Rating of the best floor steamers

Ironing is necessary, but not everyone’s favorite activity. It is tiring. It is especially difficult to handle fabrics that have decor, as well as curtains. Floor steamer makes life easier. It is a device that produces steam that allows you to smooth out tissue.

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

The floor steamer acts as an iron on weight for clothes from all materials: it is capable of smoothing curtains, eliminating extraneous aromas 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 care for delicate materials, does not crumple them, allows you to steam and clean outer clothing, and some models have nozzles for fur things. But the steamer will not make arrows on trousers, will not give a presentable appearance to a 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 for lengthening the hose, a brush for cleaning fabrics, a board that allows you to better smooth out the small details of a thing.

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

The steamer and iron cannot 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;
• a vessel for a liquid is usually of a large volume, which allows not to add water in the process of steaming.

Negative characteristics:

• appliances with a small capacity cannot steam very rumpled things from natural materials;
• too high price and large size.

To select a steamer, attention should be paid 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 a boiler depends on it. The downside is that the higher the power, the more electricity the device uses. The smallest power is 1500 watts. This type of steamer will help take care of delicate fabrics and knitwear. The most optimal power is 1800 watts, it will even allow you to steam dense matter from denim.

Steam pressure makes the ironing process easy and even hard fabrics can be steamed. A good choice is equipment with a pressure of 5 bar.

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

Single-mode equipment does not have steam saturation. It is used to iron similar materials. For home use, their characteristics are 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.

Typically, steamers are made of plastic, ceramic and metal. Metal products come with a second heater, which prevents the formation of condensate. The sole should have enough openings for steam to escape.

This category includes accessories. For example, a brush for cleaning clothes, clamps for the formation of 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 were models that have 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 test it in the store and ask the seller about whether 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, nozzles for arrows, collars, brushes are used, there is also the opportunity to use tap water.

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

The most powerful device is 2250 W, the water vessel has a volume of 2 liters, heating - 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 watts, warming up - a minute.

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

A review of the steamers allows you to choose the right garment care unit.

Tips for choosing a floor steamer in the video below.