Key specs – Type: Handheld; Dimensions: 27 x 13.5 x 9.5cm; Tank capacity: 250ml; Heat-up time: 3mins; Continuous steam: Yes Most steamers require you to hang your garment for steaming. If you’re traveling and you don’t have a clothing rod handy, you can hang the item from the bathroom shower rod or from the doorknob on your hotel room door. It proved powerful, but not too strong for delicate fabric, and our polycotton shirt emerged looking as crisp as if it had been ironed. It comes with a generous array of accessories too, including a folding hanger, and has wheels for easy transportation. With its scented steam, this steamer will make your clothes feel and smell fresh in between washes. It banished creases in one sweep from lightweight fabrics such as viscose and silk, but look elsewhere if your wardrobe is exclusively cottons and linens, as it struggled on these.

Most buyers liked the size of the water tank as it meant less trips to the sink to fill the tank up Others offer features and attachments such as brushes to refresh upholstery, lint removers and scent infusers, to use on a variety of garments. Millie has also reviewed countless restaurants and written travel features for British GQ, The Telegraph and the Independent, and has interviewed a number of leading chefs, including Jamie Oliver, Heston Blumenthal and Raymond Blanc. Steaming is the modern way to enjoy fresh, crease-free clothes. Garment steamers heat up in seconds and are easy to use, including on soft furnishings like sheets and curtains. Most offer a range of settings so you can adapt the power to your fabric and avoid any damage. Best of all, there’s no need to faff around with an ironing board!The Beautural can hold almost nine ounces of water, preheats in just over half a minute, and can steam continuously for 14 minutes. That’s more than long enough to do your clothes for the day, but for a whole hamper of clothes you should look at the full-size models.

Accessories allow you to do more with your travel steamer, and the Beautural Steamer comes with three handy attachments: a brush, a lint brush, and a crease clip. This steamer is on the larger side, making it slightly bulky to travel with, but in testing, we liked that it's able to remove most wrinkles within a few passes. We were also impressed with the crease clip, which made crisp, clean creases with just one pass. Tefal clothes steameris available in a variety of designs to cater for all styles and tastes. From compact versions which can easily fit in your bag, to larger stylish options with standing bases, we have it all.

Most travel streamers are lightweight and portable when you compare them with traditional clothes steamers. Most weigh less than 2 pounds, and some of the more compact varieties are no larger than a travel mug. This makes them easy to slot into even the smallest of suitcases. We particularly love the iSteam Steamer for its compact size. It was the smallest one we tested, but didn't sacrifice effectiveness or features. Continuous steam means the unit emits steam for several seconds at once, often up to 15 seconds in a handheld steamer, so you don’t have to keep pressing the button.

Key specs – Type: Handheld; Weight: 950g; Tank capacity: 70ml; Heat-up time: 45secs; Continuous steam: Yes

I like [a steamer] that has a decent amount of continuous run time—10 minutes, at least—so that you don't have to stop and refill several times," says Melissa Maker of Clean My Space. Our "best for heavy materials," the MagicPro Portable Garment Steamer, has a 15-minute steam time, which could allow you to easily steam a longer dress or multiple T-shirts. While travel steamers sometimes sacrifice steam time due to their small sizes and thus smaller water tanks, all of the models in our roundup have steam times just under or slightly over 10 minutes. The last thing you want on your wedding day is to accidentally scorch your wedding dress—which is why we recommend the Conair Turbo Extreme Steam for delicate items. This steamer comes with a unique "delicates bonnet" attachment that helps to diffuse the steam, yet it doesn't hamper the unit's effectiveness. It was able to remove wrinkles from fabric in just a few passes in our testing, and we were impressed that it heated up in less than a minute, as well.