Forget heavy boards, overpriced dry-cleaning runs, and the nerve-wracking moment when your iron gets just a little too hot on your AJE silk dress. The sleek Tefal Care For You First Automatic Garment Steamer is a de-wrinkling, sanitising and clothes automatic-clothes-drying triple threat – that is ready to let off a little steam so you don’t have to.
To start (incase you mixed the very excited memo in the headline!) it can take on three items of clothing at once. Three. In ten minutes. That’s your Monday meeting shirt, Tuesday dress, and a backup pair of trousers all done before you’ve even finished scrolling Insta… err … the BBC News. And, unlike the arm workout that is handheld steaming, the Care For You First does all the (literal) heavy lifting for you with its 360° rotating hangers and clever automatic straightening clips. So, no weird creases in random places, no fuss and no arms that feel like they’ve been doing 30 minutes of bicep curls at Anytime Fitness. And, frankly, we’re shook.
But, this device isn’t just about vanity. It’s about hygiene too. In just 20 minutes, it can reduce odours, which means yesterday’s butter chicken scented jacket, or your gym bag no longer need to carry a scent. Give it 40 minutes, and the Tefal Care For You First Automatic Garment Steamer kills bacteria, viruses and germs without a single drop of detergent or chemicals.
It also doubles as a gentle dryer – five times faster than air drying, with zero risk of shrinking or singeing. So, while you may be having “I have nothing to wear dilemmas”, that no longer covers that delicate blouse you’d normally lay flat for 24 hours, which you can now can slip on by dinner. And. because it runs on the natural power of steam, it’s energy-efficient, eco-friendly and endlessly kinder to fabrics than blasting them in a tumble dryer or scrubbing them with chemicals.
Will all of the above render your local dry cleaner obsolete? While you’re probably still safer sending your nan’s heirloom wedding dress to the pros, it can certainly help you spend less money (and time) on dry cleaning. To test it for yourself, pop that wool suit or silk dress you’d usually send off in theTefal Care For You First Automatic Garment Steamer and let us know what you get. When we tried this at home, we were pretty chuffed with the no lint-covered plastic hangers or mystery “handling fees” attached, results.
Basically, the Tefal Care For You First Automatic Garment Steamer is to ironing what the smartphone was to landlines: a complete re-think that makes you wonder why we ever put up with the old way. Whether you’re a time-poor professional, a parent constantly battling school uniforms, or someone who just likes their linen looking sharp without the drama, this device is a wardrobe win.
We’re calling it: ironing is cancelled.
