Rating of the best outdoor steamers

Ironing is a necessary, but not everyone's favorite activity. It is tiresome. It is especially difficult to handle fabrics with decor, as well as curtains. The floor standing steamer makes life so much easier. It is a device that produces steam to smooth fabrics.

Steam streams, heated to almost 100 degrees, enter the tissue structure and align it, while preventing it from losing its shape. The hot air disinfects the fabric and cleanses the dirt. The main distinguishing feature of the device is the vertical position during operation.

The floor-standing steamer acts as a weight iron for clothes made of all fabrics: it is capable of ironing curtains, eliminating foreign odors from things, cleaning the surface of upholstered furniture, disinfecting toys, and when using a special nozzle, the device allows you to wash windows.

The device allows you to take care of delicate fabrics, does not wrinkle them, allows you to steam and clean outer clothing, and some models have attachments for fur things. But the steamer will not make the arrows on the trousers, will not give a presentable look to the pleated skirt.

The steamer contains in its structure a boiler, a hose, an iron. A boiler is a vessel that includes a water heater. He brings it to a boil after the device is turned on. The generated steam is directed into the hose and discharged from the outside through the holes of the iron or nozzle.Together with some models, there are tubes necessary to lengthen the hose, a brush for cleaning fabrics, a board that allows you to better iron small details of a thing.

It is rational to study the positive and negative features of the equipment in comparison with an iron or a steam cleaner.

The steamer and iron cannot completely replace each other. The positive characteristics of the steamer (by analogy with an iron) include:

• the ability to smooth delicate fabrics with decor without damaging them;
• it allows you to work in an upright position, which makes it possible to steam the curtains;
• a container for liquid is usually large, which allows you not to add water during the steaming process.

Negative characteristics:

• devices with low power will not be able to steam very wrinkled things made of natural materials;
• too high price and large sizes.

To select a steamer, you need to pay attention to the following characteristics:

• power;
• steam supply and pressure;
• boiler volume;
• what kind of water is needed for him;
• material from which the product is made.

It is a necessary characteristic, the speed of heating water in the boiler depends on it. The downside is that the higher the power, the more electricity the device uses. The smallest power is 1500 W. This type of steamer will help you take care of delicate fabrics and knitwear. The most optimal power - 1800 W, it will allow you to steam even dense denim fabric.

The steam pressure makes ironing easy and allows you to steam even tough fabrics. A good choice is equipment with a pressure of 5 bar.

With a large vessel, the appliance works longer without adding water to it. The reverse side - the capacious tank increases the body and makes the item heavy. The most acceptable option is considered to be a volume of 1.5 liters, which will ensure a long time of continuous operation. It is considered the most comfortable if you can add water to the device without stopping work. The required quality of water for steaming is usually indicated in the operating instructions for the device. Some models provide for the use of bottled or distilled water, and this increases the cost of the product. Other devices are equipped with filters that make it possible to fill in ordinary water. Filters need periodic descaling.

Single-mode equipment has no steam saturation. It is used for ironing similar fabrics. For home use, their characteristics are quite enough.

The price of devices with a number of operating modes is much higher, but such products make it possible to regulate the types of steam. They can be used to process various materials.

Usually, steamers are made from plastic, ceramic and metal. Metal items come with a second heater to prevent condensation from forming. The sole must have enough holes for steam to escape.

This category includes accessories. For example, a brush for cleaning clothes, clips for forming arrows, a special board on which you can iron small parts of clothes, a mitten that protects against burns.

In the ranking of the best, there were models that have a double hanger (which will prevent even the heaviest clothes from falling) and a long hose (which makes the device more functional). When buying this device, you need to test it in a store and ask the seller if you need to buy accessories.

The most famous model, about which you can read many positive reviews. Power -182 W, the vessel is designed for 2 liters, warming up - half a minute, 5 modes.As additional elements, attachments for arrows, collars, brushes are used, and there is also the possibility of using tap water.

An efficient device at a relatively low price. Power - 1500 W, two modes of operation. The reviews are mostly positive. However, the short length of the hose is considered a disadvantage.

The most powerful device is 2250 W, the water container has a volume of 2 liters, warming up takes less than a minute. The device is dual-mode, has additional accessories.

The model has a three-liter vessel for water, with a capacity of 2000 W, warming up - a minute.

Refers to powerful devices with a power of 2500 W, warming up - less than a minute, a vessel - 2.5 liters, there is a horizontal steaming function, three operating modes.

The conducted review of steamers will allow you to choose a suitable garment care unit.

Tips for choosing a floor standing steamer in the video below.