Clothes steamers are terrible

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All they do is make your clothes a little less wrinkled. It is a poor substitute for being able to use steam and press the wrinkles out of your clothes leaving them crisp looking. I would 1000x rather iron.

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  2. cantalwaysget Avatar

    I did notice this the other day. I never care about my clothes being wrinkly and my partner does. I wanted to put in effort the other day so I steamed the button up I was wearing that day. It really doesn’t get the wrinkles out, just softens them a bit.

  3. anakinvibewalker Avatar

    Steamers are meant to be quick/portable solutions to wrinkles. When I wake up in the morning and realize my shirt is super wrinkled, I don’t wanna have pull out an ironing board and iron. The steamer works in like 2 minutes and is fine enough

    Very few people will claim that it’s a substitute, because it’s not. It’s meant to be a quick bandaid to the problem when you need it, not to replace ironing board completely

  4. Careless-Ability-748 Avatar

    I love mine and don’t even have an iron anymore.

  5. NomadofReddit Avatar

    throw in dryer with some ice cubes – works like a charm and its quick

  6. pontz Avatar

    Steam the night before and a couple good tugs gets me 90% there for 50% of the effort.

  7. seasawl0l Avatar

    Not unpopular, this is just facts. Steamer is equivalent to a drive through car wash. It’s easy, convenient, and time efficient but the results are just okay/good enough.

    Ironing is equivalent to a hand car wash. Takes a bit more work, time, and effort but results are going to be the best.