Manual steamer advantages and disadvantages

All those who came across elegant outfits made of thin, delicate fabrics know that such a thing can not be ironed with an ordinary iron. In case this evening dress is richly decorated with rhinestones or beads, you must definitely use a steamer. For periodic use, a light and convenient handheld steamer is suitable. It will help to iron the stage costume, dance dress, exclusive evening outfit.

What is a steamer

The manual model allows you to iron a thing hanging on a hanger. At the same time, this type of care is gentle for elegant materials, lace fabric, transparent fabrics, to which the use of a conventional iron is impossible. The manual steamer has its pros and cons.

The handheld steamer does not touch the heated surface with the fabric, but acts with the help of steam, the temperature of which is only 100 degrees. Thus, as a result of its use, burning things out, melting of sections with accessories, fasteners, decorative beads and rhinestones is excluded.

REFERENCE! An irreplaceable steamer when caring for things with a lot of frills, ruffling. Therefore, you do not even need to think about whether it is worth buying for a home.

The steamer also perfectly irones outer clothing, which has a synthetic lining, because it can not be ironed with an ordinary iron.

Many housewives know that it is not difficult to wash the curtains, but it is problematic to iron the curtain so that it does not deteriorate and does not lose shape. Therefore, without a steamer in this case can not do.

What are the differences from the iron?

Iron ironing material with a hot surface. Sliding along the fabric, the iron leaves traces on it, mechanically the fabric wears out much faster with frequent ironing. The steamer acts fragmentarily on a specific area of ​​tissue using steam supplied under pressure.

But there are situations when it is simply necessary to iron a thing, and the steamer can not do, it is:

• ironing trousers with arrows;
• disinfection of clothing, for example, for newborns.

The steamer is not able to disinfect the surface of the fabric, while the iron is so hot that it kills germs on clothes, bedding, and towels.

IMPORTANT! The iron does not do very well with ironing heavy fabrics. Therefore, bedspreads, tapestry, rugs, denim and wool are still better steamed.

Benefits

1. The steamer easily copes with materials on which an application or an abundance of decorative details is applied. This device is more maneuverable and it is not necessary for it to lay the product on a horizontal surface.
2. In addition, a manual steamer can be quite powerful, since it does not have a hose, like the floor version, which means that the steam in such a steamer is hot and the steam stream is stronger.
3. It is ideal for quick steaming, compact in size, weighs less and is convenient to store.
4. In manual models, a large number of nozzles are thought out, which allow you to work with different types of fabrics. And also such a device is convenient to use, since it processes the surface of things with steam easily and quickly. It is only necessary to carefully monitor the presence of water in the tank and to avoid the collision of two different temperatures of the capacity of the steamer, since due to temperature differences, the device body may crack. Therefore, before pouring water into the steamer, you must wait for the tank to cool.
5. For some, this may not seem very convenient, but the small capacity of the steamer heats up faster and works more efficiently with a small amount of things.
6. Another advantage can be identified as the lack of risk to burn. Things turn out as ironed, only without shiny lines and crease in the fabric.
7. The price for a manual model of the steamer is significantly lower than for other versions of this device.
8. When using the device, you do not need to use an ironing board. Irreplaceable such a device on trips when you need to refresh a lot of concert clothing.

Steamer disadvantages

It does not replace the iron if you need to iron in a horizontal position. Less convenient for prolonged use, since the water capacity in manual models is small. It works intermittently when the tank cools down, and then water is added again. Therefore, it is not enough for ironing at the same time as with the iron.

Nonprofessional models have low power, so you need to wait a little while steaming when there is a steam flow on the fabric.