Jiffy Steamer J-2000 Residential Series Garment Steamer

Indicative of the steamer's quality is the brass fitting attaching the hose to the tank. (A wrench to tighten the fitting is included, and it has magnets for storage on the base.) Other features include an automatic safety shutoff if the steamer runs dry and a stay-cool wand handle. The steamer's plastic base measures 11 inches wide, 17 inches high, and 14-1/2 inches deep. The steamer carries a one-year warranty against defects. --Fred Brack

Now my confession. I took a $2000 pair of drapes, and put them in the washer (cold cycle) and then the drier (for linens). Duh! I did it because they were yellow from smoke and if I was going to spend hundreds, I would spend another $2000 if the experiment didn't work. Hadn't had them cleaned in five years. The drapes were clean as a whistle, but wrinkled like a prune. The Jiffy Steamer dewringled them in 20 minutes flat after they were rehung.

The unit arrived with a broken caster. One phone call to customer service and a new one arrived in three days, and they didn't ask for the serial or model number.

Wait! There's more. I have a DeLonghi Steam Cleaner (I give it four stars), but I decided to use the garment steamer to remove grease from my George Foreman grill. That's because the garment cleaner head is hotter than hell on contact. It cleaned the grill fast! Encouraged, I used it to steam grease out of the oven. Worked fast! Then I used it to remove grease and old food from the rubber matts that line the sinks. Within a few seconds it actually boiled the residual water that lay in the sink! I took a tea bag and made tea with the boiled! OK. Now I'm lying.


Time-, Money-, and LIFE SAVER!   February 22, 2003
102 out of 111 found this review helpful

I have always dreaded the chore of ironing (who doesn't?), but, as a working-profesional, had to either iron my own clothes, or put up with expensive trips to the dry cleaner. Then I came across the Jiffy Steamer J-2000 while shopping at my favorite store. It's the wrinkle-removing steamer that the profesionals use, and it has literally changed my life. No longer do I have to haul out the ironing board - now, in just minutes, I effortlessly steam away wrinkles, and my clothes look dry-cleaner fresh. Everyone needs one of these in their home!


Worthwhile Purchase   October 24, 2004
M. Shea (Wisconsin)
71 out of 72 found this review helpful

After figuring out that I must be spending in excess of $1000 yearly to have my husband's oxford shirts cleaned and pressed, I decided to cut my losses and purchase a Jiffy steamer.
I am happy with the purchase, so much so that I routinely steam garments that I would not have ironed in the past (t-shirts especially come out looking store-bought new), and it takes very little time.
I have used the steamer on prom dresses with great success.
I am able to press a knife-edged crease in dress pants of all types of material.
I think the best thing about this appliance is that I feel I am damaging our clothing LESS than if I were using an iron.
Don't throw away your iron, however! I must still use it to finish off the collars and shoulders of my husband's work shirts.




Not an Iron for Sure   July 7, 2007
Christine Park
69 out of 72 found this review helpful

I had high hopes for this machine. Especially after having read all the reviews here, I anticipated that this steamer would do away w/ my iron forever. However, as a previous user has said, the steamer isn't an iron and it requires learning different techniques and accepting a different standard of "wrinkle free" (not the crisp kind from irons). After 2 weeks of testing it out, I had to return it. I generally don't spend too much $ on dry cleaning and I don't iron every day so perhaps this wasn't worth the price for the little that I thought I would use (coupled with the fact that it didn't produce crisp looks that I wanted). Plus, I burned myself 3x and maybe was too impatient to learn the technique (which I tried to find online w/o much success... if you have techniques, please share w/ other potential or existing buyers!).

I gave this 3 stars b/c it didn't work out for me but would have given the quality of the machine 4 stars since it's a great, sturdy, strong steamer if that's what you're looking for. It just didn't fulfill my expectations of replacing an iron, which is an unfair expectation since this isn't an iron! If you're the type to need this often and can accept the standard of "wrinkle free" (not iron-crisp), then this may be for you! Btw, if you learn the technique enough, perhaps it can look iron-crisp! I didn't go that far w/ this machine so I wouldn't know.

Back to the iron I go...


NOT for professional or anyone who has actually ironed for years   November 9, 2005
J. Kee (Northbrook, IL)
61 out of 77 found this review helpful

OK - i saw all the great reviews for this product and against my gut feeling that this was too good to be true - i brought it. Well, it does remove wrinkles - however, not in the manner that i'm used to with an iron. I've been ironing for years for work and the steaming quality is just not up to par with an iron. Yes, it will remove the huge wrinkles, like if you leave your shirt in the dryer or if you left it in a ball, but it does not do the next step that an iron does - of making your shirt look crisp and sharp. This is what no steam can do and what i should have realized. No, i'm not looking for a pressed shirt from a steamer, but the faint wrinkles and unevenness left in the shirt are NOT acceptable for any professional.

ALso, I realize that using this tool takes some time to get used to (i'm fine with that) - when i learned to iron from my mother, it look a while and then years of experience - so i'll give you that. However, even with time and technique, though it might be faster and easier, the quality would not improve. I tried leaving the steam head on a shirt for a while, but it still does not make a huge difference. I also got burned more than a couple of times from the steam, the steam tube, the metal on the water tank, etc. - this is definitely more hazardous than an iron.

All in all, unlike all the other reviews, this WILL NOT REPLACE IRONING or your dry cleaning bills. I honestly do believe that the people who are satisfied with this "ironing / steaming" job have a low standard for what an ironed piece of clothing looks like - probably for them removing huge/noticeable wrinkles is sufficient, while for me (and most others looking at this) it just won't cut it - save yourself time and money. Would have loved for this to work, but I'm back to ironing my shirts while watching football...