I'm a huge fan of ironing (I know I know, I'm weird). So it definitely took me a garment or two to get a hang of this steamer. But it's easy to use, heats up in like 30 seconds. It's definitely portable- small size and pretty flat honestly. It's not super lightweight, but if you're committed to having wrinkle free clothes on vacay it'll definitely do the trick!! It totally works, and I was able to get like 2-3 items wrinkle free with one fill up of water!