Steam Alone Never Fixed a Wrinkle: Suction Pulls the Fabric Taut So It Can

I got through four shirts and a linen dress before it asked for water again. My old steamer wanted a refill halfway through the first shirt, which is why it ended up in a cupboard.

I bought it expecting to keep the iron for anything that mattered. Three weeks in and the board has not come out once. You can watch the shirt pull flat against the plate — that is the bit I was not expecting.

Low setting on a silk blouse I would never put an iron near. It relaxed the creases and left the weave alone. I did a seam first to be sure and there was no mark at all.

The thing that sold me is that the shirt is not damp afterwards. I steamed it, put it on, walked out. No water spots on navy cotton, which is where my last one always let me down.

Took it to Denver in a roll-aboard. Two dresses and a jacket done in the hotel room before breakfast. It stands up on its own tank so I was not hunting for somewhere to rest it.

My wrist is not what it used to be and I expected to be fighting it. You hold the trigger and the fabric comes to you instead of the other way round. I did six shirts on a Sunday without stopping.

Full-length linen curtains that had been folded in a box for two years. I worked down them on the rail, high setting, and by the second panel I had the hang of it. No ladder, no washing machine.

First one is by the wardrobe, second went to my son who has just started a job with a dress code and owns no iron. Fifteen seconds to heat up means he actually uses it on a weekday.

I got through four shirts and a linen dress before it asked for water again. My old steamer wanted a refill halfway through the first shirt, which is why it ended up in a cupboard.

I bought it expecting to keep the iron for anything that mattered. Three weeks in and the board has not come out once. You can watch the shirt pull flat against the plate — that is the bit I was not expecting.

Low setting on a silk blouse I would never put an iron near. It relaxed the creases and left the weave alone. I did a seam first to be sure and there was no mark at all.

The thing that sold me is that the shirt is not damp afterwards. I steamed it, put it on, walked out. No water spots on navy cotton, which is where my last one always let me down.

Took it to Denver in a roll-aboard. Two dresses and a jacket done in the hotel room before breakfast. It stands up on its own tank so I was not hunting for somewhere to rest it.

My wrist is not what it used to be and I expected to be fighting it. You hold the trigger and the fabric comes to you instead of the other way round. I did six shirts on a Sunday without stopping.

Full-length linen curtains that had been folded in a box for two years. I worked down them on the rail, high setting, and by the second panel I had the hang of it. No ladder, no washing machine.

First one is by the wardrobe, second went to my son who has just started a job with a dress code and owns no iron. Fifteen seconds to heat up means he actually uses it on a weekday.