The most striking thing about the LAURASTAR garment steamer is its high price, the basic model is priced at about 7,000 yuan, and the flagship model is as high as 30,000 yuan, which is more than ten times higher than ordinary products on the market. Founded in 1980, the company specializes in ironing care products, and has been honored as one of the eight great inventions of the Swiss century (1900-2000), and was featured in Time magazine in the United States in 2004. LAURASTAR did not use a strong promotional strategy when entering the Chinese market, and it was not as good as Panasonic and Philips in terms of brand awareness, but its garment steamer performance is outstanding, the steam released is extremely penetrating, the injection distance is more than 100cm, and it can achieve high-speed ironing in 15 seconds. In contrast, the products of other brands can basically only spray about 40cm, and the ironing efficiency is naturally slightly inferior.
 
Laurastar garment steamers are all produced in Portugal, and the national standard stipulates that products with steam pressure of more than 4kPa can be called pressure garment steamers, while Laurastar garment steamers are equipped with 350kPa constant pressure steam as standard, coupled with good structural design, the steam penetration far exceeds that of other brands' flagship products.
 
In addition to the strong steam output, the Laurastar garment steamer also has an intelligent steam mode, which does not need to adjust the steam volume when ironing, the iron slides forward, the steam is automatically ejected, and when the iron stops moving, the steam is no longer ejected. If it stops for about 10 minutes during the ironing process, the machine will also automatically turn off, which is a higher safety factor.
 
Garment steamer is often criticized for not being as smooth as an electric iron, and manufacturers have launched a garment ironing/flat ironing machine to solve this problem. LAURASTAR garment steamers are all garment ironing/flat ironing all-in-one machines, garment steaming mode is used for quick wrinkle removal, instant ironing and wearing, suitable for office workers with a tight pace of life. For stubborn wrinkles, you should choose the flat ironing mode, with a stand and a special ironing board, which is convenient for steam penetration, and it is more convenient to iron clothes with a particular fit such as suits.
 
The Lift series is LAURASTAR's most popular garment steamer and won the Red Dot Design Award in 2013. There are three products in this series, and the price range is 7000-10000 yuan. The temperature control knob of the basic Lift is indicated by dots, 3 dots generally correspond to cotton and linen, 2 dots correspond to wool, if the clothing is made of nylon, it is best to choose 1 dot, and it is equipped with a Teflon base plate to prevent the hot steam panel from damaging the clothing. If it is not possible to determine the applicable gear, look for the ironing mark on the garment label.
 
The Lift's water tank has a capacity of 1.1 liters, which is the same as other products on the market, but it can be used to add water while working, extending the steam output time and ironing more clothes. However, the warm-up takes 3 minutes, which is not fast enough compared to the 60-second warm-up time of Panasonic and Philips. The suction pump is noisy, and ironing in the middle of the night is easy to disturb the people.
 
The Lift plus and Lift plus SWISS only add a specially designed iron base plate to the Lift, which evenly releases steam, saving ironing time and preventing damage to the garment due to excessive friction. In addition, the automatic take-up function is also a highlight. However, on the whole, there is no qualitative improvement in performance, and if you want to be cost-effective, you should give priority to Lift.
 
Laurastar's flagship product with more than 10,000 yuan is more delicate, and the inside of the ironing board is equipped with a blower and suction function, which puffs up the clothes during ironing to prevent new wrinkles from being ironed. On the contrary, the suction function is mainly used to absorb light clothing and avoid pulling and deforming. However, in garment steaming mode, the iron bottom plate of about 1kg is not suitable for long-term operation with one hand.
 
It is worth noting that the amount of steam mentioned in the national standard refers to the quality of the garment steamer in a unit of time, which is g/min, while LAURASTAR claims that the steam output of its garment steamer is 200L/min, which cannot be directly converted and is difficult to compare. In addition, although the machine can directly add tap water, considering that it takes at least 300 yuan to replace the water purification filter element, it is still recommended to use purified water or distilled water.