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Steaming devices one smoothed best.(up front: News / Trends / Advice)(Conair Steam Press FSP5, Home Touch Perfect Steam PS-200, Rowenta Expert Steam DG980)(Product/service evaluation)

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| September 01, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Paying a dry cleaner to remove wrinkles from clothes may not be as pricey as paying for Botox to remove them from other places, but it's not cheap. So you might be tempted to buy a steamer to do the job. We used three--the Conair Steam Press FSP5, $85; Home Touch Perfect Steam PS-200, $50; and Rowenta Expert Steam DG980, $250--to remove creases from rumpled cotton shirts and linen.

What we found. The expensive Rowenta, which is a tad larger than a regular iron and emits three to nine times more steam, easily removed wrinkles from dry linen. ...

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