# Clothes steamers - worth it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothes-steamers-worth-it/400023 "2007-04-13T22:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothes-steamers-worth-it/400023/1 "2007-04-13T22:53:58Z")
I’m tired of ironing. I’m terrible at it and it takes forever. I want to get one of those steamers they use in retail clothing stores to keep the merchandise wrinkle-free. Well, a play-at-home version of it, anyway. But do they work? Are they any good, and will one save me time and energy keeping my clothes unwrinkly? At home, I used to just toss things into the dryer for a couple of minutes, shake them out, and put them away - they stayed nice and smooth that way. But now I’m in an apartment with a laundry room, and paying $1.50 to unwrinkle shirts in the dryer just isn’t going to happen. Does anyone have a clothes steamer? What brand? Do you recommend it? ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothes-steamers-worth-it/400023/2 "2007-04-13T23:05:31Z")
I had a cheap-o one years ago. I have no idea what happened to it. Anyway, I thought it worked pretty well. I have seen some of the nice ones in recently and toy with the idea of getting one. I also despise ironing. Taking your clothes out of the dryer while still a tad warm and hanging them up right away helps minimize wrinkles. I would suggest NOT buying one from Sharper Image. Most of their stuff is crap.