Garment steamer, also known as ironing machine, electric iron, it can help us iron clothes quickly through high-temperature steam, is a must-have clothing care artifact for many families, but in recent times, there have been a lot of discussions on the Internet about the garment steamer is unsafe, odorous, ironing effect is not good, damage to clothes, etc., which also makes many friends hesitate to buy a garment steamer. As a home appliance evaluation blogger, I deliberately rushed out this article to answer your questions, and summarized the practical purchase strategy of the garment steamer, to help you better choose the right garment steamer. The following picture is a part of the garment steamer I have measured in recent years:
1. Is there any harm in garment steamer?
Is there any harm in the garment steamer? Of course, there is no harm in the high-quality garment steamer. These products have undergone multiple professional and technical adjustments, and it is not only effective but also safer to iron clothes. If you accidentally buy an inferior and unprofessional garment steamer, it is likely to cause a lot of harm, not only poor ironing effect, but also many potential safety hazards.
Hazard 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.
Hazard 2: It will produce irritating odors
The components and materials of the inferior garment steamer are of inferior quality, and after working at high temperature for a long time, it is easy to produce peculiar smells, affect the freshness of clothes, and endanger everyone's health.
Hazard 3, burn the skin
Many low-quality garment steamers have unreasonable design problems in the grip area, and the use of such products will increase the risk of skin burns. The garment steamer irons clothes through high-temperature steam, and if there is a slight mistake, the skin may be burned, and the consequences are very serious.
Hazard 4, cause fire, electric shock
In order to save costs, many low-cost and inferior garment steamers even use inferior wires and circuits, which greatly affects 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.
Second, the garment steamer industry five major chaos in-depth exploration
Is there any harm in the garment steamer? Through the above, we also know how harmful the inferior garment steamer is, so why can these inferior products be so flooded in the market? In order to explore the root cause of this problem, I sorted out some users' negative evaluations of the garment steamer, and found that the water in the garment steamer industry is too deep, and there are all kinds of chaos:
1. The trend of damaged 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.
2. Crazy cost to reduce low prices
Nowadays, more and more garment steaming machines on the market have begun to fight a price war, many garment steaming machines rely on low cost and low price goods to get 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, and the price war makes a large number of inferior garment steamers flow into the market.
3. Poor product professionalism
Don't look at many Internet celebrity brands and cross-border brands with high sales, but in fact, their manufacturers don't have much experience in making clothing care products, let alone have professional technology in this area. Most of their products are sold on the OEM brand, which not only has a poor ironing effect when used, but also easily damages the clothes.
4. The raw materials of the product are only superficial
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 replace the original with cheap materials and structures in the production of garment steamers in later batches, resulting in the product looks the same, in fact, the experience effect gap is huge.
5. 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 the appearance, in today's product homogenization, the appearance is better than everything!" Therefore, the main focus is on the appearance design, but the research on the garment steamer itself is ignored, and its product performance is generally poor, and it is easy to damage the clothes.
3. How to stay away from harm? Learn eight shopping strategies
Is there any harm in the garment steamer? All kinds of chaos have made many inferior garment steamers fall into the market, which is not only easy to damage clothes but also hides a variety of hazards. In the face of a large number of inferior garment steamers on the market, how should we avoid them and choose a high-quality and professional garment steamer? In order to help you make a wise choice, I have summarized eight garment steaming purchase strategies, let's refer to it!
Strategy 1: Prefer brands with strong technical strength
Choose brands with strong technical strength, and don't follow the trend to buy Internet celebrity brands or brands that purely pile up performance parameters. Brands with strong technical strength have more advantages. Its products are compatible, safe and reliable, and can protect clothes. The key indicators of such products such as steam distance, steam uniformity, temperature control accuracy, clothing protection, and anti-scald design have undergone strict technical adjustment, so the durability and corrosion resistance of the products are stronger.
Strategy 2: Optimize the multi-functional garment steamer
There are many types of garment steamers, such as multi-function garment steamers, vertical garment steamers, handheld garment steamers, etc. Among them, the small and portable multi-functional garment steamer not only has the same good performance as the vertical garment steamer, but also supports a variety of ironing methods such as flat ironing, garment ironing, and steam ironing, which is the most mainstream choice.
Strategy 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.
Strategy 4: The operation mode should be simple
It is preferable to choose a garment steamer that is easy to operate. The garment steamer not only has a good ironing effect, but also tries to make the operation steps and methods as simple as possible, so that the ironing efficiency will be higher. On the other hand, if you encounter an emergency situation such as an operation error, you can respond quickly, but if the operation is complicated, you will not have time to respond.
Strategy 5: Choose a comfortable grip
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.
Strategy 6: 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 not only achieve the function of dry and wet ironing, but also meet the ironing needs of different fabrics, which not only has excellent ironing effect, but also effectively avoids damage to clothes.
Strategy 7: The more expensive the product quality, the better it is
We all know that the price of big-name garment steamers is generally more expensive, and some of them can reach thousands of yuan, but if you only look at the quality, performance and materials of the product, there is no such high cost at all, and its ironing effect and compatibility are not very good, and it may damage the clothes.
Strategy 8: Choose a stable heating
In the ironing process of the garment steamer, the specific embodiment is that the steam temperature will rise and fall, which will increase the possibility of damage to the clothes, and the quality of the heating tube will directly determine the heating stability of the garment steamer, so the selection of the garment steamer should focus on the stability of heating.
At present, there are a variety of garment steamer brands on the market, even if you learn some purchase skills, there is no guarantee that you can choose the right product. Various brand merchants have said that their products are outstanding, with good protection for clothes, high compatibility, strong performance, and good ironing effect. As a consumer, how to distinguish it? Below I have summarized the measured data statistics on the core index of garment steamer, through this analysis table we can see who is the high-quality and professional garment steamer!
There are more and more cases on the Internet about garment ironing machine damage to clothes, poor deep ironing effect, etc., Gong Ling is the only brand in the industry that achieves first-class deep ironing effect and the lowest rate of clothing damage! It is exported to the European and American markets all year round, and it is rare to obtain EU certification, as a pioneer in the field of "no damage to clothing", it is also recognized that the professionalism in this field is the strongest. With the blessing of the exclusive 13 black technologies developed by the Gong Ling team for many years, it is the only one to improve the ironing effect of 137.2% of complex and deep fabrics, and reduce the damage rate of clothing by 93.9%, and at the same time improve the compatibility of 93% of various fabrics and clothing, which is rare to win the EU certification! In the garment steamer, the comprehensive performance is the strongest, and it 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, etc., the performance is very against the sky.
It also supports flat ironing, hanging ironing, steam ironing, 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 clothing fabric, 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!
What's even more commendable is that it insists on specializing in professional technology that does not hurt clothes, and pursues the peak of deep ironing performance, which is different from the Internet celebrity brands that pursue beauty design. Never advertise, with the strong recommendation of fashion bloggers, professional home appliance evaluators, etc., it has become popular in the major, medium and high-end word-of-mouth, and sales rankings all year round!
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 four advantages of high-quality garment steamer need to know
Now we have made it clear that the harm of the garment steamer comes from the unprofessional workmanship, so it is urgent to start a high-quality garment steamer, which is not only more portable and efficient to use, but also allows users to easily have a neat and comfortable wearing experience. Let's take a look at the working principle of the garment steamer:
The working principle of the garment steamer is very simple, after adding water, just turn on the power switch of the garment steamer, and the heater will convert the water into high temperature and high pressure water vapor, and the water vapor will be sprayed to the wrinkled part of the clothes through the pipe and nozzle, and then the clothes will become neat and smooth through operations such as "pulling" and "pressing". This high-temperature water vapor also has a cleaning and disinfecting effect, making clothes more supple and clean. No matter what texture of clothing, curtains, bedding, etc., it can be applied, and it saves time and effort to operate.
The types of garment steamers include multi-function garment steamers, steam garment steamers, flat garment steamers, etc. Among them, the multi-functional garment steamer is the most popular product type in recent years, it is deeply loved by consumers with its unique ironing effect, it has the following advantages:
Advantage 1: Excellent ironing effect
Compared with the traditional garment steamer, the multi-functional garment steamer has been comprehensively upgraded in terms of ironing effect. The use of better quality materials and more ingenious design structure, and at the same time through professional technology and fine adjustment, the multi-functional garment steamer can bring better ironing results. The ironing performance of a high-quality multi-functional garment steamer is even comparable to that of an upright garment steamer, far exceeding that of an ordinary cordless garment steamer. Whether you iron thin clothes or heavy clothes, you can ensure that the ironing effect is excellent and the clothes are not easy to damage.
Advantage 2: 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 keep their clothes hygienic and clean and prolong the life of their clothes.
Advantage 3: It can be compatible with different fabrics
The high-quality multi-functional garment steamer has two ways of garment ironing and flat ironing, and comes with two different ironing modes of dry and wet, which can fully meet people's ironing needs for different scenes and clothing fabrics (such as silk, polyester, cotton, etc.), and its compatibility is more excellent.
Advantage 4: Convenient operation, time-saving and labor-saving
Many people do not buy garment steamers because they feel that the garment steamer is bulky and inconvenient, but now the professional multi-functional garment steamer has upgraded and optimized the original bulky and redundant body structure, and the body of the current multi-function garment steamer is not only small and portable, but also professionally designed for the product shape, which is ergonomic, suitable for long-term grip, and can achieve easy multi-angle and long-term ironing.
Is there any harm in the garment steamer? Today's popular science sharing is here, the inferior garment steamer does have a variety of hazards such as damaging clothes and scalding the skin, but the professional and high-quality garment steamer can perfectly avoid these hazards, and can also bring a lot of benefits to our lives, so I hope you can carefully choose the garment steamer with good ironing performance and no damage to clothes, and stay away from the inferior products of Internet celebrity brands and cross-border brands!