It’s amazing what products you’ll find for sale at your local supermarket or home goods store. Laundry sprays, gadgets and additives, all aimed at helping you get rid of wrinkles. These are often expensive and ineffective. They turn clean, dry clothes into clean, damp clothes, can collect residue on clothes, don’t always smell good, and often don’t work.

If you’re frustrated with so-called wrinkle straighteners, it’s time to break out the electric iron and get it right. Modern irons take only a minute or two to heat up. They have multiple settings and options for all your different clothes. Once you buy one you have it for years without further expense. And best of all: they really work.

Ironing has been used for hundreds of years. The fibers in your clothes have small, long-chain molecules that give them their shape and structure. The heat from the iron relaxes those molecules, while the weight of the iron presses them into the flat shape of the soleplate. When they cool down, they stay in this new, flatter configuration.

Aerosols don’t really do that; And while you may be able to relax some of the wrinkles, it’s just as likely to distort your garment as you pull it straight.

Heat, weight, and a flat surface are the key to why flat irons are so effective. And if you haven’t used an iron that has been made in recent years, you’re in for a big surprise. The modern iron is more temperature sensitive, more customizable and more versatile than ever.

Most electric irons for home use are steam irons. This means that they have an internal water reservoir. The heating mechanism that heats the soleplate of the iron also heats the water in the reservoir, allowing it to infuse a mist or cloud of moisture into your clothes, helping to further loosen the fibers. Steam settings can be easily turned off for certain fabrics.

The consistency of the heating mechanism, the effectiveness of the steam options, and the safety features (such as auto shut-off and non-stick plates) make the modern electric griddle fast, easy to use, and far more effective than some cheap chemical products. . in a bottle