Sadly, we can't spend all or lives in our scruffs. We do occasionally need to look smart and for the boys, that means a suit or a pair of smart trousers. Trousers get creased - fact. Whoever designed the things designed in a big crease at the front of the leg and a matching one at the back. With wear, you lose the sharpness of that crease and with sitting around, you develop creases where they shouldn't exist. The extent of the problem depends on the type and quality of material but in order to not have our trousers let us down, we do need to seek to restore them from time to time to a semblance of smartness. We can and sometimes do iron ...  Read the complete review

No-one who has ever stayed in a British hotel can surely be unaware of the Corby trouser press. I do wonder if there are any other manufacturers apart from Corby who make trouser presses. The three words are synonymous. THE COMPANY John Corby Limited is the company that makes the Corby trouser press. It was established in 1930 by John Corby in Windsor, England and originally made valet stands. A valet stand is wooden frame for putting a jacket on and hanging trousers overnight, so you could put them back on again in the morning. That'll be an over-engineered bedroom chair then, basically! But John Corby took them to a new level by adding a pressing ...  Read the complete review

I bought the 7700 several weeks ago from John Lewis, and have used it a few times a week since to press the trousers of suits for work. The press offers three different pressing times: 15, 30 and 45 minutes. So far and with my trousers (mostly wool, or wool mix) I have found 15 minutes too brief to create a lasting crease - but it's probably a useful setting for a new or expensive pair or trousers when you are unsure how the fabric will react to the heat. 30 mins is again not really long enough for a lasting crease in thicker fabrics, but 45 minutes does the trick well. The crease remains better if the trousers are left to cool inside the press. ...  Read the complete review

We have stayed in many hotels both since and before we were married and I have always been fascinated with the trouser presses some of them had in our rooms. I have always lusted after one myself but wasn't prepared to pay too high a price. I actually went to an auction with my other half while we were staying at a family friend's house and they were auctioning off old stock from a run down hotel. I bid for this Corby 7700 trouser press and I managed to get it for just £50. The one I have is in a walnut finish and it is wall mounted so it saves space in our bedroom. It is so much better than ironing and you don't get that awful shiny finish on your suit ...  Read the complete review