Italsteam Light Weight Travel Steam Iron - Dual Voltage

Do not buy
I bought one from a mall kiosk. Problems: (1) black water will get on your clothes if you are not careful to rinse it out each time. (2) You have to refill it 2 or 3 times for each shirt. (3) The unit gets very hot and if you are not careful to only touch the handle, you will get burned. (4) It takes more power the more salt you put in it. It would dim my lights and it can easily blow a fuse.

Product is a complete rip-off/scam; Buyer Beware
I was in Vegas like another reviewer and bought this product thinking: 1. Quality must be good as it was made in Italy 2. Somehow, it worked in the kiosk and I even tried it myself.

I took it home (followed directions perfectly), and it just did not do a great job at all. In fact, it had a brown stuff coming out on the clothes. I will contact customer service and perhaps the credit card company.

I suppose, my only saving grace is that hopefully this review and others I will post online will prevent people from making the mistake that I did. A mistake that cost me 40 dollars.

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LOVE IT!
I bought my Italsteam at a mall in Florida about 8 months ago. I am a costume designer and wardrobe manager for theater companies and I do so without a car. It is small and portable and very easy to use if you follow the directions. I love it.
The only things you should really be aware of going in are that:

1. The steam only lasts 8 minutes and needs to be refilled. But for those 8 minutes it does an amazing job at getting out wrinkles in virtually any fabric I have tried it on. Yes you need to be careful after having used it for a while because the base does get hot but this is not exactly surprising considering there is no separate tank for the heating to happen in. I just keep a tea towel handy for use when when adding water. otherwise this does not do any harm to fabric.

2. You MUST use salt as per the instructions or the chemical reaction that produces the steam will not happen. (did it once out of necessity, it will not happen again).

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