Best Braun Household Irons & Steam Generators

Great iron, does the job extremely well and very easy to use – Brilliant iron. Easy to use, long-lasting 2l tank, and a 3 year warranty. It's the best iron we have used. This model has a very light handpiece,… Read more

which is great for our dodgy hands. My selection criteria:

Good Handpiece: ✅ Lightweight (not flimsy), simple to use, with a lip at the back for fast reverse (no beeping). Big Tank Capacity: ✅huge 2L capacity, lasts for over a week and easy to see the water level. Tap fill recommended, there is a course filter (see the photo) which was a surprise at first but no problem. Low Complexity: ✅ must be simple to use. Yup. The trigger for steam on the handpiece, on/off switch, economy toggle, clear ready light on the inside base of the handpiece, with status lights on the base. 2s press for long bursts of steam, useful for jackets Easy Cleaning: ✅ easy Special features: the 3 second steam long burst

We find steam stations so much easier than a steam iron (all in one handpiece). We had a Tefal "Pro Express Ultimate" $375 which we swore by and never expected to move away from, but the electronics broke after 4 years and for the cost to repair, this model at $229 jumped out (the repair place kept the old parts). This one is so much lighter, easier to fill and has a spectacularly better tank capacity,

Light weight head makes for light work – My partner suffers from arthritis in her hands, so prefers the lightest iron available. When our old lightweight Tefal iron died, we started looking… Read more

around for a lightweight replacement. We had always used the regular, one piece steam irons, but not even Tefal seems to currently make such a lightweight model. Researching on the internet led me to the Steam Station irons & eventually to the Braun Carestyle 7 model. While the entire station/iron weighs a lot more than any all in one iron, & can be harder to set up/store, the actual iron alone is much lighter than any all in one iron.

The 'Station' sits well on our Philips Easy6 ironing board. Warm up is quick, after the iron is turned on. This iron is very gentle on fabrics & I have never 'burned' even the most delicate fabrics (I often burned delicate fabrics with the old all in one steam iron). Of course, I turn delicates & clothes with prints inside out, when ironing. The iron doesn't need as much downward pressure, to get the same result, as a regular steam iron. Heavier fabrics, like denim, are handled easily, though stubborn creases may require an extra blast of steam from the 'Precision shot' button. This, combined with the lower weight of the iron, is exactly what my partner wanted, to reduce her arthritic pain, while ironing. The water container is still one thirds full, after ironing 2 full loads from a 7.5kg washing machine, which is much better than an all in one steam iron that I was always refilling. The shape of the rear end of the iron is curved & makes it easy to go over buttons, without catching, in the reverse direction.

Overall, we are very happy with the Carestyle 7 & would recommend it, especially if you have problems with the weight of a regular iron.

Purchased a CareStyle 3 Pro Steam Generator Iron on 11 September 2025 to replace our old cheap iron. Unfortunately the unit turned out to be woeful… Read more

substandard.

The promotional material stated it has "greater steam performance", a strong "turbo mode", an "excellent steam rate" and "high steam pressure and extra steam shot". None of this was found to be correct once I had the unit in front of me.

I tried the iron on linen, cotton and denim on several occasions. I found the iron steam production was inadequate -- taking 2-3 times longer to iron these garments and doing a poorer job -- than the old ‘outgoing’ iron, regardless of the setting.

In short, the unit did not perform as advertised and was returned.