Steam Buddy and Pressa Bella were featured with images of overworked women enslaved over a hot iron and laundry basket claiming to end this age-old chore once and for all. They both work using a combination of hot air and water to deliver a powerful blast of steam to clothing. Clothes can be ironed hanging on a rack to reduce the need for ironing boards and storage space. They are also advertised with the underlying element of ease and safety, reducing the risk of burning and ruining clothes because the hot iron never has to touch the clothes. Independent consumer testing on both products shows that they perform as designed, but not necessarily as well as infomercials, and that some clothing with collars or pleats will often need to be professionally cleaned or ironed with an old-fashioned iron and board. . !

Steam Buddy is available for around $ 30 when you include shipping and handling and offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. Heats up in around 6 seconds and is light to use and weighs much less than an iron. It provides a large amount of steam and works well, especially when the clothes are hanging on a coat rack or coat rack. The only downside is that it won’t remove wrinkles from collars or crease dress pants like an iron. Steam Buddy is also quite small and has a minimal surface area which may mean that removing wrinkles with steam takes a bit longer than you might think. Although the product is supposed to eliminate odors, consumers question this claim and insist that garments must be washed properly to smell clean even when using Steam Buddy. One of the cool features is that the product is compact and easy to transport and comes with cleaning brush attachments, a dry cleaner, and a free folder. Steam Buddy reviews show that it is a great way to remove wrinkles in curtains, sheers, and other garments that don’t necessarily wash very well.

The Pressa Bella is more iron-shaped than the Steam Buddy and is a larger appliance with a larger surface area. It’s a Steam Buddy exclusive version and the price reflects that, costing about three times as much ($ 80). One cool feature is that it has different settings that can be used depending on the type of fabric you are ironing. It fits comfortably in the hand and has a rubber grip that makes it easy to use. The Pressa Bella is lightweight, a bit uncomfortable to travel with, but does the job of ironing out wrinkles in most clothes. Even silks and fabrics with rhinestones can be ironed without worry. An interesting feature is that the Pressa Bella has a duality which means that it can be used as a steam ironer or conventional iron and is more suitable for pleating pants and works better on collars than the smaller Steam Buddy. Like conventional irons, the Pressa Bella comes with a boost button that can provide a bolt of hotter steam when needed. It also works well on curtains and sheers. Consumers found that the claim to remove odors was not completely accurate and most felt that it did not perform much better than a normal iron.

Both products are useful and much safer than conventional plates. Because they do not touch clothing by design, the risk of burning clothing is minimal. The choice between the two really depends on your dry cleaning needs and the amount of laundry you regularly ship or iron at home. For minimal ironing needs, Steam Buddy will be effective, but for more frequent ironers, the Pressa Bella with the additional options and features makes it a much more useful product. While both will work as designed and advertised; Consumers generally say they don’t work as well at home as they did during infomercials; possibly due to the fact that special sprays may have been used when filming the commercials.