Now Iron your Clothes with SteamRail

Research shows that we spend 160 hours a year pressing our clothes which would round up to around a year and a half over a lifetime. Ironing and creasing is a crisis that will send the most accomplished domestic woman in a tizzy. Will I ever spend a day without wasting a few hours in the laundry room? It is a question that bewilders every woman – homemaker as well as a professional. 

Considered to be the most dreary of all household chores, pressing comes only in third in line after cleaning the bathrooms and de-greasing the oven. It’s a pity that despite the gadget invasion in our lives, the iron is perhaps the only electronic product that has been clearly neglected by technology. Washing machines and dryers have clearly revolutionised the way we do our laundry but ironing continues to be as archaic. 

The end of ironing? Device steams away creases in nine minutes

It's a question that perplexes even the most tireless domestic goddess: Will I ever reach the bottom of the ironing pile?

If the claims of a British company are to be believed, however, it’s a question that won’t be asked for much longer.

For the firm has invented a device – called the SteamRail – that apparently banishes the need to iron at all, wiping out the wrinkles and creases on up to 35 garments in just nine minutes. 

 

The system effectively pumps steam into a cabinet, where the heat and moisture leaves clothes smooth, smart and ready to wear.