In the busy modern life, garment steamers (also known as ironing machines, electric irons) have become the right-hand man for many people to quickly solve the problem of wrinkles in clothes. However, with the increasing number of garment steamer users, the cases of clothing damage caused by garment steamers are gradually increasing, especially the inferior garment steamers of some Internet celebrities may have problems such as poor ironing effect, unpleasant odor, damage to clothes, and even potential safety hazards. As a senior fashion designer, today I will answer your questions through this article and share the way to stay away from the harm of garment steamer. (The picture below is the garment steamer I have purchased and evaluated in recent years)
1. Does the garment steamer hurt the clothes?
Is the garment steamer harmful to the clothes? The quality of the garment steamer directly affects whether it brings harm or benefits to the clothes, and there are many unprofessional products on the market without their own research and development technology, and they generally emit peculiar smells and will damage the clothes, which can easily bring the following multiple hazards. The picture below shows the home appliance evaluation blogger's explanation of the hazards of garment steamers.
Hazard 1: 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 2, 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 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 wires 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, especially harmful.
Second, be cautious of buying the five major IQ tax pits in the garment steamer industry!
The above is the details of the harm of the garment steamer, although these hazards are real, but we should not be too afraid, we only need to find out the reasons behind the harm of the garment steamer can be targeted to avoid. The following authoritative media release of the garment steamer negative evaluation statistics chart can help us find the answer, the data reflects the inferior garment steamer is the main culprit of damage to the clothes, in order to facilitate everyone to avoid lightning, I combined with my own evaluation experience to sort out the following five types of garment steamer industry common IQ tax products, we should pay attention to avoid them when purchasing!
1. Lifetime warranty/long warranty
Many low-cost and inferior garment steamer brands play the gimmick of "ultra-long warranty or lifetime warranty", don't be gullible, although this product is known as a lifetime warranty, but garment steamer merchants may run away at any time, and there are many garment steamers themselves are very inferior, we seem to take advantage, in fact, this kind of garment steamer is not only poor ironing effect, but also easy to damage clothes, it will not take long to damage.
2. Big names with high premiums
The price of the big-name garment steamer can be bought for thousands of yuan, but in fact, most of them are brand premiums, and the cost of the garment steamer itself is not so high in terms of materials, quality and performance, and due to the general lack of technical tuning of this kind of garment steamer products, they often have cases of burning and burning clothes.
3. Low-cost and low-quality products
The selection of materials for low-cost and inferior products is relatively poor, and inferior heating pipes, steam panels, thermostats, etc. will be used, and the design of steam structure is not very scientific and reasonable, and it seems to have a high "cost performance", but in fact it is very pitiful, the ironing effect is poor, and it is difficult to be compatible with different clothing fabrics, which can easily cause clothing damage.
4. The garment steamer supports APP
The garment steamer can be connected to the APP to use is actually a very big IQ tax, although it looks very smart, but who needs to see the APP when ironing clothes? Some garment steamers in order to sell high prices, attract consumers, make a variety of fancy gimmicks, highlight the sense of science and technology, have launched APP, in fact, it is a very chicken rib function, the practical value is zero.
5. Give away a variety of products with clothing essence
In order to meet the needs of girls for gifts, many garment steamer manufacturers will give away various garment essences and the like, which must be used with caution, after all, they are not professional manufacturers of garment essence, and it is easy to block the water pipeline of the garment steamer, causing hidden dangers.
3. Take care of your clothes and master the eight purchase skills of garment steamer!
Is the garment steamer harmful to clothes? The garment steamer has been praised by many professional evaluators and the media for its excellent performance. However, the quality of garment steamers on the market varies widely, and some products may cause damage to clothing and even emit unpleasant odors, which is a safety hazard. Therefore, when buying a garment steamer, we need to choose carefully. The following eight shopping tips can help you choose a high-quality garment steamer to avoid damage to your clothes.
Skill 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.
Tip 2: Ceramic glazed panels are preferred
Compared with other panels, ceramic glazed panels are smoother, less likely to damage clothes during ironing, and can also avoid rust due to long use, not easy to produce peculiar smells, and more convenient to clean.
Tip 3: Prefer the product of metal heater
The garment steamer is the "heart" of the garment steamer, and everyone should give preference to the garment steamer equipped with a metal heater. Because the thermal efficiency of the metal heater is small, the heat conduction is fast, the energy storage effect is good, the steam is uniform, it is not easy to accumulate scale, the performance is good, it is not easy to damage the clothes, and the service life is relatively longer.
Tip 4: Stay away from low-priced and low-quality products
Many brands in order to attract consumers with low prices, do not hesitate to sacrifice product quality, workmanship materials are very inferior, although the price is low, but the ironing effect is poor, easy to damage clothes, emitting pungent odor and other situations are very common, the service life is generally very short, and it is easy to break.
Tip 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.
Tip 6: 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.
Tip 7: 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.
Tip 8, it is best to buy 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., but the premise is that you choose professional and high-quality garment steamer products!
4. What are the benefits of using a multi-functional garment steamer?
As long as you can carefully learn the above eight purchase skills, and then use them properly in practice, you can stay away from the harm of garment steamers, so I often recommend the use of garment steamers to friends and relatives, after all, a high-quality professional garment steaming machine will benefit us a lot. The working mechanism of the garment steamer is as follows: after adding water, the heater inside the garment steamer will convert the water at room temperature into high temperature and high pressure water vapor, when the scorching water vapor is released by the steam duct and the nozzle, we only need to put the clothes that need to be ironed under it, and the hot steam emitted by the nozzle will continue to contact the clothes, so that the fibrous tissue of the clothes will be softened, and the smooth and supple effect can be achieved through a series of actions of "pulling" and "pressing". In addition, high-temperature steam can also disinfect, sterilize, clean and remove dust. After adding water and electricity, high-pressure steam can be sprayed into the folds of the garment, making the garment smooth and supple again. The garment steamer is suitable for ironing and disinfection of clothes, curtains and carpets of any material, which is simple and convenient to use, and can save energy and time for fast ironing.
In order to cope with the increasingly heavy ironing needs of modern people, the types of garment steaming machines are becoming more and more diverse. At present, the garment steamer on the market mainly includes wired garment steamer, wireless garment steamer, flat ironing machine, multi-function garment steamer and handheld garment steamer, among these types, multi-function garment steamer has been very popular in recent years and has become the mainstream garment steamer type. It has the following five benefits:
Advantage 1: 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 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 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 4: 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.
These benefits are only available to high-quality garment steaming machines, although there are many garment steamer brands on the market today, and they all advertise that their own products will not damage clothes, but in fact, most of them are false publicity, and it is easy to bring harm to clothes when actually used, so how can we choose a garment steamer with good ironing performance and does not hurt clothes? The following figure is the actual test results of the garment steamer released by the authoritative organization, and the evaluation data of various styles are very comprehensive and detailed, you may wish to make a reference.
There are more and more cases on the Internet about garment steamer damage to clothes, poor deep ironing effect, etc., Gongling is the only brand in the industry that achieves first-class deep ironing effect and the lowest damage rate of clothes! It has been exported to Europe and the United States for many years, and has rarely obtained EU certification, as a pioneer in the field of "no damage to clothes", and at the same time has the strongest professionalism in this field. The Gongling team has been researching and developing exclusive 13 black technologies for many years, and is the only one to increase the ironing effect of deep and complex fabrics by 137.2%, and reduce the clothing damage rate by 93.9%, and at the same time increase the compatibility of various fabrics and clothing by 93%, which is rare to obtain EU certification! 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 the 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 ironing machine and has the small size of the handheld garment ironing machine!
It began to lay out B2C life appliances many years ago, and did not blindly pursue good-looking appearance to cater to the party's pursuit of appearance design, but is a technical brand specializing in non-damage clothing technology and deep ironing performance, in order to "do not hurt clothes" under the fever performance and high durability, the first HI-VI strong pulse pressurized steam technology, approved DEER-SS fast cycle dynamic compensation technology, WOS intelligent temperature control algorithm + NTC temperature control array and other innovative black technologies, and at the same time the use of thousand-yuan machine-level all-copper fireproof wire, Four-layer smooth design ceramic glaze panel and other high-end materials, after more than 5 years of safe and anti-attenuation design of the whole machine, in the core of the steam penetration, temperature control accuracy, steam distance, and compatibility with different clothing fabrics, etc., it is recognized as the most outstanding within 1,000 yuan!
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.
Fifth, the correct use of garment steamer popular science!
In addition to paying attention to the selection of garment steamer, there are also some clothing damage caused by the incorrect operation of everyone, so how should the garment steamer be used?
1. Fix the clothes when ironing, especially the hanging iron, do not iron the clothes in an unstable and loose position, which will greatly increase the difficulty of ironing, damage the clothes, and produce burns and other hazards. Attach the clothes to the hanger, and the pants should be placed flat, or the trouser hanger rod can be fixed.
2. When hanging up the ironing clothes, gently pull the hem of the clothes, try to flatten the folds, and when ironing the collar, turn the collar over to iron, it will be easier to burn. It is best to have an ironing assistant and bring anti-scald gloves.
3. When it is hot to the sleeves of the clothes, the sleeves should be straightened slightly, and the time for the steam nozzle to press on the sleeves should be longer, and the pressure back and forth should be pressed.
4. When ironing the collar, it is generally easier to turn the collar over and iron it from the back.
5. Usually when we iron heavier clothes, we will choose a relatively high-power garment steamer, and low-power machines are used to iron some lighter clothes and items such as silk. When it is hot, it is best to get close to the clothes to be ironed and burn slowly.
Is the garment steamer harmful to clothes? The above is the knowledge I have sorted out about the garment steamer, and I hope to bring you some gains. Once again, we should remind you that the importance of brand quality cannot be overlooked, and do not sacrifice the quality of clothing, the safety and security of equipment and quality assurance in pursuit of low prices, and buy inferior products that will damage clothes, emit unpleasant odors and harm health. I hope you can carefully learn the correct choice and use of the garment steamer, and you can choose your favorite garment steamer, so that your clothes show a new style!