Handheld Garment Steamers

Cirrus No.2 Pink from Steamery. 

I don't own a standard iron or an ironing board. Hahahaha. I don't have a need for it. I most certainly am not going to hunch over to iron the man's clothes. Ironing is so dumb. This household doesn't bother to iron jeans, tees or handkerchiefs, or bedsheets. The man has never and will never iron his own clothes. (I doubt he did it while serving National Service.) Clothes that need serious ironing go to the dry cleaners. If the man has work clothes that require sharply pressed lines are sent back to his parents' helper to sort out. He doesn't wear shirts often. Those number few and far. Our daily wear nowadays would be... athleisure! Muahahhaa. He found a great fit in Public Rec and I have Lululemon. 

Got irritated with the bulky and impractical Tefal garment steamer, and sold it for $80. Luckily there was a taker who happily drove over to collect it instead of complaining about delivery charges and such. I wanted a handheld clothes steamer. The BFF loaned me hers from Steamery to try it out. I loved it. But not in pink color; there're options for a black or a blue. Hahaha. I was almost gonna ship it in from Selfridges. Then I spied one from Philips. Casually mentioned it in passing to the BFF. Ever resourceful, she found me the brand's handheld steamer on a fantastic discount. Yay.

Tried them side by side and decided that I prefer the Philips. Admittedly, the 567-gram Steamery might be more aesthetically pleasing. IMHO, weighing 950grams, the heavier Philips seems to be more efficient overall with its 70ml water tank compared to Steamery's bigger 90ml. 

The Philips works louder, making you think it's more powerful but it's not. It operates at 1300w, lower than Steamery's 1500W. BUT it's louder because Philips's output is 24g/minute, but Steamery runs at 15g/minute. Hence, the creases get steamed out faster with the Philips over a Steamery.

My weekly helper is quite amazed that in these few years, I've had nothing that needed her help in ironing. A handheld garment steamer works perfectly fine for me. My clothes don't need heavy duty ironing. I also don't need my clothes to have crisp straight lines. I only need them to look vaguely presentable, and not seem like I slept in them and wore them straight out. 

Steam&Go from Philips.