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Tefal Aerosteam – not perfect, but still the best
by Stephanie Vinzens
Who on earth needs a fabric shaver? I do!
15.3.2024
Translation: Eva Francis
I’ve given a fabric shaver a home and it’s given me and my favourite woolly hat a second life in return. My ears are finally warm again, all without any lint. I have a new favourite gadget.
This gadget shaves like crazy
This gadget does exactly what it says on the box – it removes lint. It’s super easy to use. Just glide the round metal surface over the area you want to delint. The bobbles are caught in the grid holes and cut off by a razor blade. It works almost like a beard trimmer, leaving the fabric underneath perfectly intact.
In my fabric shaving frenzy, however, I also painfully realised that not all fabrics are meant to be shaved. My fleece jumper and the lint remover, for instance, didn’t get along. The result? A bald patch on the jumper. So I’d advise you to test the lint remover on a sleeve or another hidden part of your garment before you start shaving away in the middle of the jumper, as I did.
Meditation against a throwaway society
If you’re delinting large items of clothing, you’ll need quite a bit of time and, above all, patience. As a wise person once told me, there’s no such thing as boredom, only time that isn’t used for meditation. In other words, fabric shaving is the perfect moment to reflect and process your grief over those socks your granny knitted for you and you got rid of last year. If only you’d had a fabric shaver then...
When you’re done, your patience will be rewarded with an item of clothing that looks like new – and a full lint container you could use for your lint art.
In a nutshell
This wardrobe gadget's here to stay
I’m over the moon with my fabric shaver. This small device doesn’t cost much and fulfils its purpose. Use it with patience and your clothes will come out looking like new.
Pro
- easy to use
- comfortable to hold
- good value for money
- great results
Contra
- takes a while with large items
- not suitable for all types of fabric
Header image: Stefanie Lechthaler
Painting the walls just before handing over the flat? Making your own kimchi? Soldering a broken raclette oven? There's nothing you can't do yourself. Well, perhaps sometimes, but I'll definitely give it a try.
