Thursday, January 20, 2011

TOBI to the rescue!

I don't like to waste money if I don't have to. Trevor wears a suit jacket to work every day. Those jackets can get kinda stinky after a while. When I worked at the tuxedo place, we used to wash jackets in the washer all the time. So I thought I would try it and see what happened.

The washer part turned out just fine. Gentle Cycle and cold wash. The jacket came out ridiculously wrinkled though. I hung it up to dry thinking some of the wrinkles would come out in the process. Not so. I tried a warm iron. It just doesn't work.

I went to a local store called Thursdays. Love that store. They had a Tobi home steamer. JUST what the doctor ordered. I got it at a very discounted price
.Side note: I read the reviews on Amazon for this steamer and I have to say that anyone who buys a steamer has got to be kidding themselves if they don't think they are dangerous, clumsy devices. Come on people. I used a professional steamer for years, and the Tobi can stand up against any one of the units I have used in the past. It is spitting out super heated hot STEAM! Burns happen!

Anyway, got the steamer home and have not been disappointed! I steamed everything in the house I could get my hands on. The wrinkles came out of Trevor's jacket no problem! This morning I steamed Trevor's entire outfit for work in under two minutes. I love this thing!

4 comments:

  1. I have a little hand-held portable steamer that I got from the D.I., I think. I hardly ever use it...I wonder where that thing is, anyway? But yeah, it didn't work that well, from what I remember. Maybe that's because I'm not an experienced steamer like you are. I should give it another try. Glad you got a good one, though! I wish we had a Thursdays here.

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  2. Awesome! I want one! Is it just a garment steamer or can you clean with it?

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  3. That's awesome! Steamers ROCK! We need to buy one too!

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  4. that looks like heaven to me! i want one!!!!

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