Best Home Touch PS-200 Perfect Steam Commercial Garment Steamer Deals

Customer Ratings:
List Price: $59.99
Sale Price: $56.62
Today's Bonus: 6% Off

I've updated my review after 6 mos of use: I've found the Homemedics PS-200 "Perfect Steam" has been fine for all types of clothing. This is the smallest, value-priced model, so I wouldn't expect it have enough steam for thick upholstery or to press creases and folds. It's upright. Commercial steamers don't do this either without a flat surface. They're for removing wrinklesnot pressing clothes.

I bought it to use instead of a steam iron and for the same price, it's faster and easier. It has worked for denim jeans, suits, blankets, wrinkled khakis and dress shirts. Read the manual for tipsit helps to have the pole all the way up. When the hose starts to gurgle, water is condensing in the hose. Just hold the hose straight up and let the water drip back into the tank. The manual says this is normal and the condensation does not affect the steam. I find it's ready in 15 seconds! Also, steam runs consistently when the clothing is hung higher than the polemeaning I have to hang clothing from the top of a door frame or shower rod. The hose is long enough to reach but I wish the pole could have been made to extend a foot taller. I'm sure the reason it's not longer is that it would have made the unit too unstable (tip over more easily with added height) it's a very lightweight unit with a small base. It's small enough to fit inside my tiny closet. Distilled water is a must in Colorado. The water does need to be emptied out after each use or else mildew/mold will form. You may have to lift and tip the unit over a sink and shake the hose to completely empty. I was expecting much less for the price and was pleasantly surprised.

I wouldn't rate it as a "commercial" use steamer... Especially with the reports of the hose breaking off if you're not gentle in handling it. It's too light a model. The light weight and small size is convenient for home and the reason the pole can't be extended higher (requiring you to hang your garment up separately from the pole), but it's not sturdy enough for industrial/commercial needs.

Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>

I had the same problem with the steam petering out. What is happening is that there is buildup of minerals in the pipes and it eventually clogs. The way to fix this is to take off the hose and the reservoir and put vinegar in where the hose was and where the reservoir was. Let it sit. Then take a turkey baster bulb and put it over the opening for the hose and flush. AFter a little work it will finally free up and you are good for another 8 mos. If you used distilled water it wouldn't do this but that is ridiculous.

As for the how breaking....mine did that after about 2 years. The plastic simply fatigues. I called homedics and they said they will send me out a new one free immediately.

The above sounds like a hassle... but this steamer beats the pants off the Conair and the Shark and..it sounds like it beats the rowenta.

The only thing I don't like is that the pole could be longer.

Best Deals on Home Touch PS-200 Perfect Steam Commercial Garment Steamer

My sister and I each received one of these steamers as a gift for Christmas, 2003. In a now familiar chorus, after nearly a year of use, hers started tripping the reset button every time she used it, and just today, the hose snapped off of mine, just like reviewer G. Williams.

I loved this little steamer, and probably used it an average of 4 days out of the week. I never had a problem with the performance until now...and the broken hose is a big one! How ironic that just today, I was bragging to someone about what a good little machine it was. Famous last words.

update: 5/05...i went on the homedics website to send an email about the hose. there was no product category for the steamer, so i just picked one of the other products and wrote about the steamer anyway, asking how to buy a new hose. after about 3 weeks, i got a reply from their CS who said they would just send me a new hose...free! it came about 3 weeks later...during which time they had gotten mixed up and sent me an additional brush, and even called my home and left a message about the mix-up and apologised profusely. I was really pleased with the way this was handled.

So, now my steamer is back in business, and I am once more wrinkle free...at least from the neck down.

Honest reviews on Home Touch PS-200 Perfect Steam Commercial Garment Steamer

The garment steamer was easy to assemble and begin using. The user manual is adequate -we'd recommend special attention to the need to hold the hose up high frequently to drain any condensation back to the reservoir -to avoid sputtering on the garment. Because it does exactly what we expected it to do, we rate it at 5 stars -a very nice applicance for a reasonable price.

Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Home Touch PS-200 Perfect Steam Commercial Garment Steamer

I read an article about steamers, and decided to try this one because it has all the features suggested for a good steamer, and at about 1/4 the price of commercial grade ones. It does a nice job, so far, I have to say i am very pleased. I think if you take care of it, by emptying out the water container and small amount of water left in the bottom of the machine between uses, as the instructions suggest, this little steamer should be fine for household use. I like to freshen things up between dry cleanings and it really does the trick and saves lots of time.