Jiffy Steamer J-4000 Pro-Line Commercial Garment Steamer
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Jiffy Steamer J-4000 Pro-Line Commercial Garment Steamer
Customer Review: My favorite new toy!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have thought of buying a high quality garment steamer, this is the one to get. There are a few things that aren't clear from the description that I thought I'd share. First, the reservoir can hold more than a gallon of water, and I wasn't sure how long it would take to be "ready" to steam - well, if you fill the reservoir completely, it takes about 15 minutes to heat up the water to be ready. The steam is HOT and continuously pumps out of the steamhead, until you turn the machine off, or on standby. And the reservoir holds enough water to continuously steam for about 2 hours. Don't think that you will be able to steam up your clothes each morning before you go to work, because of the impracticality of heating up the water for 15 minutes first (I suppose you could, but that wouldn't be a very environmentally-friendly usage of this great tool). What I did this weekend was spent about 45 minutes steaming just about everything in my closet that had the slightest wrinkle to it. I think this is the first time in my life I don't have anything in my closet that is wrinkled! This machine is going to save me a ton in dry cleaning bills because about half the time, my dry-clean-only clothes aren't exactly dirty, just wrinkled. But the steam also removes odors - I noticed this when I was steaming my draperies - the steam released a dusty/musty smell from the drapes while I was steaming them. Anyway, bottom line, this is a good buy. Easy to assemble and definitely a quality work horse. One down side is that it does have a rather large "footprint" so you will need a little space in your closet or laundry room to keep it handy and ready to rock. Good luck and enjoy!Customer Review: New to steamers
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got into nice clothing and a salesman at a clothing store in Boston said if you have the space for it, get the real thing - a comercial Jiffy steamer. I took his advice and am very pleased with it. Works very well and it steams up my 510 square foot condo well enough to activate my fire alarm in about 20min.Customer Review: Not for Me
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this steamer to replace my much hated iron. I have to iron uniform shirts, tee shirts and khaki pants every morning. I found the steamer to be much less effective on those items than an iron and more time consuming. I am terribly disappointed because I very much wanted to throw my iron away. Instead I am exchanging my steamer for a new iron.Customer Review: Not worth the money
Summary: 1 Stars
If you are looking for a nice ironed look, this does NOT provide that. I ordered this last year (delayed review) the first was broken, of course Amazon exchanged it without any problems, a few weeks later I got the second steamer, again broken. Since I was desperately looking for a good steamer (I had heard they were great but never owned one), I send the second back in exchange for a third one. Finally I got one that seemed intact and steam was coming out of it, so very excited I started to steam my business clothes. In a few short minutes I realized that I would never get the ironed business look that I was looking for. Now this may be my fault and my ignorance for not knowing this, so I guess I set myself up for disappointment, but I expected more. It also occurred to me how difficult this was to do without a steaming board, I am sure after a little bit of practice I would have gotten the hang of it with or without the steaming board but in my opinion the board would be very helpful and I would have ordered had the steamer not stopped working after the first 30 minutes. Initially I thought it had overheated, so I unplugged it and tried again the next day. Nothing. I tried everything that it said in the manual (Troubleshooting), still NOTHING. I tried again and again (I guess I refused to believe that I would get a broken item 3 times in a row), but after 1 week I finally decided that this is NOT what I was looking for. The steamer worked ok for the first 30 minute, but even then the clothes were not completely wrinkle free, maybe it's just me, but for this kind of money I expected much more, not to mention that I expected a functioning item.Customer Review: Not worth the price
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this product over the less expensive ones in order to get my hanging drapes really steamed out with a professional look. It didn't work....or, it might have if I'd have had several days and countless hours to stand with the small head barely moving over every inch of the fabric. It's also very heavy once filled with water. I haven't even bothered to try it on clothes, because I can't see that it would be any better. The big disappointment was the manufacturer will not allow returns on any opened box....so, duh? How are you supposed to check it out? Now, I'm stuck with a $200 steamer that's in the way. Anyone want to buy it?