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Type
Type
Travel iron
Handheld
Handheld
Handheld
Freestanding
Handheld
Freestanding
Handheld
Handheld
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Handheld
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Test results
CHOICE Expert Rating
Performance score
Ease of use score
Organza score
Silk score
Wool score
Cotton score
Denim score
Linen score
Poly-cotton shirt score
Dress (100% silk) score
Dress (100% polyester) score
Curtain (cotton) score
Curtain (polyester) score
Sustainability
Country of origin
Not stated
Not stated
China
China
USA
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
France
China
Warranty
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
Comments
Good points
- Very good steaming performance
- Adjustable steam, 3 settings
- Steam can be locked on
- Can be used as an iron
- Can be used horizontally as well as vertically
- Very compact and lightweight, would suit travellers
- Good steaming performance
- Steam can be locked on
- Compact and lightweight, would suit travellers
- Very good steaming performance
- Can be used horizontally as well as vertically
- Very good steaming performance
- Can be used horizontally as well as vertically
- Steam can be locked on
- Easy to move as it has wheels.
- Very good steaming performance
- Has a fixed hanger with clips.
- Glove supplied to hold the garment while steaming.
- Adjustable steam, 2 settings.
- Very good steaming performance
- Adjustable steam, 2 settings
- Steam can be locked on
- Adjustable steam, 5 settings.
- Has a fixed hanger.
- Glove supplied to hold the garment while steaming.
- Very good steaming performance
- Adjustable steam, 3 settings
- Steam can be locked on
- Has a hanger backed by a small vertical board
- Comes with a backing mat that can be used to store the unit
- Comes with glove
- Very good steaming performance
- Adjustable steam, 3 settings
- Steam can be locked on
- Can hang a hanger against a small vertical board
- Very good steaming performance
- Adjustable steam, 2 settings
- Can be used horizontally as well as vertically
- Comes with a backing mat that can be used to store the unit
- Comes with glove and an extra water tank
- Very good steaming performance
- Adjustable steam, 2 settings
- Can be used horizontally as well as vertically
- Comes with glove and an extra water tank
- Glove supplied to hold the garment while steaming.
- Very compact and lightweight, would suit travellers (0.85kg). .
- Very good steaming performance.
- Can be used horizontally as well as vertically.
- Can be used as an iron.
- Nothing to mention .
- Very good steaming performance.
- Has a fixed hanger with clips.
- Glove supplied to hold the garment while steaming.
- Adjustable steam, 2 settings.
- Can be used horizontally as well as vertically.
- Adjustable steam, 3 settings.
- Comes with a vertical board which can be hung over a door.
- Very good steaming performance.
- Adjustable steam, 3 settings.
- Can be used horizontally as well as vertically.
- Can be used as an iron.
- Has an ironing board with clips that can be used vertically as well as horizontally.
- Steamer can be detached and used separately from the stand.
- Very good steaming performance
- Adjustable steam, 5 settings
- Steam can be locked on
- Has a hanger backed by a small vertical board
- Comes with glove
Bad points
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt
- Left a few creases in linen
- Deposited some water on the material
- Small tank has to be refilled often
- Only 1 year warranty
- Left fine creases in organza, silk and linen
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt
- Deposited some water on the material
- No auto shut off if left idle
- Small tank has to be refilled often
- Not recommended for use with 100% tap water
- Left fine creases in linen
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt
- No auto shut off if left idle
- Small tank has to be refilled often
- Only 1 year warranty
- Left fine creases in linen
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt
- Deposited water on the material
- Small tank has to be refilled often
- Only 1 year warranty
- No telescopic pole.
- The hose gets hot with extended use.
- Comparatively expensive.
- No fixed hanger, can be used with a free swinging hanger but these make it awkward to stretch fabric for steaming.
- Left fine creases in linen
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt
- No auto shut off if left idle
- Small tank has to be refilled often
- Fabric brush bristles were bent permanently by moderate pressure
- Only 1 year warranty
- Poor performance on linen.
- Only 1-year warranty.
- Borderline performance on organza.
- No auto shut-off if left idle.
- Slow and awkward to steam a shirt on a hanger.
- Left some fine creases in polyester shirts.
- Left a few creases in linen.
- Small tank has to be refilled often.
- Only 1-year warranty.
- Left fine creases in organza and linen
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt
- No auto shut off if left idle
- Small tank has to be refilled often
- It took a while to steam a cotton shirt and denim jeans.
- Hose is a little short and gets a bit hot with extended use.
- Left fine creases in linen
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt
- Left fine creases in linen
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt
- Deposited some water on the material
- Left fine creases in linen and the cotton curtain
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt
- No auto shut off if left idle
- Small tank has to be refilled often
- Not recommended for use with 100% tap water
- Left fine creases in linen
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt on the hanger
- No auto shut off if left idle
- Small tank has to be refilled often
- Poor performance on linen.
- It took a while to steam a cotton shirt.
- Has a small resevoir needs to be filled frequently.
- No fixed hanger, can be used with a free swinging hanger but these make it awkward to stretch fabric for steaming.
- Borderline performance on organza.
- Left a many fine creases in linen and discharged some water droplets when steaming linen.
- Not recommended for use with tap water.
- Poor performance on linen.
- Feels a little weighty after a while.
- No fixed hanger, can be used with a free swinging hanger but these make it awkward to stretch fabric for steaming.
- No auto shut-off if left idle.
- It took a while to steam the polyester shirt.
- Hose is a little short and gets hot with use.
- Clips are not fixed which limits their utility.
- Not recommended for use with tap water.
- Only 1-year warranty.
- Some water leaks out occasionally when you move the unit.
- No auto shut-off if left idle.
- Steam may flow over your hand in horizontal mode.
- It took a while to steam a cotton shirt and was easy to cause unintended creases.
- Left fine creases in the polyester shirt as well as discharging some water.
- Left some fine creases in linen.
- Feels a little weighty after a while.
- Nothing in particular.
- Left fine creases in linen
- Slow and fiddly to steam the cotton shirt
- Deposited water on the material
- No auto shut off if left idle
- Hose is a little short
- Only 1 year warranty
Features
Variable steam
3 settings
2 settings
2 settings
5 settings
3 settings
3 settings
2 settings
2 settings
2 settings
3 settings
3 settings
5 settings
Wheels
N/A (handheld)
N/A (handheld)
N/A (handheld)
N/A (handheld)
Telescopic pole
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Coat hanger
Specifications
Heat-up time
20 secs
20 secs
45 secs
35 secs
1 min
2 min
45 sec
30 sec
30 secs
45 sec
45 secs
1 min
35 secs
30 secs
45 sec
45 sec
45 sec
45 sec
40 sec
40 sec
1 min 10 sec
45 secs
Cord length (m)
1.6
1.3
2.4
3
2
2.4
1.6
2.5
1.8
1.8
1.5
1.8
1
2.5
2.5
2.9
2.9
1.5
2.4
3
1.6
1.9
Hose length (m)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1.6
N/A
1.3
N/A
N/A
1.2
1.3
1.4
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1.2
N/A
N/A
1.8
1
Total weight (kg)
0.5
0.6
1
1.1
6.7
0.9
4.3
0.6
0.8
3.3
3.2
5.6
0.8
1
0.9
0.8
1.2
3.7
1.1
1
10.3
5.7
Stated wattage (W)
1100
1200
1050 - 1200
1300 - 1600
1300
900 - 1100
1500
840 - 1000
1400 - 1600
1800
1512 - 1800
1680 - 2000
1200 - 1400
1372 - 1633
1300
1400 - 1700
1600
1800
1200 - 1400
1460 - 1740
1830 - 2170
1830 - 2180
Website
Tank capacity (L)
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.3
2.4
0.3
1.7
0.1
0.2
1.4
1.8
2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
2.8
0.3
0.2
1.1
1.3
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