Nori Press Travel Steam Iron - Handheld Iron With Optional Steam Feature - No Ironing Board Required - Easy to Use w/ 6 Fabric Settings - Removes Wrinkles - User Manual Included -White

I love that the name NORI is a play on iron, that's so cute and didn't click til I saw the box. Speaking of the box, beautiful packaging, really felt like I was opening a luxury product.Initial thoughts of the iron itself: it's bigger than I expected it to be, which is great. I was suprised at how lightweight it is even with its size. I love that instead of choosing a temperature, you choose your material type. Took the guess work out of needing to know what temp to iron certain materials at. I initially tried to iron a pair of pants that I threw on the counter, and quickly realized that was much more difficult than ironing while hanging. I feel like a good add-on the company could provide with this iron would be some kind of easy doorway clip/hanger that makes it quick and easy to hang your item while you iron it. I love that it's a steamer and an iron. I used the steam and linen setting to de wrinkle my linen pants and it worked like a charm. If I had to change one thing, I would put the steamer vents on the outside of the iron, or make one of the "arms" reversible so the steam can be used on the outside of the iron. When I steam things, I like to be able to run the steamer across the front of the item and I can't do that with the Nori. I can't steam my wool hats, which means I need to have an additional steamer in my home to do that. Just a thought for products moving forward. Overall, I love the Nori. Such a great upgrade to frantically using a too-hot hair straightener to last minute iron out collars and hems before I run out of the house. It's defintiely the millennial way of ironing and it makes sense because none of us have an ironing board or iron anymore, so the product really is a modern solution to long standing problems!

The Nori Press has been a travel game-changer for me. We were headed to a wedding in Mexico, and I was looking for something lightweight that would do a good job of removing wrinkles, because my dress was going to be crammed into a small carry-on. (Incidentally, Nori was small enough to fit in that small carry-on!) It heated up quickly, was super easy to use, and did an amazing job of getting the wrinkles out. While I bought Nori for travel, I love it so much, I’ve started using it at home instead of my iron. I couldn’t be a bigger fan, and highly recommend this product.

I purchased this item in hopes that it would cut out having to pull out the iron and ironing board- and it did exactly that! This iron heats up quickly, it works very well, and it’s very easy to use. I love that it’s user friendly and it can also be used as a steam iron with a pretty large water capacity for such a small item! I have used this iron a few times on some of my nicer dresses, and wrinkles came out within a pass or two. This product really seems like it will hold up well over the next few years, I can’t wait to continue using it!

The media could not be loaded. Why did you pick this product vs others?:As an avid traveler, this press comes in handy, especially in situations where an iron is not available or easily accessible. It knocks out wrinkles pretty well, so that is helpful.My critique would be on ease of use when trying to find the right placement, especially with long sleeve blouses and larger items like pants or dresses. It’s hard to get to the center of the item, and as you start at the top and work your way down the clothing, you can start to cause a crease/wrinkle in another section.It would be great to have the iron section a bit longer to cover more material as you iron, as well, if the clamps/arms could be extended forward and backwards to almost turn it into a normal iron when necessary.Hope that makes sense and that this feedback is helpful for future updates. I will definitely pack it on trips as a backup.

The media could not be loaded. I saw a video for this product by happenstance while perusing Amazon - my favorite pastime - and was intrigued. I watched the product video and then called Jake, who does his own ironing because he truly finds ironing relaxing. But sometimes he’s in a hurry or doesn’t want to bother with getting out the ironing board.We watched the other videos, and each and everyone seemed to handle this steamer perfectly. Plus all the reviews were great.But still, I waited a few weeks before finally caving in and ordering it. It came today and we were so excited - don’t know about offspring Jake, but I was wondering if I was being inhabited by the spirit of a 1950s housewife, I was so excited.Jake is traveling in two days for training, so he is getting his clothes ready and he got his shirts out, because what a perfect item to begin with.That’s when I began to realize that my short-term, long-distance relationship with this steamer-iron was infatuation, not true love. This was my first time at being taken in by emotions over a web-based relationship.Meeting in person took away all the glamour and mystery.My first clue was that the very first instruction is “Start by laying your garments on a flat surface - it’s easier for maneuvering. And the product page states SAVE SPACE NO IRONING BOARD REQUIRED. And NO CLUNKY IRONING BOARD REQUIRED.There’s a problem though. I can’t use my table, because that’s where we eat; end tables are too small. And the floor is too low - not to mention hard on the knees.A flat surface, a flat surface, hmmmmm - I KNOW! An ironing board! But - I’m not supposed to have to use one. And besides, all the videos, save for one, show the person ironing while the garment is hanging up.Okay, that’s what we’ll do. We have one of those portable racks for drying clothes in the sunshine or in the house. If you use one, make sure you put a carpet down first as the steamer will spit on your floor.The rest of the instructions, and I use that term very loosely, and really worthless. Very cute written copy, but it’s cute at the expense of information.So we drag it out and we get started.Now watch the video.It’s dangerous. To use the buttons and keep re-filling it with water and to keep turning it - the fingers get way too close to the plates for safety and comfort.It’s just way too much trouble and doesn’t really do a good job.Those videos we watched? Don’t know what those people are doing that we couldn’t figure out how to do, but I feel cheated.Towards the end I used my 5-year-old $20 steamer to show that it does a far superior job to this Much easier to use as well.Returning this.And it’s back to the old drawing board. Er, ironing board.NOT recommended.Oh - and speaking of cute - NORI - IRON - palindrome….