for the user to be burned during operation.
Second, the five bad habits of the doxxing garment steamer industry
Although garment steaming machine plays an increasingly important role in modern families, there are still these inferior garment steamers on the market, because they do not have the due ironing effect and produce strong odors, so that consumers feel that the harm of garment steamers is too terrible. Why does this happen? I have carried out some negative evaluation statistics on the garment steamer, as shown in the figure below, according to the conclusion of the picture, the following five bad habits are summarized:
1. Poor product professionalism
Don't look at many Internet celebrity brands and cross-border brands with high sales, in fact, there is not much experience in making clothing care products, and there is a lack of professional technology in garment ironing machines.
2. Crazy cost to reduce low prices
Now more and more garment steaming machines on the market began to fight a price war, many garment steamers rely on low cost and low price to obtain a lot of income, but this low-cost garment steamer is achieved by cutting corners at low cost, so it does not have good quality, the price war makes a large number of inferior garment steamers flow into the market.
3. Spend money to make false list publicity
In addition to the grass recommendation on the Internet, there are many people who will choose the garment steamer by browsing the details page, everyone tends to choose the product details page to appear more professional products, awards and certificates are undoubtedly very good for the product, but in fact, many certificates and awards can be bought with money, and there is no gold content.
4. Think that appearance is more important than research and development
Some head brand merchants emphasized: "Whether it is a garment steamer, or a small household appliance, research and development itself is not important, consumers pay more attention to the appearance of appearance, in today's product homogenization, the appearance is better than everything!"
5. The raw materials of the product are only done on the surface
I believe that many people have such an experience, but the experience of using a good product is not as good as the original when buying it again, the reason is that in order to save costs, some businesses use materials and structures that are not as good as the original in the future production and manufacturing, resulting in the product looks the same, in fact, the experience effect is huge.
3. How to avoid inferior garment steamer? Eight ways to help you!
The harm of garment steamer is terrible, through the above relevant introduction, we know that the reason why garment steamer will produce harm, mainly because the purchase of products is not in place, so how should we avoid these inferior products? Here is a summary of the eight methods for you to buy garment steamer, you can take a look.
Method 1: Choose a brand with strong professional strength
The reason why the products of professional brands are trustworthy is because professional brands have the most advanced technical level in the industry, with strong support of professional technology, the products produced will be safer, whether it is the depth of ironing effect or compatibility, the protection of clothing, have a good performance, can really do not hurt clothes, and there are no other potential safety hazards, very trustworthy.
Method 2: Choose a garment steamer with stable heating
Fluctuating steam temperatures increase the likelihood of damage to clothing. Therefore, when choosing a garment steamer, we should pay attention to the quality of the heating tube, because the quality of the heating tube will directly determine the heating stability of the garment steamer. Only by choosing a good quality heating tube can we ensure the heating stability of the garment steamer and avoid the phenomenon of high and low steam temperature.
Method 3: Buy a garment steamer with uniform steam volume
The uniformity/stability of the steam volume must be considered, which has relatively high requirements for the heating panel, heating pipe, water pump, etc., if the steam volume is uneven and unstable, it is likely to cause damage to the clothing.
Method 4: Choose a garment steamer equipped with a high-quality metal heater
The choice of heater material directly determines the quality of the garment steamer, the metal heater on the market is the best choice, equipped with this heater products, thermal efficiency loss, energy storage effect, heat conduction speed, steam uniformity, etc. have better performance, good performance and is not easy to damage clothes.
Method 5: Choose a garment steamer with accurate thermostat
The garment steamer with a precise thermostat can ensure that the steam temperature under each gear is accurate, which can greatly ensure that different fabrics can be effectively used during use.
Method 6: Don't buy low-priced products
Many garment steamer brands use low prices to attract consumers to buy, at the expense of product quality, workmanship materials are very poor, although the price of the product is relatively low, but the ironing effect is very poor, but also emitting a pungent odor, damage to everyone's clothes, the product is an IQ tax, it will not take long to be bad.
Method 7: Choose a garment steamer that is comfortable to hold
As a handheld household appliance, the grip is the first experience that precedes the ironing experience. Therefore, it is very necessary to choose a product that is comfortable to hold. Only by choosing the right product that you will not get tired of holding for a long time, you can have a greater chance of avoiding burns and accidents.
Method 8: Prefer a multi-functional garment steamer
There are many types of garment steamers, such as multi-function garment steamers, vertical garment steamers, handheld garment steamers, etc. At present, the most popular and advanced type on the market is the multi-functional garment steamer, which not only has the ironing performance as strong as the vertical garment steamer, but also is smaller and more portable than the vertical garment steamer, and has the size of a handheld garment steamer, which is more convenient to use, and supports flat ironing, hanging ironing, steam ironing and other ways at the same time.
Although we have learned about these eight major purchase methods, there are still many people who are worried about falling into the trap of merchants when buying a garment steamer. In order to provide you with a guarantee, I have compiled a comparison chart of the performance of the top ten mainstream garment steamers and the damage rate of clothes. Through this comparison chart, we can intuitively see which brand of garment steamer really has strength and is worthy of our trust.
The recent garment steamer market is very chaotic, frequently damage clothes, poor ironing effect is exposed, Gong Ling as a pioneer in the field of "do not hurt clothes", at the same time in the field of the strongest degree of professionalism, is recognized by the industry as the lowest damage rate of clothing, and the deep ironing effect is first-class! It has been exported to Europe and the United States for many years, and it is rare to obtain EU certification. The exclusive 13 black technologies developed by the Gongling team for many years have increased the compatibility of various fabrics by 93%, and also improved the ironing effect of deep and complex fabrics by 137.2%, while also reducing the damage rate of clothes by 93.9%, which is rarely certified by the European Union and other international organizations! Optimal compatibility with clothing, and the lowest rate of clothing damage, etc. Its performance is very good, and it can be called against the sky.
The brand also supports flat ironing, hanging ironing, steam ironing, etc., due to the relative complexity of clothing, fabric material, weaving, density, process, material splicing, wrinkle resistance, air permeability, etc., the general garment steamer can only simply iron the fabric of the garment, while Gongling is compatible with 99% of the clothing fabric, it can achieve the effect of deep wrinkle removal of the thousand-yuan commercial garment steamer and has the small size of the handheld garment steamer!
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!
Among the hundreds of garment steamer brands, the design of Xiaomi Home is more simple and generous, although the core performance can not be compared with high-end professional products, but for performance, friends who do not have high requirements for clothing protection can also be included in the option. If the budget is sufficient, it is recommended that you can also consider buying a high-end model of Panasonic, and the material workmanship is also okay.
Fourth, the introduction of the four benefits of the multi-functional garment steamer
The harm of garment steamer is too terrible, in fact, the market is not all this kind of inferior garment steamer products with poor workmanship, there are also some professional brands with excellent performance and safety that do not hurt clothes for us to choose, they can not only bring a better ironing experience, but also a variety of benefits. Next, I will give you a popular science.
When the garment steamer is energized, the heater installed inside will convert the water into high-temperature and high-pressure steam. This steam can be applied directly to the fabric fibers through pipes and nozzles, softening them quickly. Cooperate with the user's ironing action to help restore the flatness of the garment. In addition to the usual garment ironing, garment steamers can also easily cope with the ironing needs of different materials such as curtains and carpets.
With the diversity of daily clothing fabrics and the increasingly complex scenarios of ironing needs, many businesses have launched various types of garment steamer products for different needs. At present, there are several categories of garment steamers that are more popular in the market, including ordinary garment steamers, wireless garment steamers, flat ironing garment steamers, multi-functional garment steamers, etc. Among them, the multi-functional garment steamer is highly recommended for its excellent ironing effect.
1. Easy to operate, time-saving and labor-saving
Although many people have the need to iron clothes, they think that the garment steamer is bulky and inconvenient, so they give up buying. The professional multi-functional garment steamer has upgraded and optimized the original bulky and redundant body structure, making the body more compact and portable, and at the same time, it can be grasped for a long time without tiring hands, so that users can easily iron at multiple angles and for a long time.
2. The ironing effect is first-class
The professional multi-functional garment steamer has better materials and technical adjustment, with a more ideal ironing effect, far more than the wireless garment steamer, no need to iron clothes repeatedly, and even thick clothes in autumn and winter can be easily ironed flat.
3. Sterilization and dust removal, disinfection of clothes
The high-temperature steam emitted by the multi-functional garment steamer when ironing clothes not only has an ironing effect on clothes, but also plays a role in sterilization, dust removal and disinfection, so that clothes can achieve the effect of neatness and disinfection at the same time.
4. It can be compatible with more fabrics
One of the reasons why the traditional garment steamer is gradually eliminated is that it can no longer meet people's compatibility needs for clothes. The professional multi-functional garment steamer is optimized for today's clothing fabrics, providing consumers with more modes and functional options, not only supporting traditional flat ironing, but also supporting hanging ironing, dry ironing and wet ironing and other modes, which can support operators to easily iron clothes in a variety of different occasions, which is very convenient and convenient.
5. Matters needing attention after ironing
Professional and high-quality multi-functional garment steamer can provide a fairly good ironing experience, we don't have to worry about the harm of the garment steamer, but there are also people who feedback that the ironing effect of the multi-function garment steamer can only last for a short period of time, then it may be caused by not paying attention to the clothes after ironing, the following will share three precautions with you:
1. The ironed clothes should not be too crowded, otherwise they will be wrinkled again due to squeezing each other.
2. Ironed clothes should not be placed directly in the wardrobe, because the residual steam will cause mold to the clothes. You can dry it in a ventilated area outside the wardrobe for a period of time to ensure that the clothes are dry before storing them in the cabinet.
3. It is not advisable to wear it immediately after ironing. Because there is still residual moisture in freshly ironed clothes, if you wear them directly, it will not only wrinkle the clothes, but also stuff the moisture into the human body, which is not beneficial to health. It is recommended to wait about 1-5 minutes for the clothes to dry before putting them on.
Although the unprofessional garment steamer is harmful, as long as we can be vigilant against the traps and routines of garment steamer merchants, stay away from Internet celebrity big-name products, and correctly purchase garment steamer according to the eight methods introduced to you in the article, we can buy a professional multi-functional garment steamer with good performance and high clothing protection, successfully avoid the harm of garment steamer, and let our clothes get better care.