Rowenta IS-7800 Commercial Garment Steamer
by Rowenta

List Price: $175.00
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Product Details

• Superior steam output
• Fast heat-up time
• Auto-off feature
• Extra-large transparent water tank
• Dimensions 12 by 7 by 5 foot 2 inches; weighs 13.5 pounds

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Description of Rowenta IS-7800 Commercial Garment Steamer

Tools and Hardware Reviews of Rowenta IS-7800 Commercial Garment Steamer

Customer Review: I hate ironing, but sure love laundry!
Summary: 5 Stars

Turning it on was easy with a switch that can be foot operated. Steam was coming out, as promised, within 3 minutes. Tip for those in small rooms -- it took me about five minutes to realize that I should have opened the window before starting!!!

Steaming clothes is pretty easy. I spent over an hour playing with all sorts of clothes and only carelessly scalded myself a few times (usually when working the steamer from the inside of the shirt). In a nutshell, it is simple to use and works really well, but don't expect miracles.

The Rowenta is pretty quick and I could get through a shirt in about five minutes. It won't look freshly pressed or anything, but it's not like I could do much better with an iron in five minutes. A worn or washed shirt could easily look freshened up in that little bit of time. Just passing the head over the chest area produced immediate results. I did the right side before the left side and you could easily see a difference. A little bit of work on the sleeves and the back, and the shirt was ready to head back into the closet.

My major areas of difficulty included getting enough tension on certain areas for the steam to force wrinkles open and working on the bottom of the shirt. The steamer took care of simple wear-and-tear wrinkles, but I'd have problems working out sharp creases in the shoulder region and where the shirt is tucked in. I guess that's to be expected because the steamer head doesn't work like a a magic wand, where I pass the head over the area and presto -- it's all straightened out! It is still a little frustrating and will just take some time to figure out the proper technique. Secondly, the garment tower only stands about five feet tall. I hung the shirt in a hanger off the tower and the bottom of the shirt is only a couple feet off the ground. It's a little uncomfortable and hard to easily access that area, especially when the hose will start to gurgle if you have it down there too long (from condensation).

I also tried a pair of pants and again, it's not easy to access all the areas of the pants. They did work getting some kinks out of a hanging pair of wrinkled khakis, but didn't get them all out. Definitely an improvement, but the pants were kind of thick, so it may have been an unfair test.

All in all, I'm impressed with the steamer. As mentioned before, it won't work miracles and shouldn't be compared to a conventional iron. I don't think I could iron a shirt much better, so I usually don't iron my clothes. But if I can refresh or liven up wrinkled shirts at five minutes/garment, I'd say it's good money spent in the long run.

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