Choosing a steamer for shirts

The process of ironing clothes causes irritation in many housewives. This is especially true of some things, in particular - dresses made of delicate fabrics, pleated skirts and men's shirts.

In order to facilitate the process of doing household chores, appliance manufacturers invented and produced special steamers for shirts that make life much easier.

What is a steamer and how does it differ from a steam generator? How to steam men's shirts with this device? Read more about this in our material.

First you need to get acquainted with the distinctive features and principle of operation of the device.

So, it should be noted that the steamers consist of a special tank into which water should be poured, directly the body with a tubular electric heater built into it, a tube through which steam and an iron sprinkler are supplied.

Water poured into the tank, passing through the hull with the heating element, heats up and turns into steam, which, in turn, is fed through a specially designed tube for this purpose to the ironing sprinkler.

In order to steam the shirt, you must:

• hang it on a hanger in an accessible place (you can also use special mannequins);
• having turned on the steamer, it is necessary to direct the steam towards the wardrobe and use linear movements to drive over the entire area of ​​the fabric;
• Special attention should be paid to small details: sleeves, pockets, collar.

Like any other household device, the steamer has positive and negative characteristics. Let us consider in more detail both groups.

The advantages include the following:

• Thanks to the steamer, you can steam out things that cannot be ironed, for example, fur coats, dresses with trim, etc.
• The device can be applied to delicate fabrics.
• The steamer does not leave marks and creases on clothes, as is the case with ironing clothes.
• The unit is not able to leave marks on the fabric or burn it.

• The device can be used as a disinfectant. This property is especially useful for children's things.
• When using a steamer, the ironing process is noticeably accelerated.

However, in addition to the positives, there are negative aspects.

• Steamer is not able to smooth out the arrows.
• Difficulties may occur when ironing bed linen. This is due to the large area of ​​fabric.
• The device does not cope well with small details of clothing and underwear.

Many housewives ask themselves what to choose: a steamer or a steam generator. In this regard, it is necessary to understand the fundamental differences between devices.

• There are significant differences in the formation of steam. Without going into technical details, it should be noted that the steamer produces wet steam under pressure, and the steam generator dry.
• Different temperature and steam. The steam generator - up to 160 degrees Celsius, and the steamer - up to 100.
• The steamer generates steam in seconds, while the steam generator needs 5-7 minutes to do this.
• Often steam generators are more massive and heavy structures compared to steamers.

When choosing between two designs, the differences described above should be taken into account.

It should be noted that the steam generator is a device created exclusively for ironing, while using a steamer you can also clean other surfaces in the house: curtains, sofa covers, carpets, etc.

Thus, it would be more reasonable to purchase a steamer, which will become a universal assistant in the household.

There are a large number of manufacturers and sellers of steamers on the world market. Some of them are aimed at the mass buyer, others are more elite.

Today we consider the rating of the most popular models, based on the opinions of customers and calculated on the basis of price-quality ratio.

This model is considered to be quite compact - its weight is about two kilograms - and powerful (time of continuous work is designed for 20 minutes).

Quite a compact model with decent performance and low price.

Another model designed for the mass buyer.

Professional steamer with high functionality and produced by a well-known company. Pretty expensive model.

Thus, you could be convinced that the ironing of linen can become more comfortable, easy and fast occupation. The main thing is to know which devices to use. Thus, the modern market offers a wide variety of shirt shakers, which differ not only in functional characteristics, but also in price category. Each hostess will be able to choose the most suitable unit and perform household duties with pleasure.

See the video below for the pros and cons of the shirt steamer.