The New York Times - A hot, steamy iron we love

While a steamer can do a pretty good job of smoothing fabrics, nothing creates sharp pleats or melts stubborn wrinkles like an iron. Wirecutter’s experts have loved our top pick since 2016. It reaches its hottest setting and begins producing steam in about 30 seconds, which is lightning-fast compared with most irons we’ve tried.

An extremely good (and under-$50) iron→

The right stain remover swoops in to save the day by eliminating stains and soils that a regular wash can’t handle. We tested more than 20 options to see how they fared against a variety of both fresh and seriously set-in stains, and landed on six favorites.

Pens, powders, and liquids→

To test stain removers for our new guide, we created a madhouse of messes. We stained T-shirts with grass, pizza, pig blood, barbecue sauce, mustard, blueberries, chocolate almond milk, coffee, baby formula, foundation, lipstick, red wine, and more. Gross. 

How we tested stain removers→