Test: what is the value of the Express Compact Easy Control steam generator from Calor?

Published on 04/28/2024 18:05

The steam generators promise fast, easy and efficient ironing. So dreadful that? Calor's Express Compact Easy Control displays one of the lowest prices in its class, we've tested it.

The life-size test

The situation . Although I was adamant about the ironing of the linen, I was until then only equipped with a standard steam iron. Perfect nonsense because my requirement for laundry maintenance is accompanied by a family consisting of a baby, two part-time step-sons and a spouse who has a rather archaic notion of sharing tasks. Surrounded by stacks of ironing clothes and little helped, I was the ideal candidate for a steam power station.

The a priori. I was however braked in this acquisition: not only by the size and weight of a steam plant, but especially by the delicate and risky handling of the pressure vessel. The dangerous tank cap to open as long as the pressure has not gone down, waiting for the water that needs to heat ... For me central steamer rhymes with fear and impatience.

Ready for ironing with the Express Compact Easy Control from Calor

Its more . The Express Compact Easy Control from Calor has the advantage of unlimited autonomy. And above all, unlike the number of steam generators, the water is poured into a tank that feeds the tank and not directly into it. No more pressure worries! The Express Compact Easy Control reservoir can be filled as you iron, without the need to turn off and wait.

Its main asset: save time. Thanks to its power of 5 bar (for novices, remember that it is the value of the pressure of the vapor diffused) the stacks of ironing linen decrease much faster. Whereas 3 shirts, 5 bodysuits and 4 small pants took 50 minutes of ironing, with Calor's Express Compact Easy Control, the same amount of clothing is wrapped in 30 minutes.
Even linen, thick cotton and jeans are ironed in the blink of an eye. With a single click a steam jet comes to the end of the creases, while a simple passage of the iron in front of the shirts still suspended from their hanger gives results worthy of a pressing. Finished Sunday evening ironing with extension.

Its less. Difficult to deny: like any steam generator, the Express Compact Easy Control from Calor weighs heavier and takes up more room to store than a standard iron. But eventually faced with the efficiency of this steam power plant Calor and the ironing time that it earns, it would be petty to hold it to it.

Calor Express Compact Easy Control steam generator, suggested retail price 199,99 €.