Quick. Simple. Safe. How to get rid of wrinkles & co. - 3 steam ironing stations tested

More than 6,000 textiles - i.e. shirts, trousers, etc. - are washed by many German consumers every year. - are washed by many consumers in Germany every year. If you want these textiles, which can become considerably wrinkled during washing and drying, to appear flawless again, they must also be cared for afterwards: This textile care, which is supposed to make the creased material uniform and even again, can be done most quickly and simply by steam ironing - and textiles can be cared for and smoothed most effectively with a modern steam ironing station, which combines an enormous steam pressure with an equally enormous steam volume. However, it is not only the strength of the steam output that sets a steam ironing station apart from a steam iron: Steam ironing stations regularly have much larger tanks in which they store the water to be vaporised than steam irons. As a result, many more textiles can be steam-cleaned before having to fetch new water - this improves the textile care workflow and allows the ironing session to be completed more quickly, much to the delight of consumers who find tedious ironing rather annoying. In addition, modern steam ironing stations have different modes: through these, one of the essential quality parameters of steam ironing - the steam volume - can be precisely adjusted to the requirements of the textile being cared for, whether it be jeans, linen, silk or a completely different material. But which steam ironing station should you get for your home? This time, we tested three modern steam ironing stations with twelve testers: The CareStyle 7 Pro - IS 7286 BK from Braun, the PerfectCare Elite Plus - GC9675/80 from Philips and the Pro Express Ultimate GV9580 from Tefal - all of these steam ironing stations are intended to appeal to the same groups of consumers and, taking the manufacturers' recommended prices as a yardstick, are priced roughly the same.