After I put the iron at home away in the cabinet, my life actually became much easier
A homestay landlord's true usage record of a hand steamer for clothes
If you have ever run a homestay or even just frequently receive guests, you should understand the feeling I am about to describe.
The room already looks very clean.
The floor is mopped.
The bathroom was wiped clean.
The garbage was also taken out.
But as soon as you step into the bedroom -
There is a fold on that bedsheet.
It's not big.
Even just one.
But it was right there, particularly conspicuous.
To be honest, I used to be a bit obsessed with this matter.
I always feel that as long as the linen looks flat, the entire room will appear more professional and reassuring.
One day later, I was really tired.
That morning, there happened to be three rooms checking out simultaneously, and one guest even arrived early.
Standing in the laundry room, looking at the pile of freshly dried bed sheets, I suddenly began to doubt my life.
At that moment, there was only one thought in my mind:
There must be a more convenient way.
It was also from that time that I gradually came into contact with a tool -
hand steamer for clothes.
At first, I didn't take it too seriously.
To be honest, I'm even a little skeptical about it.
I thought to myself:
This thing looks so small. How useful can it be?
Later on, it became one of the tools I used most frequently every day.
It's no exaggeration.
It's true.
The first time I used hand steamer, I almost burned myself
It's quite funny when I think about it now.
That night, I had just taken out the equipment and added water, waiting for it to warm up.
In less than a minute, it began to give off steam.
I was quite excited at that time.
The next second, I brought my hand too close
"Hiss!"
I took a step back directly.
I wasn't injured, but I was indeed scared for a moment.
Since then, I have learned the first rule:
The steam is mild, but it is still hot.
But that day I also discovered something.
I casually picked up a shirt that had just been taken out of the suitcase and hung it behind the door.
Start from the shoulders and walk down slowly.
About three minutes.
That shirt looks just as if it had just been taken from a dry cleaner.
I was standing there at that time and watched for several seconds.
Then I said:
"OK, I might really use this thing frequently."
As a homestay host, why am I increasingly dependent on hand steamer for clothes
Not because it's novel.
It's not because it looks sophisticated either.
But it is because -
It makes me have less trouble every day.
It's that simple.
First, it really saves time
I used to use a traditional iron.
The process is roughly like this:
Take out the ironing board
Plug in
Wait for heating
Lay out the clothes
Turn over
Turn it over again
Sometimes it takes more than ten minutes to make a bed sheet.
And now?
I hung the bed sheet directly on the hanger.
Turn on the steam.
Walk down from top to bottom once.
It takes about 3 to 5 minutes.
Done.
If you have to prepare two or three rooms a day, the difference is really obvious.
Second, it doesn't use an ironing board
Many people underestimate this point.
But for me, this is almost the most important.
My homestay is not a hotel.
Space is limited.
If you unfold an ironing board in a not-so-large apartment, you will find that:
The room instantly became very crowded.
And the greatest advantage of hand steamer is:
You can use it anywhere.
Bedroom
Bathroom
Behind the door
Beside the curtain
Even the balcony
As long as there is a socket, that's fine.
Thirdly, it is more friendly to fabric
I really burned a linen tablecloth before.
It wasn't intentional.
It's just that the temperature has been raised a little.
The result left a faint burnt mark.
I never threw away that tablecloth later on, but I never used it again.
Since then, I have developed a bit of a psychological shadow over traditional irons.
Steam is a bit different.
It is not pressing but "relaxing" the fibers.
It sounds a bit like a massage.
In fact, the principle is quite similar.
Once, a guest was almost worried about the suit
I still remember this incident to this day.
It was a Friday night.
It's raining outside.
A couple moved in and said they were going to attend a wedding the next day.
At around nine o'clock in the evening, the groom knocked on the door.
He looked a little nervous and was still holding an unfinished cup of coffee in his hand.
He said:
My suit is wrinkled in the suitcase. Do you have an iron here?
I said:
“Give me five minutes.”
I hung the suit on the wardrobe door.
Turn on the steam.
Start from the shoulders and walk down slowly.
It took about four minutes.
That suit has recovered very well.
His expression at that moment was as if he had just let out a sigh of relief.
When checking out the next morning, he even specifically said:
“That little machine saved my night.”
I was actually a little smug at that time.
It's not because the equipment is so powerful.
But it is because the problem has been solved.
The use scenarios of hand steamer that I have summarized over the years (really practical)
If you ask me:
What is it most suitable for?
I'll give you these answers directly.
1)Clothes just taken out of the dryer
This point in time is particularly crucial.
The fabric still has a little warmth.
The fibers are relatively loose.
At this time, using steam works very well.
I almost always operate like this now.
2)Clothes for traveling
Many hotels have irons.
But to be honest -
The quality varies greatly.
Some are very old.
Some have a lot of scale.
Some of them are simply not user-friendly.
So now whenever I go on a business trip, I always bring a small hand steamer.
The space it takes up in the suitcase is actually about the same as a pair of sports shoes.
But when it comes to using it, it's really reassuring.
3)Curtains
This is one of my favorite uses.
Because I used to really hate taking off curtains.
It felt just like fighting with a very long and heavy snake.
Now I basically don't take it apart.
Just hang it up for processing.
It takes about ten minutes to complete one window.
The entire room will appear more refreshing.
If you 're planning to get a hand steamer, I 'll look at these things first
Not a parameter.
It's not a brand.
Rather, it is the actual usage experience.
Is the steam stable?
Some devices are very powerful at the beginning.
But it becomes weak after a while.
This is the most maddening.
Now I value more
Continuous and stable steam.
Preheating time
This is really very realistic.
If I have to wait for two minutes to use it, I'm very likely to give up.
Especially when one is busy.
So now I basically only use that one
A device that can produce steam within tens of seconds.
Weight
If you only use it for one minute, weight doesn't matter.
But if you have to handle bed sheets or curtains continuously, the weight will be very obvious.
The wrists will get tired.
Really.
Whether it is easy to store
This point is also very crucial to me.
Because there are a lot of things in my home.
If a device cannot be easily put into the cabinet, it will soon be "neglected" by me.
The first time I heard about "Nesugar" was in the landlord group
It's not an advertisement.
It's not a recommendation either
It's just that someone mentioned during a chat that there is a design that is relatively compact and suitable for small spaces.
Later, I looked it up myself and found that this design concept is actually quite interesting.
For instance, for a structure like the G9 Pro, the reason why many people like it is not because of its numerous functions, but rather:
- It can be folded
- It is not large in size.
- Steam comes out relatively quickly
- It is suitable to be placed in a suitcase
Personally, I quite agree with this direction.
Because nowadays everyone's pace of life is very fast.
No one wants a complicated tool.
What we want more is:
Simple, reliable and ready to use at any time.
My real daily routine now (no tricks, just habits)
In the morning.
I'll go to the laundry room first.
Take the bed sheets from the previous day out of the dryer.
Hang it up.
Then open the hand steamer.
Walk down from top to bottom once.
The movement is actually very slow.
But there's no need to exert extra force either.
The whole process takes about ten minutes.
Sometimes it's even faster.
Then I can go and prepare breakfast or reply to guests' messages.
The pace of life suddenly picked up.
Someone asked me: Can it completely replace the iron?
My answer is:
Most of the time it's okay.
But not all the time.
For example:
If you need particularly sharp trouser lines.
Or very formal dress creases.
Traditional irons are still more professional.
However, in daily life --
Clothes
Bed sheet
Curtains
Towel
The steam is sufficient.
It's even more convenient.
In conclusion: I really seldom use the iron now
It's still in the cabinet.
It's not bad.
It wasn't thrown away either.
It's just that I haven't taken it out for a long time.
Sometimes when I open the cabinet door, I will see it lying there quietly.
Then I will think:
It turns out that those cumbersome steps in the past were actually not necessary.
We're just used to it.
And now, I prefer a simpler way.
At least for me, that's the case.
