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FUNKY Retro Steam Iron, Ceramic Soleplate, 3m Cord, 450ml Water Tank, Rose Gold Pink (FI-02-ROSEGOLDPINK)

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The lightweight Fridja takes about 45 seconds to warm up and is capable of providing up to 14 minutes of continuous steaming. The whole system is comprised of a hand unit, a 260ml water tank, a flat plastic collar stiffener, a collapsible clothes hanger, a soft fabric guard for delicates and a nice velvet pouch to put it all in. In a stroke of minor genius, it also comes with a space-saving adaptor that allows you to use any standard plastic drinks bottle instead of the main water tank. Prym’s mini steam iron is sold as a craft or travel iron, and we agree that it is superbly well suited to those purposes. If you only tend to iron small quantities of clothes at once, you might also consider it as your go-to for day-to-day ironing. It comes with a drawstring pouch, too.

A special mention goes to the Sensixx’x DI90 water measuring beaker, which pours much more neatly than most of its competitors. is about executing the plan and delivering excellent products to as many customers as possible. We expect our retail base to grow significantly from the current 81 stores in the UK and Ireland which sell our products. We also expect the international side of our business to start in 2022, with the USA and Canada, the UAE and Australia and New Zealand likely to be the first international territories for our products. What do you love to do in your free time?During testing, we envisioned that the Philips PerfectCare Steam Generator 7000 would be absolutely ideal for families with plenty of washing to get through, or for houses bursting with bedrooms, and therefore plenty of sheets to change. It would be especially ideal for anyone renting out rooms in their house who needs to do industrial levels of laundry. In recent decades, steam generator irons have emerged as a strong competitor to the traditional steam iron. These incorporate a separate steam-generator tank, which will typically be able to deliver a higher volume of steam to the soleplate than a traditional in-built reservoir could. Steam generator irons tend to have higher ironing power compared to a conventional iron – the only real downside is that they take up a lot more room. Things to consider Key specs – Capacity: 1.3L; Dimensions: 38.5 x 25.2 x 25.5 cm; Weight: 0.8kg; Cable length: 1.9m; Wattage: 2600W; Steam output: 100gpm; Features: Variable steam function, vertical steam function, anti-drip system

Like most of its high-end steam generators, the Series 8000 coms with a large, detachable, 1.8-litre water reservoir and an excellent Easy De-Calc Plus descaler that continually collects limescale before depositing it into its easily-cleaned limescale channel. It also features a vertical steaming mode for decreasing curtains, suits and other dress wear. The Philips PerfectCare Steam Generator 7000 was the surprise standout favourite of our ironing test run. It was easy for us to hastily judge this iron on looks alone; it's very big, a bit strange looking compared to a conventional iron and quite heavy too.Key specs – Capacity: 0.18L; Dimensions: 29.2 x 21.6 x 17.6 cm; Weight: 2.1kg; Cable length: 1.9m; Wattage: 2000W; Steam output: Not given; Features: Adjustable steam and spray settings Key specs – Capacity: 0.45L; Dimensions: 26.8 x 14.8 x 11.3 cm; Weight: 1kg; Cable length: 3m; Wattage: 2600W; Steam output: 50gpm; Features: Anti-calc, auto-off As we mentioned in the introduction to this article, steam generator irons are built to deliver steam at higher volumes than a conventional steam iron, which means they should be able to iron more powerfully. Simply put, they’re like a regular steam iron, but steamier. Fabric suitability: Some garment steamers specify they can be used on ‘delicate fabrics’ and others go into more detail about which fabrics they can be used on (sequins, beads etc) so buy one that will suit your wardrobe. Picture the scene… You’re about to go to a wedding and you have your favourite shirt – possibly your only shirt – ready on the ironing board. You have just minutes to spare, so you turn on your steam iron, place it on the shirt, pull the steam trigger and – holy mother of pearl – a spurt of limescale splatters itself all over the front. We’ve all been there. Well, the clever bods at Tefal appear to have solved this ridiculous peculiarity by fitting a MicroScale filter to this classy iron that removes 100% of any scale in the steam chamber before it reaches the soleplate. We like that, a lot.

When I asked both of them how to find a good idea for a new business, their answers were pretty much the same. They told me to find something which every household has in it and put your own twist on it. Four days later, my wife Sadie and I were driving to our local hardware store when she commented that ironing board covers were pretty garish and not very funky, to which I replied, “Hang on a minute, forget about ironing board covers, there are no Funky Irons in the world, they all look the same!” Winning the “Best New Product Small Domestic Appliances” at the ERT Awards in London in December 2021 for our Funky Toaster was a true standout moment for the Management Team as well as Sadie and myself. To win such a prestigious award beating Beko, Morphy Richards, Hoover, Roidmi and Dualit to the trophy was incredible.As part of the new licensing deal with RKW, we will launch a new range of Funky Housewares and Funky Cookware in 2022. RKW are very skilled in the sourcing of these products and we have worked closely with them in the design of our debut housewares range which will launch soon. The Funky Cookware range is being designed at the moment as well as a range of Funky Knives. Steam generators work in the same way as bog standard irons, only they’re a lot more powerful and therefore faster, easier and more efficient for ironing large amounts of laundry.Unlike a standard iron, a steam generator is comprised of a separate unit containing a water reservoir, boiler and pump that connects to a lightweight iron via a length of insulated rubber hosing. I have been an entrepreneur for the last 21 years. Before that, I worked for Wilson Sporting Goods, SAP and Compaq. Most of that time was in Munich, Germany where I lived on and off for nearly 10 years. Once I broke out to being my own person and starting new businesses, I fell in love with the challenge. Can you start a business from a blank piece of paper and make it successful? Swan’s steam generator iron is an exceptionally well-made model. Ironing with it feels as smooth as spreading warm butter, and it melts away wrinkles phenomenally well.

All of the RKW senior Management Team were with us on our table that day. Rob Sutton, who has been in the industry 30 years, commented on how it was unheard of for a new brand and product to take such an award. You’ve just partnered with RKW (Europe’s largest small domestic appliance and houseware distributor) and signed a 3 year licensing agreement. What other exciting things do you have planned for 2022?

My wife Sadie. She has always believed in me. We’ve been together for 17 years now and we’ve known had some amazing highs with my working life and some lows. Finding an idea together for this business has been amazing, as it really is a husband and wife creation and she has as much passion for the product and brand as I do. How do you relax outside of work? Experience tells us Bosch appliances tend to perform very well – and based on our testing of the Sensixx’x DI90 that theory holds up. Heading to the front end, the Funky features two sets of independent controls, one for each pair of slots. That’s a major plus in my book because it means you’re not wasting precious energy by having four sets of elements blazing when you may only need two. However, steam generators do have a number of disadvantages. They’re more expensive than irons, they take up to three minutes to warm up, and their base units are quite heavy and bulky and ideally need to be used on a steam generator-specific ironing board (Brabantia produces an excellent range of sturdy models). They also tend to make a buzzing noise while the steam is being pumped from the main unit to the iron.

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