PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer Reviews

Review score: / 10 – Updated May, 2024

Latest Price: £160

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PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer features

	PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer
Type	Clothes steamer
Power	2000 W
Steam flow rate	40 g/min
Reservoir capacity	1.8 litres
Vertical steaming	Yes
Variable steam	Yes
Pressing function	No
Adjustable thermostat	No
Detachable reservoir	Yes
Anti-scale system	Yes
Anti-drip system	Yes
LED indicator	Yes
Automatic shut-off	Yes
Safety features	Hang&Lock
Other features	– MyEssence to refresh clothes
Colour	Purple magic
Power cord length	1.6 m
Box contents	– Philips ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer
Dimensions	1730 x 330 x 370 mm (H x W x D)
Weight	5.385 kg
Manufacturer’s guarantee	2 years
Price	£160
Number of Reviews
Review Score	/ 10 Average score in category: 8.2 / 10
Buy	Find Best Price

Quality

As with any electrical items, it’s particularly important to study the quality of a product before you buy it. This is especially important for Irons. But when we’re buying online, what can be done to get an idea of a product’s quality?

Our first area to study is normally the features. We’ve given a full list of features for PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer above. This should give you a good idea of how good the product is in terms of features and functionality.

You’re also going to want to know how durable the product is, so here we’d advise taking a look at the materials that the Irons are made from.

There is also a lot of benefit in checking out the brand of the Irons. Some brands are known for manufacturing much better quality products. As I’m sure you’re aware, brands like Philips are really well respected for making great Irons.

It’s also important to have a good idea of your expectations in terms of quality too. You may not actually be looking for the best quality product if your main goal is to get cheap Irons. So spend some time considering what’s important to you and think about the areas that you’d be happy to compromise or not.

Comparing Prices

That leads us nicely into price, where we’re going to spend some time looking at the price of PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer and seeing how that compares to other Irons and also looking at the sort of price you can expect to pay for products from Philips.

It’s really good at this stage to spend some time just getting an idea of the sort of price you can expect to pay for your Irons. When you’re spent a bit of time looking at the prices, consider setting yourself a budget.

Setting yourself a budget will really help you to narrow down your search. It can also help you to avoid the slippery slope of buying a really expensive product that perhaps had advanced specifications that you didn’t need or couldn’t actually afford.

The price that we found PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer cheapest in our most recent search was at Currys and cost just £160.

How much do Irons cost on average?

We searched for all of the Irons that we could find at Currys. In total we found 77 different products available.

The average price of Irons was £110.59, which makes PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer above average in terms of price.

We also thought it would be useful for you to know how much the price of Irons can vary. Of the 77 products we found, the lowest cost that we found was £7.99 and the highest price we saw was £520.00.

In the Irons category, 20 products cost more than PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer and 56 cost less.

How much are Philips Irons?

Next up we thought it would be useful to narrow down our search a bit more and only look at Irons made by Philips. We managed to find 18 options at Currys.

The average price of these 18 products was £149.61. With the cheapest coming in at £25.00 and most expensive currently showing as £520.00. Based on this price analysis it shows that PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer is above average against other Philips Irons.

PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer Reviews

Reviews are without question your best piece of information when researching a product to buy online. We love customer reviews especially, as they’re not incentivised and just written by genuine customers.

We also love customer reviews because many of them will be from customers who have been using the product for some time. We found reviews for . So we’d strongly recommend you head over there and take the time to read plenty of the reviews to get a real feel for whether PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer is just what you’re after.

PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer review score is 8.8 out of 10. The average review score in the Irons category is 8.2 with an average of 124 reviews for each product. The average customer review score for products from Philips is 8.4 based on an average of 22 reviews per product. So you’re definitely going to be in safe hands if you do choose to buy PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer

The other useful source of reviews is expert reviews. Whilst these won’t give you as much user feedback as the customer reviews, it does mean that you’re getting some expert opinions on the Irons. Companies like TechRadar are really well known for providing great reviews.

It’s also worth exploring other product options and reading their reviews. Just some of the products that we liked are PerfectCare Compact Plus GC7920/26 Steam Generator Iron reviews, PHILIPS Azur GC4938/20 Steam Iron reviews or PHILIPS Azur GC4567/86 Steam Iron reviews. Or something a little different could be a product like GC442/67 Hand Steamer reviews or even PHILIPS PerfectCare GC3915/16 Steam Iron reviews.

Buying Philips branded products

Brand, as mentioned earlier, is another really important factor to consider for buying Irons.

It looks like you’ve already got some idea of the sort of product you’re inserted in, as you’ve landed on this PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer review. However, if you do want to consider other brands just make sure you spend some time reading lots of reviews. If you decide to stick to Philips then you’ll not be disappointed, judging by the customer reviews.

YouTube Video of PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer

Another fantastic source of information and great for reviews is video content. Below we’ve run a search for PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer on YouTube if you wanted to check out some of the video reviews that may have been created by customers or expert reviewers.

Summary

Based on the amazing reviews shown at the top of this review, we’re really impressed with PHILIPS ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Upright Garment Steamer and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it as one of the top options if you’re looking to buy Irons. This is only highlighted by the great customer reviews and our review score of 8.8/10 overall.

All that’s left now is for you to head over to Currys to check out the customer reviews. Simply hit the green button at the bottom of your screen to start.

Further product details

- Product ID 1: 27397285779

- Product ID 2: 10213789

- Brand: Philips

- Model number: GC558/36

- Description: Whether you’ve got an important meeting or a wedding to attend, looking smart is effortless with the Philips ComfortTouch Plus GC558/36 Garment Steamer. You can skip a trip to the dry cleaner, and get your outfit ready in no time.Simply use the vertical support to hold your garments in place and start steaming. The extra long StyleBoard provides the right hold while steaming.The flexible steam head effortlessly removes creases, and diffuses steam deeply to refresh and sanitise your garments, removing odours and killing 99.9% of bacteria.