I have one. How do you fill with water for steam ?
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If you slide off the handle, you will see a plug that you can remove to fill it. In my opinion though, the only rowent steamer that is good is the DA-55
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On the handle slide it off and fill with water it takes just a few seconds before the steam starts.
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The water reservoir is in the handle. Slide it out by moving it towards the cord. Once it is removed you will see a small hole at the top of it with a plastic cover on it.
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It's only about half an inch high, so to steam you'd be really limited in the amount of water. For steaming you might want to stack a couple of them and use a metal colander that has a long base.
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Make sure the cap is screwed on tightly. I've had this issue and cap was not on correctly which did not allow for steam buildup.
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You simply screw off the top part (where the steam comes out of), remove it, and pour in the water.
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We use distilled water. I'm not sure you have to, but it seems as though it's always better for the iron. We get plenty of steam and use rather a small amount of water, now that I think of it. We're very happy with the iron.
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Not a dumb question at all. Yes, you do use it with a little water and when you are ready to grab the metal circle to take the steamer out of the pot please becareful and use a fork or something that will hold in place, it will slowly expand all the way out. I use it for my vegetable and pasta dishes.
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My sister has one and uses it for everything. I think the one I bought is defective though. Steam only lasts a couple of minutes so it's pretty useless.
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There is a fill line in the bottom section, but I don't think it really matters. You just need enough to make steam for the 6 or 7 minutes of cook time.
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My daughter adds a few drops to steaming hot water and breathes in the vapor. They also make dispensers (?) that distribute the oil into the air in the form of water vapor or mist. I can't think of what they're called. I believe they are available on amazon. Good luck!
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At the top of the iron, there is a small lid that you flip up, and you pour the water into this. It comes with a handy container that you can easily fill it up.
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Yes Coleen. You have to remove the water reservoir to refill it because it uses the same hole to create steam. It's very easy to remove and fill and takes about 30 seconds to create steam once turned on. If you fill up the whole water unit, you can steam quite a bit with it and it will lasts longer too so you will fill it up less.
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The steam heat dries up the water in the reservoir. I keep the unit open to air dry also.
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With both of the units I've owned, I have just used whatever was handy - sometimes tap water and sometimes distilled water and sometimes whatever other bottled water was available. No matter what, the Rowenta just kept producing steam.
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You need to let steam really get going before using. Red indicator on fill tank (button) needs to come on and make sure you've stepped on lever to get steamer heating (green indicator light).
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fill the water tank with water, plug the cord in, push the power button, it will start heating up, when its ready, it will beep and the light will turn green. At the top of the handle, select how much steam you would like use: low, med, high.
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This does have a good steaming ability. I think if not filled too full, it should work nicely.
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It should be good steady steam. Make sure you are using tap water as the directions state.