Discovery of the day. There are practically no steam generators/steam stations for home use on the US market. We want to buy one and can’t find anything. Essentially, there are two models – a Rowenta for $300, which almost all reviews describe as “cheap crap, do not buy” and “Laurastar Lift” for $700, described as “better than Rowenta, but still that’s all there is”. But, damn, $700 and a choice of just one model. In Russia, the M-Video site alone has 130 models from Philips, Tefal, Brown, Lelit, Bosch. On the Philips site for the US, there is one (PerfectCare 9000), but it costs $1200. There are commercial ones for $500-600, but they are not portable at all. If I had a laundry room, I would buy them there. But for now, there is no laundry room.
An article on tomguide from August 2021 titled “Why there are no steam generators in the US” states that the steam generator market in the US is smaller than, say, the UK’s. In the US, ironing has almost disappeared from households with the advent of non-iron fabrics. You know, those flannel check shirts, jeans, and wrinkle-resistant T-shirts. And since almost everyone has a dryer next to their washing machine, often gas-powered…
On Reddit, a guy is yelling how he came from England, and now does not know how to properly iron here. He was told that the only steam generator here has pipes, and you usually need to drive to it, and asked what ironing has to do with it. Basically, they didn’t offer him any useful advice.
Bringing one from Europe isn’t an option either. Needs a 110v to 220v converter, which is quite expensive for 2500W. That’s how it is.
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