Travel Clothes Steamer

Travel Clothes Steamer is the sort of compact garment steamer people pack when a suitcase crushes shirts and dresses on the way. By our assessment, it does one job well: it gives a quick pass of steam that loosens wrinkles without setting up an ironing board, which makes it useful in hotel rooms and small apartments. The trade-off is that steamers are slower on crisp creases and collars than a real iron, and the water tank is usually small, so refills come sooner than you would like. In practice it feels like a light, slightly fussy companion that asks for a minute of heating and a steady hand over hanging fabric. Compared with a full-size steamer or iron, it wins on portability and loses on power and finish. Travel Clothes Steamer is for people who care more about looking presentable away from home than about a perfectly pressed shirt, and it leaves the hardest folds where they are.