The Best Travel Irons
Is there anything worse than buying some new clothes – maybe a great new top or a flowing dress – for a vacation only to land on the other side and realize that your luggage has wrinkled all your clothing?
Yes, garment bags exist, but everyone who’s used one knows their limitations, especially when they’re being lugged over a long trip.
People often trumpet the virtues of the travel steamer, but what people often don’t tell you is how long travel steamers take to heat up, how water is liable to spill everywhere, and how they just don’t seem to get the wrinkles out as well as irons.
With new technology allowing travel irons to be as compact as travel steamers (if not more, in many cases), the best flat travel irons are the way to go – keep reading for 6 of our favorites!
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The Best Travel Iron – Summary Comparison Chart
To summarize, here’s a chart summarizing the best travel irons and comparing the various features between the different brands.
Best Travel Irons 2019
1. Rowenta 1700-Watt Steam Iron
With 1700-watt power and a stainless steel soleplate with a precision tip for those annoying shirt and pant corners, the Rowenta DW5080 Focus 1700-Watt Micro Steam Iron has enough horsepower and dexterity to be considered one of the best irons full-stop, let alone one of the best travel irons.
Two of its best travel features?
The Rowenta travel steam iron offers a 3-way automatic safety shut-off feature and, crucially for international travel, operates with tap water so you don’t need to distill extra water just to look great!
2. Steamfast Home-and-Away Mini Iron
One of the best mini travel flat irons on the market, the Steamfast Mini Steam Iron packs all the punches.
Unlike even the best travel steamers, which measure their heat-up times in minutes, the Steamfast travel iron heats up in just 15 seconds.
Throw in a completely non-stick sole plate, dual voltage for travel convenience and a handy travel bag, and the Steamfast SF-717 has everything you could ask for in a travel flat iron!
3. Small Mini Travel Iron
This non branded Ceramic Portable Travel Iron offers great bang for your buck! For under $25, it offers 420-watts of power, an anti-drip design and a ceramic exterior that won’t stick to fabric.
It’s really well designed, small enough to easily pack away, but with an extra long power cord so you have enough room to iron and move around.
Best of all?
It heats up in just 15 seconds!
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4. Utopia Iron with Nonstick Soleplate
Despite having the compact weight and dimensions of a typical travel flat iron, the Utopia Iron packs all the punch of a full-size at-home iron!
The Utopia Iron features a polarized pin plug for international use, a retractable cord measuring over an incredible 75 inches, overheat safety protection, and a 100% non-stick sole plate allowing it to iron just about any fabric.
Pair all this with an unbeatable price, and it’s hard to ask for more from one of the best mini travel flat irons!
5. BLACK+DECKER Compact Iron
When it comes to getting one of the best travel irons that’s tough and gets the job done, it’s hard to imagine choosing a brand more synonymous with durability and craftsmanship than BLACK+DECKER.
It’ll come as no surprise that the Black & Decker IR03V Easy Steam Compact Iron features all the latest bells and whistles the best travel irons have to offer.
With technology that optimizes the steam level based on the temperature setting, regulates water temperatures to prevent dripping, and even allows the Black + Decker to function vertically like a travel steamer for quick touch-ups, this is the only travel steam iron you’ll ever need!
6. Sunbeam Compact Travel Iron
First of all, can we all agree that “Hot-2-Trot” is an utterly adorable name for a travel iron? Agreed?
Aside from its great name, the Sunbeam Hot-2-Trot earns its stripes as one of the best travel irons by managing to include all the travel iron essentials in the most compact iron to be found on this list.
The only thing more impressive than featuring dry and steam iron functionality and variable temperature settings in this baby of a travel iron is the price!
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