Best Steamers for Clothes in 2022

This heavy duty standing PurSteam Elite Garment Steamer comes with a 61 ounce tank that heats up in under a minute and will give you enough steam to last for up to one whole hour. It is made from durable plastic to ensure a long life and save any unfortunate breakages during your years of steaming. The initial setup takes only ten minutes! And most of that will be spend filling up the tank itself.

The steady steam production eliminates wrinkles easily and works with a number of fabrics that other steamers might struggle with. This includes both flannel and cotton, which are often the bane of many ironers out there. The steamer is less expensive than more popular big brands, but that does not mean that PurSteam have skimped on quality. With a fast setup and excellent steaming results, you get way more than your money’s worth with the Elite Garment Steamer. To add life to the product, consider using distilled or filtered water in the tank.

Our premium pick is Jiffy’s J-200 Garment Steamer which might not look as sexy as the other products on this list but will still do the job when presented with all kinds of clothes to steam their wrinkles into oblivion.

A great home steamer, this product will last you through years of use, through old shirts, new V-neck shirts and shirts you have borrowed from friends when laundry day passed you by. It comes with an easy-fill tank that will give you up to 1 hour and 30 minutes of steaming per fill and the metal head version (it also comes in plastic) can work like an iron if you need it (but be careful!)

Whether you’re on the road or you don’t have space for a full-sized steamer at home, the Conair Turbo Extreme Steam offers impressive steaming power in a compact package. With five steaming settings, you can use it on every garment in your wardrobe, from thin t-shirts to denim jackets. Plus, it comes with three removable attachments – a silicone band, bristle brush, and delicate fabric spacer – allowing you to get super accurate with your steaming. 

Of course, you can’t expect the same steaming power as you’d get from a floor-standing steamer. However, you won’t be left wanting with 1875 watts of power. It takes just 40 seconds to heat up and provides up to 20 minutes of steam time.

The Hilife HL7 Steamer is the perfect entry-level clothes steamer. It’s designed to be a no-frills steamer to help you get your clothes in better shape before you leave the house. If you’re looking for something professional, you’ll have to spend a little more. The thing we love most about this steamer is how easy it is to use – it’s not overburdened with complicated settings. Instead, it just has a simple on/off switch, which means anyone can figure it out. 

With a 240ml water reservoir, you get about 15 minutes of steaming before it needs refilling. It has an ample 700 watts of power and comes with a nine-foot power cord, making it easy to move around as you work. As we said, this isn’t the kind of steamer used on clothes before the New York Fashion Show but if you want your clothes to look crisper and last longer, it will certainly do the job. 

Sometimes you need to get your clothes steamed in a pinch. It could be on the way to a wedding, big event, or during a business trip where you are a thousand miles away from your trusty home steamer. For these situations, it is helpful to have a portable clothes steamer so you can look as good as you would at home without having to lug around your vertical clothes steamer that is sitting so patiently at home.

iSteam’s handheld clothes steamer is a 4-in-1 product that combines easy-to-use functions with personalization features to offer you one of the best travel steamers on the market. For those of you who don’t have the time, energy or patience to get your clothes ironed after washing them, a portable steamer is a great way of speeding up the process and ensuring that you don’t look like you crawled out of a ditch. The iSteam comes at a great price so you don’t need to break to bank to look good and provides you with enough water to steam 2 shirts with one fill so you can just focus on steaming at quick intervals throughout the day when you have the time. 

If you are looking for a lightweight and portable solution to your steam cleaning needs, then this compact PurSteam handheld model is ideal. Fitted with a powerful 900W heating element, it’s easy to use and heats up thoroughly in just 90 seconds, beginning to produce steam after only 1 minute.

It works will plain old, ordinary tap water and doesn’t require any additives. With a uniquely shaped design, it’s easy to hold and operate without any tipping or spillage. Overall it can hold a maximum of 180ml of water to produce steam and is gentle enough to use on even your more delicate fabrics.

When looking for a travel clothes steamer, the PureSteam (not to be confused with PurSteam) from Pure Enrichment is a great product to consider. Designed with an improved nozzle to distribute steam evenly and consistently, you can watch your clothes become wrinkle free in no time at all right before your eyes.

The product is small enough to pack into your suitcase or backpack for when you need to travel across the country or the world for work and can help you show up to meet clients and need to impress. If you are in a hurry, then the PureSteam can get your clothes sorted in a matter of minutes, while still delivering great results each time.

With a tagline such as The World’s Best Steamers, you should hope that PurSteam can back up what they claim. They also claim that Heavy Duty Garment is the ultimate steamer in the whole of the USA. At the very least, we can admire their confidence.

But talk is cheap (as is the product, which is a nice bonus), but it appears that PurSteam actually do practice what they preach. This is a great vertical steam iron that is easily to set up, easy to use, and easy to store. It comes with several helpful features that make the whole steaming experience so much simpler. These include the built-in clothes hanger to hold the clothes in place and save you doing some weird rain dance trying to get just one shirt steamed.

If you are looking for excellent value in your portable or regular steamer then look no further than URPOWER’s portable garment steamer. Topping out at just $25.99, this is the best value for steamers of any kind on this list while still managing to deliver excellent quality to keep you clothes crease-free.

Unlike other portable steamers on this list, the URPOWER comes with a large water tank to provide longer steaming times and more crisp, clean clothes to show off all over the world. It has been designed with convenience along with a great features that put your safety first and prevent burns. The steamer is just as effective as an iron but will shave precious minutes from the tedious ironing routine. If you find yourself needing to get smart quickly, then the URPOWER portable handheld clothes steamer is the best portable steamer you can find for that amount of money.

Not based on the Nicolas Cage film (imagine that, though), but instead just a fabric steamer that looks like a droid out of Star Wars and can still steam your clothes to perfection. It works just as well as one that you would find in any garment shop across the country and heats up in just 30 seconds for fast and efficient steaming which creates an argument for it being in the running for the best handheld steamer available.

Conair ExtremeSteam is easy to fill and is lightweight to take anywhere you go if you need to, as well as having an ample cord length to prevent having to drag around extension cables. Unlike some steamers, it comes with a trigger button so that you don’t waste any water and can steam more clothes than you expected and with its Dual Heat technology, you get steam that is 30% hotter than other steamers. There have been reports of the product breaking after 6 months to a year, but there are a number of helpful guides on Amazon that can get it fully operational in under 10 minutes to continue steaming as much as you need.

This portable steam iron is one of the most powerful and effective steamers available and comes with an 180 ml tank to ensure you can steam more clothes for longer. It is small enough to use when away from home but also effective enough to double as your every day fabric steamer at home.

It is lightweight and compact enough to comfortably fit in your backpack if you are taking just a short trip and comes with a long two-point cable, meaning there is no need to carry around awkward extension cords. The steamer is also fast acting, taking just over a minute (around 70 seconds) to heat up and will give you 9 minutes of steaming on a full tank. A great product for smartening up clothes after sitting in suitcases after a long flight, the Lemontec Portable Steamer gives you excellent results every time. The tank is larger than other portable steamers which means you can steam more clothes than usual and can even be taken apart to fit better inside your luggage.