Garment steamers (also known as electric irons, ironing machines) play an important role in family life, they can iron clothes quickly and easily, so that our clothes are shiny and in the best shape to wear. However, with the explosion of the garment steamer industry, some businesses began to ignore the quality of the product and manufacture garment steamers with poor quality. These products have problems such as unstable steam volume and poor compatibility, which can easily cause damage, deformation, burning, and irritating odors of clothing. How harmful is the garment steamer? As a home appliance evaluation expert, today I will give you a detailed explanation of this problem to help you correctly understand the garment steamer and learn to avoid its harm! (The picture below is a garment steamer product I recently reviewed.) ）
1. How harmful is the garment steamer?
How harmful is a garment steamer? Recently, I have seen a lot of friends on the Internet complaining that the garment steamer they bought is not good, often damages the clothes, and cannot achieve the expected effect, which is actually the performance of everyone accidentally buying an inferior garment steamer and encountering harm, then I will summarize the hazards of the garment steamer, I hope you can be vigilant after reading it. The picture below shows the home appliance evaluation blogger's explanation of the hazards of garment steamers.
Hazard 1, produce pungent odor
The materials used in the selection of unprofessional products are of inferior quality, and after such materials work in a high-temperature environment, they are easy to produce unpleasant odors, which affect the freshness of clothes, and they will also harm everyone's health after inhaling these gases.
Hazard 2, there are potential safety hazards
In order to save production costs, the wire of the inferior garment steamer will generally choose cheap and inferior wires, the circuit design is not scientific and reasonable, and the garment steamer is working in a high temperature and high pressure environment, with high power, if the quality of the product is too poor, it is likely to have fire, electric shock and other safety accidents.
Hazard 3: It is easy to damage clothing
If the garment steamer you use is not professional enough, there are problems such as too high power and inaccurate temperature control, and it is difficult to be compatible with clothes of different fabrics, especially high-end fabrics such as velvet and silk, and the fiber tissue of the clothes is easy to be damaged during the ironing process, resulting in the clothes being scalded yellow and scorched.
Hazard 4, burns**
Garment steamer is to iron clothes by generating high-temperature steam, if the body structure and grip of the garment steamer are not scientifically designed, the high-temperature steam generated is easy to burn everyone's **.
The second and fifth types of garment steamer pit goods must not be bought!
How harmful is a garment steamer? The above is the specific content of the hazards of garment steamer, so why does the garment steamer have these hazards? In order to better answer this question, I found a summary chart of the negative evaluation data of the garment steamer released by a professional organization, and found that the main reason for the garment steamer to damage the clothes is improper purchase, that is, the use of an unprofessional garment steamer, in order to facilitate everyone to avoid lightning, I combined the data and my own evaluation experience to summarize the five common pit goods on the market, they generally have poor ironing effect, and are easy to damage clothes, so don't buy.
1. Lifetime warranty and 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. Give away a variety of products with protective clothing essence
Gift a variety of garment essence, many garment steamer manufacturers in order to meet the needs of girls for gifts, will send some kinds of garment essence and other products, this kind of garment steamer must be used with caution, after all, they are not professional manufacturers of garment essence, after use is easy to block the garment steamer water pipeline, causing hidden dangers.
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 steam structure design 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. Garment steamer supports APP
Garment steamer can be connected to the APP to use is actually a very big IQ tax, although it looks very smart, but who still needs to look at the APP when ironing clothes? In order to sell the best and attract consumers, some garment steamers have come up with various fancy gimmicks to highlight the sense of science and technology, and have launched APPs, which are actually very chicken rib functions with zero practical value.
5. Big brands with high premiums
Some big-name garment steaming machines are priced at thousands of yuan, but in fact, the cost of materials, quality and performance is not so high, most of them are brand premiums, and due to the general lack of technical tuning of such garment steamer products, they often have cases of burning and burning clothes.
3. Summary of the four advantages of multi-functional garment steamer!
How harmful is a garment steamer? We have said a lot about the harm of garment steamers, but in fact, there is no harm in high-quality garment steamers, and they can also bring a lot of help to everyone's lives. Let's first briefly understand the working principle of the garment steamer, after adding water and electricity, the heater in the garment steamer will vaporize the water at room temperature into high temperature and high pressure water vapor, and the hot water vapor will continue to be released through the steam duct and nozzle. The scorching water vapor can also effectively clean and disinfect the clothes, and the high-pressure steam can be sprayed when the water is electrified, which is aimed at the wrinkles of the clothes, making the clothes smooth and supple. The garment steamer is suitable for disinfection and ironing of clothes, curtains and carpets of all materials, which is not only simple and convenient to operate, but also saves energy and time.
With the emergence of ironing demand in different scenarios, the types of garment steamers are also constantly enriched, including garment ironing machines, flat ironing machines, wireless garment steamers, handheld garment steamers, multi-functional garment steamers and other garment steamer models. The multi-functional garment steamer is a very popular product in the market in the past two years, due to its excellent performance and ironing effect, as well as the characteristics of small size, easy storage and use, it has been warmly welcomed by consumers, it has the following four advantages.
Advantage 1: 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 2: It has a better ironing effect
The ironing performance of a high-quality and professional multi-functional garment steamer can be comparable to that of a vertical garment steamer, far exceeding that of a wireless garment steamer. When ironing clothes, not only do you not need to re-iron, but even some clothes with deep wrinkles and thick clothes in autumn and winter can be easily ironed and smooth.
Advantage 3: It can be compatible with a variety of different fabrics
The multi-functional garment steamer not only supports a variety of ironing methods such as garment ironing and flat ironing, but also has a variety of rich functions such as dry ironing and wet ironing, which can be applied to different life scenarios and clothing fabrics (such as silk, polyester, cotton, etc.), and has stronger compatibility.
Advantage 4: 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 it is used for a long time, it is not easy to have sore hands, it can be ironed for a long time at multiple angles, and the design of the water tank is scientific and reasonable, whether you want to add water or drain water, it is very simple and fast.
Fourth, eight garment steamer purchase tips to teach you to avoid harm
How harmful is a garment steamer? After the above-mentioned popular science, we learned about the many advantages of the multi-functional garment steamer, which also made many fashionistas and fashion bloggers praise it, which has aroused widespread attention from all walks of life. However, there are many businesses in the market that ignore product performance in order to pursue higher profits and reduce production costs, resulting in a large number of substandard products in the market. In order to let everyone understand how to choose a garment steamer? I have summarized some buying tips for you to help you quickly judge what a high-quality garment steamer is:
Trick 1: Choose a brand with strong professional and technical strength
The professional garment steamer brand has strong technical strength, and has carried out long-term repeated adjustment and optimization of the core parameters of the garment steamer, which can maintain the accuracy of temperature control and steam uniformity, not only the ironing effect is excellent, but also not easy to damage the clothes. Professional brands have been strictly tested for many core parameters such as steam distance, temperature control accuracy, and steam uniformity, and the performance of the garment steamer will not be quickly consumed even if it is used for a long time.
Trick 2: It's 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. Among them, the multi-functional garment steamer is the best choice, because it has the same excellent ironing performance as the vertical garment steamer, and also has the advantages of small and portable handheld garment steamer, which can support a variety of ironing methods such as garment ironing, flat ironing, and steam ironing at the same time, but the premise is that you use a high-quality garment steamer with a high degree of professionalism!
Trick 3: Ceramic glaze panels are preferred
Compared with panels made of other materials, ceramic glazed panels are smoother, which can effectively avoid damaging clothes when ironing, and are not prone to rust or odor, making them easier to clean.
Trick 4: Don't blindly pursue big names
The price of many big-name garment steamers is as high as thousands of yuan, but whether it is materials, quality or performance can not reach such a high cost, most of the high prices are premiums, and merchants are overly keen on marketing and publicity, but the ironing effect and compatibility of garment steamers are not much improved.
Tip 5: Be sure to choose a product with good compatibility
It is recommended that you use those garment steamers with large amount of steam, many gears, and many modes (wet ironing, dry ironing, etc.), which can do dry and wet ironing to meet the ironing needs of different fabrics, so that the garment steaming machine not only has a better ironing effect, but also can effectively avoid damage to clothes.
Tip 6: 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 for ironing and wrinkle removal, so the quality of the thermostat is very critical, and the inferior thermostat can not accurately control the temperature, and the temperature is high and low when ironing clothes, which is easy to damage the clothes and cause fires, or the ironing effect is poor at too low temperature.
Tip 7: Choose a product equipped with a metal heater
The garment steamer is the "heart" of the garment steamer, so it is recommended that you use a garment steamer equipped with a metal heater. Because the metal heater has fast heat conduction, uniform steam, smaller thermal efficiency loss, better energy storage effect, and is not easy to accumulate scale, it can achieve better ironing effect, reduce the damage caused to clothes, and have a longer service life.
Tip 8: Don't choose low-priced products
Many garment steamer brands in order to attract consumers with low prices, do not hesitate to sacrifice product quality, the workmanship of the product is very poor, although it is sold very cheap, 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.
After understanding the above buying tips, I believe you can't wait to find a garment steamer that suits you. But I also want to remind everyone to be careful of the false propaganda of merchants, almost all merchants nowadays advertise that their products do not hurt clothes, but if you take a closer look, you will find that many garment steamers have been complained about damaging clothes. In order to help stay away from this kind of product, I found the performance and clothing damage index data of garment steamers from authoritative institutions for your reference. In addition, I have also selected several high-quality products to recommend to you based on my evaluation experience.
At present, there are common problems in the garment steamer industry, such as easy damage to clothes, irritating odor, and poor deep ironing effectGong Ling, the originator of the field of "no damage to clothes", has become popular as the most professional brand of clothing technologyGongling has been exported to Europe and the United States for many years, and is one of the very few brands that has obtained EU certification, and it has created 13 black technologies such as Hi-VI strong pulse pressurized steam technology and approved DEER-SS fast cycle dynamic compensation technologyDeep, complex fabrics are ironed 1372%, and the rate of clothing damage was reduced by 939%, and the compatibility of various fabrics and clothing is increased by 93%, which is rare to obtain EU certification! The brand has the best performance among all domestic household and commercial ironing machines and garment steamers, with excellent comprehensive performance, and has won many firsts, such as the highest continuous steam volume density and steam volume pressure.
1. The best steam permeability, the best compatibility with clothing, and the lowest damage rate of clothing. Its performance is very good, and it can be called against the sky.
This product 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 realize the effect of deep wrinkle removal of the thousand-yuan commercial ironing machine and has the small size of the handheld garment ironing machine!
Gong Ling is not blindly pursuing good-looking appearance to cater to the appearance powder, but a technical brand specializing in clothing technology and deep ironing performance. Do not engage in redundant functional design, butFocus on fever performance and high durability under the "no damage to clothes"., integrated into more than 30 "safety" technology innovation points, and collected 12,815 kinds of components worldwide, ** safety does not hurt the clothing "performance limit! It uses black technologies such as 1,000-yuan machine DOCC dual-channel heater and PE supramolecular electric steam decomposition technology, and has undergone more than 5 years of material safety and anti-attenuation designIn terms of core steam distance, steam permeability, temperature control accuracy, etc., it is the best within 1,000 yuan, no wonder it is still rare to win the CCTV exhibition recommendation, and it is recommended by the majority of professionals and evaluatorsOver the years, it has dominated the word-of-mouth sales list, and it is recognized as the most protective of clothing!
For many other brands, if you have a low budget, you can consider starting with itXiaomi, Suporand other entry-level models, and the basic brand is OK. If you're on a budget, take a lookPanasonic, DaewooThe high-end garment steamer at home has a more exquisite design and a good grip.
Fifth, the garment steamer five major maintenance points of popular science
How harmful is a garment steamer? The garment steamer with excellent quality also needs to be cared for in order to accompany us for a long time, so I will introduce you to the maintenance method of the garment steamer, and you should pay more attention when using the garment steamer!
1. Do not remove scale:If you use the garment steamer for a long time, the amount of steam injection will slowly decrease, because there is scale deposition in the metal parts of the garment steamer body, so you should clean the scale regularly.
2. Do not remove dust in timeAfter the garment steamer is used for a period of time, there will be dust on the surface, if the dust is not removed in time, it will cause secondary pollution, which will affect the cleanliness of the clothes, so it is necessary to remove dust regularly.
3. It is forbidden to enter the waterPlease be sure not to immerse the garment steamer body, power cord and plug in water, which is very likely to cause the risk of leakage and shorten the service life of the garment steamer. When using the garment steamer on weekdays, you must pay attention to supervision, and do not leave the machine alone or let the children at home use the machine unsupervised to avoid accidents.
4. Prevent dust after useAfter use, apply a dust cover to avoid falling into the soil and prevent the colored parts of the outer plastic from fading or yellowing.
5. Avoid contact with flammable materialsThe garment steamer should not be in contact with flammable materials, otherwise it is easy to break down, and in addition, the garment steamer should not be in contact with liquids.
How harmful is a garment steamer? The explanation of this problem is over here, the key to whether the garment steamer is harmful is the quality of the garment steamer you choose, so when choosing the garment steamer, you must avoid choosing those inferior products that have poor ironing effect and are easy to damage clothes. Instead, choose products that have been expertly optimized for superior performance to ensure excellent ironing results without causing any damage to your clothes. Only in this way can you get a better ironing experience.