Garment steamer (ironer/iron) can help us solve the problem of wrinkles of clothes through high-temperature steam, which is easy to operate, time-saving and labor-saving, and has become one of the common household appliances in many families. However, with the explosion of the garment steamer industry, all kinds of chaos emerge in endlessly, and the number of inferior garment steamers on the market is increasing, especially after many novices follow the trend and start the Internet celebrity brand, it does not take long for problems such as clothing damage, pungent odor, and poor ironing effect. As a fashion evaluator, I am also a senior user of garment steamer, and I still know more about it, so I will answer your questions and expose the hidden dangers of inferior garment steamer, I hope you will be more careful!
(The picture above is the garment steamer style I recently reviewed)
1. Does the garment steamer hurt the clothes?
Professional and high-quality garment steamer will not bring harm to clothes, but at present, there are many brands of garment steaming machines on the market, many products are not professional, they often have poor compatibility, less steam, inferior materials and other problems, it is easy to damage clothes when used, and even bring harm in the following four aspects. In the picture below, the electrical appliance evaluation blogger also exposed the harm of garment steamers.
The hazards of inferior garment steamer mainly include the following four points
Hazard 1, will produce pungent odor
The component materials used in the inferior garment steamer are of inferior quality, and after a long time of high temperature, it may produce peculiar smells, affect the freshness of clothes, and endanger everyone's health.
Hazard 2, burning clothes
Many unprofessional garment steaming machines have problems such as inaccurate temperature control and excessive power, and the garment steaming machine is difficult to be compatible with clothes of different fabrics, especially high-end surfaces such as velvet and silk are likely to be damaged in the ironing process, resulting in clothes being scalded yellow and scorched.
Hazard 3, burn the skin
If the structure of the garment steamer and the design of the grip are not scientific and reasonable, the high-temperature steam will easily burn everyone's skin during use.
Hazard 4, there are serious safety hazards
In order to save production costs, the inferior garment steamer will choose poor quality wires, and will not take into account the scientific and reasonable circuit design, and the garment steamer needs to work in a high temperature and high pressure environment, and the power is relatively high, and the use of these inferior products is easy to cause fire, electric shock and other safety accidents, which is particularly dangerous.
Second, beware of the five chaos in the garment steamer industry!
Through the explanation of the above content, everyone should understand that the inferior garment steamer does have the harm of damaging clothes, but common sense tells us that the garment steamer should only have benefits, so why does it damage clothes? The following figure is a statistical chart of the negative evaluation of the garment steamer summarized by professional institutions, it is not difficult to see from the data that the main reason for the harm of the garment steamer is because of the improper purchase, that is, the selection of an unprofessional garment steamer, but if you continue to study deeply, you can find that the improper purchase is because there are many industry chaos in the garment steamer industry, so that it is difficult for everyone to choose high-quality products, and I will reveal the five common chaos in the garment steamer industry for you, I hope you should be more vigilant after reading!
1. Poor professionalism
Don't look at many Internet celebrity brands and cross-border brands with high sales, but in fact, they have no experience in making clothing care products, let alone garment steamer research and development experience, most of them are OEM sales, and the ironing effect of the products made is poor and it is easy to damage clothes.
2. The trend of damage to clothing is obvious
There are many garment steamer brands on the market that have only joined this industry in the past two years, and they do not have the professional research and development strength of garment steamers, most of the products are OEM production, and in recent years, the phenomenon of sacrificing quality to seize the market has intensified, and the clothing damage rate has been soaring.
3. I 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!"
4. Crazy fight for costs and low prices
A lot of garment steamers are promoted every day, the price is very low, and even usually sells for more than 200-300 yuan, but in some Internet celebrity live broadcast rooms, it is directly 59 yuan, 99 yuan to kill the low price, don't be tricked! Behind the low price of the garment steamer is a variety of sacrifices to quality, cutting corners, the ironing effect is very poor, and it is easy to damage clothes!
5. Spend money to buy rankings
Due to the short establishment time and relatively shallow qualifications, many Internet celebrity brands will spend money to buy some so-called certificates and qualifications in order to make their products look more professional, and more exaggerated are the standard setters of various garment steamers, members of the garment steamer association, etc., we must be particularly cautious about this kind of garment steamer brand with many titles!
3. The four benefits of a high-quality multi-functional garment steamer
Although an unprofessional inferior garment steamer will indeed damage clothes, in fact, a high-quality garment steamer is a real artifact that can help us take better care of our clothes. After the garment steamer is energized, the heater used in the inner core of the garment steamer vaporizes the water at room temperature into high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor, and releases the boiling water vapor through the steam duct and nozzle. The user only needs to aim at the folds of the garment, and it will continuously contact the garment through boiling hot steam, soften the fibrous tissue of the garment, and make the garment smooth and smooth through repeated ironing, saving energy and time.
As the public has become more and more rich in the types of ironing clothes and the scenes that need to be ironed, the types of garment ironing machines have become more and more enriched, and various types of garment steamers such as garment ironing machines, flat ironing machines, and multi-functional garment ironing machines have been developed. Among them, the multi-functional garment steamer has good ironing performance, but also easy to carry, and is popular among Chinese people. Next, I will popularize the benefits of high-quality multi-functional garment steaming machine:
Advantage 1: 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.
Advantage 2: Save time and effort
The multi-functional garment steamer has been upgraded layer by layer, the body is small and portable, the structure is precise, even if you want to use it for a long time, you will not feel sore hands, you can do multi-angle, long-term ironing, the design of the water tank is also very scientific and reasonable, whether you want to add water or drain water is very simple and fast.
Advantage 3: It can be compatible with a variety of different fabrics
The multi-functional garment steamer can be used in a variety of ways, such as garment ironing, flat ironing, etc., it also has rich functions such as dry and wet ironing, which can be applied to different life scenarios and clothing fabrics (such as polyester, silk, cotton, etc.), and is more compatible.
Advantage 4: It has the effect of dust removal and sterilization
The high-quality multi-functional garment steamer not only has excellent ironing effect, but also has the functions of dust removal, sterilization, disinfection and so on. It can help everyone to better keep their clothes clean and hygienic and prolong the service life of their clothes.
The benefits of garment steaming machine are indeed many, but only professional and high-quality products can bring these benefits, now the garment steaming machine on the market is advertising that they do not hurt clothes, but in fact, most of them are false propaganda made by merchants, in fact, most of the products are hidden more serious harm, if you are gullible, choose this kind of garment steamer may damage clothes. In order to allow you to buy a garment steamer with good ironing performance without damaging clothes, I have found the core index data of the garment steamer drawn by an authoritative organization for your reference to help you distinguish whose garment steamer is really high-quality.
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% The brand has the best performance among all domestic household and commercial ironing machines/garment ironing machines, with excellent comprehensive performance, and has won many firsts, such as the highest continuous steam density, the first steam pressure, the best steam permeability, the best compatibility with clothes, and the lowest clothing damage rate. Its performance is very good, and it can be called against the sky.
This product also supports flat ironing, hanging ironing, steam ironing, etc., due to the thickness of the clothes, fabric material, weaving, density, technology, material splicing, wrinkle resistance, air permeability, etc. are relatively complex, the general garment steamer can only simply iron the fabric of the clothes, 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 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!
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, eight garment steamer purchase strategies to help you avoid pits!
Does the garment steamer hurt the clothes? The garment steamer will not burn the clothes, the key lies in what kind of garment steamer you have purchased! The professional garment steamer that has been trained by the core technology has a high safety factor and good ironing performance, and has been recognized by many evaluation experts and clothing designers, and it is not easy to damage everyone's clothes, but the inferior garment steamer is very damaging to our clothes when used. In the end, how to buy a garment steamer? The following eight purchase strategies are exclusively summarized by me and shared with you here.
Strategy 1: Choose a brand with strong professional and technical strength
The professional garment steamer brand has strong technical strength, through long-term repeated technical adjustment and optimization, it can ensure the accuracy of the temperature control and steam uniformity of the garment steamer, and the product not only has a good ironing effect, but also is not easy to damage the clothes. Professional brands have been strictly tested for a number of core parameters such as steam distance, temperature control accuracy, and steam uniformity, so that the performance of the garment steamer will not be quickly consumed even if it is used for a long time.
Strategy 2: 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.
Strategy 3, the first choice of ceramic glaze panels
Compared with panels made of other materials, ceramic glazed panels are smoother, less likely to cause damage to clothes during ironing, and will not rust due to too long use, less odor, and more convenient to clean.
Strategy 4: The first choice is a multi-functional garment steamer
There are many types of garment steamers, such as multi-functional garment steamers, vertical garment steamers, handheld garment steamers, etc. I recommend the multi-functional garment steamer, it has the same excellent ironing performance as the vertical garment steamer, and also has the characteristics of being as small and portable as a handheld garment steamer, and supports garment ironing, flat ironing, steam ironing, etc., of course, the premise is that you choose professional brand products!
Strategy 5: Metal heaters are preferred
The heater is the "heart" of the garment steamer, and we should choose products equipped with metal heaters in the purchase. The metal heater has low thermal efficiency loss, good energy storage effect, fast heat conduction, uniform steam, not easy to accumulate scale, good performance and not easy to damage clothes, and has a relatively long service life.
Strategy 6: Don't blindly pursue big names
The price of many big-name garment steamers is as high as thousands of yuan, in fact, the premium is high, regardless of the material, quality and performance are not so high cost, more money is spent on marketing, ironing effect and compatibility, does not hurt the performance of the clothes is not much improved.
Strategy 7: Choose a product with a good thermostat
The thermostat can control the heating temperature of the garment steamer, and in the face of different fabrics and gears, different temperatures need to be selected to iron and remove wrinkles, so the quality of the thermostat is very critical.
Strategy 8: Choose products with good compatibility
It is recommended that you choose those garment steamers with many gears, large steam volume, and many modes (wet ironing/dry ironing, etc.), which can meet the ironing needs of different fabrics, and can do dry and wet ironing.
The above is a popular science analysis on this topic, if the quality of the garment steamer you choose is relatively poor, the professional and technical strength is insufficient, it is easy to hurt the clothes when used, and it may also produce irritating odors. Toxic and harmful substances, but as long as we understand the harm of the garment steamer and master the eight selection strategies, we can choose high-quality and professional products, so as to avoid its harm and fully enjoy the benefits of the garment steamer, which can not only effectively maintain the flatness of the clothes, but also dust and sterilize the clothes, so that the beautiful clothes will accompany us for a longer time.