travel steamer – Clothes Steamer

Urpower are makers of budget small home appliances, including portable garment steamers. With similar designs updated for 2020, we take a look at Urpower steamers to see if they are worth buying. The Original Urpower Garment Steamer Urpower steamers are designed as a small handheld steamer with travel in mind. Measuring 8.8 inches by 6.2 inches urpower steamers are fairly compact and include a travel bag to store the steamer whilst traveling or not in use. We really like that the urpower steamers come with a steaming mitt. If you've spent any time reading the posts on best garment steamers, you'll know we are all about protecting your hands from steam and potential burns. Unfortunately, not a lot of garment steamer manufacturers recognize this and neglect to include any kind of hand protection with their steamers. We are delighted that this has not been overlooked by Urpower. The Urpower steamer also comes with a 2 year warranty. Most budget steamers offer a 12 month warranty. For a steamer that is priced under $25, a 2 year warranty is impressive. For a steamer that is priced under $25, a 2 year warranty is impressive. That's about all the nice things we have to say about this Urpower steamer though. First of all, the Urpower steamer is restricted to a maximum tilt of 45 degrees. This means, if you had the handheld steamer in your hand and needed to lean it over to reach a certain area of your clothing, you could only lean it up to 45 degrees. This makes the Urpower steamer quite limited when it comes to uses. There's no tilting to steam the bottom of curtains, no steaming wrinkles from clothes laying on the bed, your bed covers or sheets. No tilting the steamer past 45 degrees to steam soft furnishings such as lounge cushions, or armchairs. In short, you can hold it upright, lean it over a little bit, but it will be prone to spitting and spluttering water as most steamers of this design do. The water tank is 130ml, which is approximately 4.4 fluid ounces. The urpower steamer will run for around 10 minutes of continuous steaming, which for a travel steamer, is expected. There are some good qualities to this Urpower steamer, such as overheating protection. The steamer will automatically shut off if the unit gets too hot or the water level is too low. Again, for a low priced garment steamer, this is a good feature. We really had a hard time finding the exact wattage and steam output of the Urpower steamer. We expect that Urpower are keeping this information under wraps because it would be another reason not to buy this steamer. Given the heat up time is 2 minutes, for 4.4 oz of water, this is a really long time. That alone tells me this urpower steamer is not very powerful. We haven't tried the urpower steamer ourselves, as quite frankly, we won't purchase any steamer that cannot be tilted past 45 degrees. There are far better steamers on the market for 2020 which are similarly priced and have much better features. We'll discuss that further below. URPOWER STEAMER PROSURPOWER STEAMER CONS2 year warrantycannot tilt past 45 degreesauto shut off / overheat protection2 minute heat up timesteaming mitt includedsmall water tankinexpensive Check Latest Price on Amazon Urpower Steamer 2020 Update The Urpower steamer has also had an upgrade for 2020, and now features a larger water tank. The water tank has increased from 4.4 oz to 6 oz (130ml to 180ml). With the increased water tank size, comes a slight design change to the appearance of the water volume on the front. All other features of the urpower steamer are the same as the original model. The urpower 2020 steamer is a 700 watt model. This is not very powerful when it comes to handheld steamers. These steamers will be best used for lightweight summer clothing. If you need to steam wrinkles from denim, linen, suit fabrics etc, we don't suggest the urpower steamer. It is not likely to handle these types of fabrics well. Also, the lack of tilt function with the urpower steamers makes them more prone to spitting water. This is a common complaint among consumer feedback about the urpower steamers. URPOWER STEAMER PROSURPOWER STEAMER CONS2 year warrantycannot tilt past 45 degreeslarger capacity water tanklacks decent steam powerauto shut off / overheat protectionsteaming mitt includedinexpensive If we were going to choose between the two urpower steamers, our choice would be the upgraded 2020 model with the larger water tank. Both models are priced under $25, which make them quite affordable for a travel garment steamer. Unfortunately, the lack of ability to tilt the steamer past 45 degrees is a huge turn off, especially when a known problem with steamers such as this is spitting of water. Check Latest Price on Amazon Many of the inexpensive garment steamers are the same design as the urpower steamer. A comparative steamer, with a much larger water tank would be the Hilife Steamer. If you really want to buy a decent handheld steamer however, please read our post on the best handheld steamers for 2020. There's no fluff, just the best choices, whether it be for travel, home use, college or ironing and steaming in one. What Would We Recommend Instead of the Urpower Steamer? We're quite impressed with the Bizond steamer as a good choice for a travel garment steamer. It is slightly more expensive than the urpower steamers, but also comes with a 3 year warranty, 25 second heat up and 360 degree steaming angle. You can view our full review on the Bizond steamer here. The Polardo steamer is another great choice for a handheld travel steamer. Like the Bizond Steamer above, the Polardo steamer can be used at any angle, heats up in 25 seconds, runs for around 10 minutes and has an automatic shutdown.