The LG Styler is neither quite a tumble dryer nor washing machine, instead straddling between the two as a daily-use unit that extends the time between dry cleaning garments while keeping them in their best condition.

While the LG Styler doesn’t wash clothes or remove stains, it instead uses steam to refresh and eliminate germs from garments, leaving them cleaner and more hygienic. In fact, LG states the Styler is proven to kill germs and reduce dust mites and fungi too.

At 1850 x 445 x 585mm and weighing a mammoth 82kg, you will need to ensure that you have the space to keep this.

Inside there’s a trouser press, three hanging spaces (with space for three items) and a wire shelf at the bottom for folded delicate items, such as woollen jumpers.

The Styler has numerous modes including Refresh, Special Care for suits, activewear and wool, Sanitary with an extra sanitising function and Gentle Dry for drying clothes that can’t go into tumble dryers. You can also download programs for jeans and down-filled items too via the ThinQ smartphone app.

You can even run the Styler as a dehumidifier for your room too, just by leaving the glass-front door open and enabling the Dehumidfy program.

We found that the Styler worked well in refreshing and injecting new life into garments. To begin our tests, we enabled the Special Care suit cycle and found it took just 34 minutes and used 0.4kWh of power, which worked out to 6.5p.

We then put a winter coat through the Refresh Cycle which took 39 minutes and cost just 3.7p to run.

Finally, using the Gentle Dry Cycle on a rained-on coat, although the cycle lasted slightly longer at 51 minutes, the coat was completely dried and smelt fresh too. Plus, it only cost approximately 5.27p.

Of course, the LG Styler isn’t an appliance that’ll suit all households, but if you have lots of delicate clothes that are difficult to clean, then the Styler will get plenty of use.