Top floor steamer rating

Ironing clothes is a necessary, but not everyone's favorite activity. It tires. Especially difficult to manage with fabrics with decor, as well as with curtains. Floor steamer makes life easier. It is a device that produces steam, which allows to smooth fabrics.

Steam streams, heated to almost 100 degrees, fall into the structure of the fabric and align it, while not allowing it to lose shape. Hot air allows you to disinfect the fabric and clean the pollution. The main distinctive feature of the device is the vertical position during operation.

The floor otparivatel carries out a role an ironing on weight for clothes from all matters: it is capable of smoothing out curtains, eliminating extraneous odors from things, cleaning the surface of upholstered furniture, disinfecting toys, and using a special nozzle, the device allows windows to be washed.

The device allows you to care for delicate matters, does not crease them, allows you to steam and clean outerwear, and some models have nozzles for fur items. But the steamer will not make arrows on trousers, it will not give a presentable look to a pleated skirt.

Steamer contains in its structure a boiler, hose, iron. A boiler is a vessel that turns on a water heater. He brings it to a boil after the device is turned on. Formed steam is directed into the hose and expelled from the outside through the ironing holes or nozzles. Together with some models, there are tubes that are necessary for lengthening a hose, a brush for cleaning fabrics, a board that allows you to better smooth out small parts of a thing.

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

Steamer and iron can not completely replace each other. The positive characteristics of the steamer (by analogy with the 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;
• the vessel for the liquid is usually a large volume, which allows you to not add water in the process of steaming.

Negative characteristics:

• devices with low power will not be able to steam off very crumpled things from natural materials;
• too high price and large size.

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

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

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

The vapor pressure makes the ironing process easy and allows you to steam even hard fabrics. A good choice is equipment having a pressure of 5 bar.

With a large vessel, the device works longer without adding water to it. The reverse side - a roomy tank enlarges the body and makes the object heavy. The most acceptable option is the volume of 1.5 liters, which will provide a long time of continuous activity. The most comfortable is considered to be if you can add water to the device without stopping work. The required quality of water for stripping is usually indicated in the instruction manual of the device. Some models involve the use of bottled or distilled water, and this increases the cost of the product. Other devices are equipped with filters, making it possible to pour ordinary water. Filters need periodic descaling.

Single-mode equipment does not have steam saturation. It is used for ironing similar matters. For home use of their characteristics is 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 for processing various matters.

Usually steamers are made of plastic, ceramic and metal. Metal products come with a second heater, which prevents the formation of condensate. The sole must have a sufficient number of 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 out small parts of clothes, a mitten that protects against burns.

In the ranking of the best were models with a double hanger (which will not let even the heaviest clothes fall) and a long hose (which makes the device more functional). When buying this device, you need to try it in the store and ask the seller whether you need to buy accessories.

The most famous model, about which you can read a lot of positive reviews. Power -182 W, the vessel is designed for 2 liters, warming up - half a minute, 5 modes. As additional elements nozzles for arrows, a collar, a brush are used, there is also an opportunity to use tap water.

An effective device at a relatively low price. Power - 1500 W, two modes of operation. The feedback is mostly positive. However, the disadvantage is the small length of the hose.

The most powerful device is 2250 W, the water vessel has a volume of 2 liters, the heating is 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.

It refers to powerful instruments with a power of 2500 W, warming up is less than a minute, the vessel is 2.5 liters, there is a function of horizontal steam, three modes of operation.

A review of the steamers will allow you to choose the appropriate unit for the care of clothing.

Tips for choosing the floor steamer in the video below.