Garment steamers (also known as ironing machines or irons) have become one of the indispensable household appliances in our lives. Not only does it easily solve the problem of wrinkles in clothing, but it also has sterilization and disinfection functions, providing us with a comfortable and healthy clothing choice. However, there are many products on the market that are not good performance, have poor durability, can damage clothing, and pose a safety hazard. If you often make a wrong judgment when buying a garment steamer, you will end up buying unprofessional products and have a strong odor, poor ironing effect, and damage to clothes. Is there any harm in the garment steamer? Today, the image stylist will popularize knowledge about this problem, and share some experience with you on the issue of the correct purchase of garment steamer, hoping to help you.
(The picture above is some of the garment steamer styles I've reviewed.) ）
1. Is there any harm in garment steamer?
Is there any harm in garment steaming machine? Professional and high-quality garment steamer is not harmful, but now there are too many unprofessional products on the market, they often have poor quality, poor ironing performance and other problems, if the user uses such a garment steamer, it is easy to encounter the following four hazards. The picture below shows the explanation of the hazards of garment steamers by the senior household appliance evaluation room.
Hazard 1, pungent odor
The component materials used in the inferior garment steamer are of inferior quality, and after a period of high temperature work, it is easy to produce unpleasant odors, which affects the freshness of clothes and harms everyone's health.
Hazard 2, 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 3, burn 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 4, there are serious safety hazards
In order to save production costs, the wire will be of poor quality, and the circuit design is not scientific and reasonable, and the working environment of the garment steamer is high temperature and high pressure, and the power is high, and the use of these inferior products is easy to cause fire, electric shock and other safety accidents, which is particularly dangerous.
Second, the five major chaos of the garment steamer industry!
Is there any harm in garment steamer? Through the explanation of the above content, everyone should be clear about the harm of garment steamer, but common sense tells us that the garment steamer should be good for us, why is it harmful? 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 the unprofessional garment steamer, 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, let's take a look at the specific industry chaos!
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. How to stay away from harm? Master eight purchase guides
Is there any harm in garment steaming machine? Professional and high-quality garment steaming machine has excellent ironing performance and easy operation, so it has been recognized by many evaluation experts and fashion designers. However, the garment steamer on the market today is complicated and dazzling, and it is not easy to choose a garment steamer that does not damage clothes, has little irritating odor and has a good ironing effect. Then I will share with you a few of the purchase guides that I have summarized with many senior evaluators, so that you can "discern the pearls" when you buy and buy a garment steamer with good quality and good effect.
Guide 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 product temperature control and steam uniformity, not only the ironing effect is good, but also not easy to damage the clothes. Professional brands have been strictly tested for many core parameters such as temperature control accuracy, steam distance, and steam uniformity, so that even if it is used for a long time, it will not quickly consume the performance of the garment steamer.
Guide 2: Ceramic glazed panels are preferred
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.
Guide 3: 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.
Guide 4: 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.
Guide 5: 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.
Guide 6: The preferred multi-function 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!
Guide 7: Choose a product 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.
Guide 8: 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.
When you buy a high-quality garment steamer, you can't trust those garment steamers that claim to not hurt your clothes, in fact, most of them are inferior products. In order to help you buy products that do not damage the ironing performance of the clothes, here is a statistical chart of the measured data of the garment steamer released by the authoritative testing agency for your reference, in addition, I have also summarized several easy-to-use products for you based on my years of evaluation experience.
Among many brands, Gong Ling, the originator of the field of "does not hurt clothes", is the most professional brand of clothing technology, and its original HI-VI strong pulse pressurized steam technology, approved DEER-SS fast cycle dynamic compensation technology and other 13 black technologies, the ironing effect of deep and complex fabrics has increased by 137.2%, and the clothing damage rate has been reduced by 93.9%, and the compatibility of various fabrics and clothing has been increased by 93%, which is rare to obtain EU certification! Among all domestic household and commercial ironing machines/garment ironing machines, it has the strongest comprehensive performance and 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.
It also supports flat ironing, hanging ironing, steam ironing, due to the thickness of the clothes, fabric material, weaving, density, technology, material splicing, wrinkle resistance, air permeability and other relatively complex, the general garment steamer can only simply iron the fabric of clothes, and Gong Ling is compatible with 99% of the clothing fabric at the same time, can achieve the effect of deep wrinkle removal of the thousand-yuan level commercial ironing machine 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!
As a professional old brand that has been laying out B2C household appliances for many years, it has been stumbling on the fever performance and high durability under the "no damage to clothes" for many years, and has created the original HI-VI strong pulse booster steam technology, approved DEER-SS fast cycle dynamic compensation technology, PE supramolecular electric steam permeation technology and other black technologies, after more than 5 years of material safety and anti-attenuation design of the whole machine, verified by a number of head authoritative testing institutions, its core steam permeability, temperature control accuracy, and compatibility with different fabrics have achieved the best level within 1,000 yuan!
Among other brands, if you want to start with entry-level products, you can take a look at Xiaomi and Midea, the design is okay, of course, the core performance is not as good as the professional mid-to-high-end style. If there is no budget pressure, you can consider the high-end model of Panasonic, and the workmanship is not bad.
Fourth, the four major benefits of using a multi-functional garment steamer
Although the harm of inferior garment steamer does exist, we can avoid it through scientific purchase. When we choose the right multi-function garment steamer, it is not only very safe, but also brings a lot of convenience to our lives. The working principle of the garment steamer is very simple, it uses electricity to heat water, turns room temperature water into high temperature and high pressure water vapor, and then releases hot water vapor through the steam duct and nozzle. This water vapor cleans and disinfects and can be sprayed precisely into the folds of the garment, leaving it flat and soft. This machine is suitable for all kinds of clothing, curtains and carpets, and is easy to operate, saving energy and time.
With the increase of people's demand for ironing clothes, there are also a variety of products with ironing functions such as garment ironing machines, multi-function garment ironing machines, hand-held garment ironing machines, and flat ironing machines on the market. Among the many product forms, the multi-functional garment steamer is the most popular product form in the past two years, it relies on excellent ironing performance by users, coupled with its small size, easier to store, easy to operate, etc., it has quickly become popular in the market. Let me give you a science popularization of the four major benefits of high-quality multi-functional garment steamer.
Advantage 1: 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 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.
Advantage 3: It can have the effect of dust removal and sterilization
The high-quality multi-functional garment steamer has excellent ironing effect, and can also remove dust, sterilize, disinfect and other functions. It can help everyone to better keep their clothes clean and hygienic and prolong the service life of their clothes.
Advantage 4: It can be compatible with the ironing needs of different fabrics
The multi-functional garment steamer can be used in a variety of ways, such as hanging iron, flat ironing, etc., and it also has a variety of functions such as dry and wet ironing, which can meet the ironing needs of different life scenes and clothing fabrics (such as silk, polyester, cotton, etc.), and is more compatible.
Is there any harm in garment steaming machine? I believe that after reading the above content, you already have your own answer to this question. I hope that the content I have carefully summarized can be helpful to you and avoid unnecessary harm. In addition, in the selection process, we must keep in mind the purchase guide, do not choose an unprofessional garment steamer due to external factors such as appearance and price, not only poor quality workmanship, high damage rate of clothes, but also may cause potential safety hazards and bring unnecessary trouble!