Conair 1200 Watt Commercial Quality Compact Fabric Steamer, Model GS61R....Kills 99.9% of Germs and Bacteria

This item seems like a fire hazard. The tank and hose get super hot, but to me that makes sense since hot water/steam is being funneled into the hose, even though it seems to be nuisance. But I figured I could live with that. I kept on steaming and it started spitting water, so deciding this isn't for me, I go to turn the steamer off. But when I went to turn off the steamer, I burned my finger on the POWER button! (I was extremely careful to only touch the power button)It makes no sense that the power button would be burning hot to the point where you can't even turn it off. It seems to me that it is a major issue if the item can not be turned off correctly without burning one's skin.

I have a tablecloth that is too big for my ironing board, and ironing it on my bed takes over half an hour. With this little steamer and can steam out the wrinkles in about 15 minutes, and the tablecloth looks fantastic. I do believe that I'm going to use this machine a lot: on everything – linens, clothing, etc. It takes about 3 minutes to heat completely, but once it does, you have about 45 minutes to steam your clothes. I just steamed a jacket and two pairs of slacks and barely used half a tank of water. Oh, and the creaser attachment works like a charm!

I received the Conair Commercial Quality Compact Fabric Steamer to give it a try to see what I think. I like this for specific, continuous tasks like curtains as there is no on/off trigger for as you work. It is either ON or OFF. When you turn it OFF you have to wait for it to start back up. It does start up pretty quickly and the amount I filled it depended on what I was going to steam. This is not easy when doing individual garments, the stopping and starting. You get some dribbling. If it's on it just continues to spew steam. There is a hanging hook (shown in my photo) this is handy for setting it aside when doing garments, Because you can't set it down/downwards of you will get dribbles. I steamed my new curtains to remove folds while they were hanging and did all the windows took a bit, but worked great. We also used it to do a wedding veil, gown, all the bridesmaid dresses and Mother of the bride dress. You need to be careful with beading or any other embellishments. It comes with a clip- like the ones on a curling iron to make creases, but I have not tried that yet. It is a very serviceable steamer for infrequent use, but if you are planning on daily use I would upgrade a bit.

This steamer is an awesome little steamer! I've quickly and easily steamed drapes, clothes, and coats and they look immaculate! The only issue I've had with this steamer is that it's hard to completely remove the remaining water in the tank so I steam the rest of it out until no more steam comes out and I store the unit with the hose unattached to the steamer so that the water evaporates. It does gurgle sometimes but I've used steamers before so I just hold the hose up high until it stops gurgling. Otherwise, this is a very capable and efficient steamer and I'd recommend it to anyone!

I absolutely love this steamer!!! It's everything I could have hoped for in a steamer. It is small but don't let that fool you - it is very powerful. It heats up pretty fast and you can start steaming in roughly five minute! As for drainage I read that it was hard to do so I simply remove the hose and let it steam out. I also store it without the hose/nozzle connected to it. I use the garment hanger (included) to store the hose and nozzle (hang it) so if there's any water left in the base it will evaporate. Not only is it great for clothes (my son loves to use it!) but it works well on my curtains to get the wrinkles out and it even cleaned a spot on the sofa!