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At wit's end with helper ruining my clothes - any advice?

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    Liquorice is offline Registered User
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    Hi Mummymoo and Redestiny, so by steamer I take it you mean this? Presumably, you hover the iron bit over the clothes whilst releasing steam.

    Having never used such a thing before, is a basic one like this one okay, or is it better to go for a much better quality one like the one above. I have no idea how much performance / function varies with these things and there are some massive price differences...


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    Get the steamer with vertical steaming function. Mine has a rod you can hang your outfit on (on a hanger) - just like you see shop assistants using. It's great! BTW, my helpers iron everything too, despite encouragement not to.
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    Liquorice, I don't have either of those. I bought a cheap one from GOD (400-500$ a few years back), the bit that gets applied to the clothes is on the shape of the head of a vacuum cleaner (the bit you put on the floor).


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    The one Portia's talking about is the one I have.


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    Thanks Portia / Mummymoo, I know which one you're talking about. Will try this and see if the fate of my clothes is a happier one!


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    If you can afford it, just send your ironing out to have someone else do it. Or, do it all yourself. I hate ironing, personally and thankfully most of our clothes don't require it but burning clothes is just not a good option.

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