I Need A New Iron
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I am currently using a Rowenta "Effective". I haven't been pleased with it since I bought it, it doesn't seem to get hot enough. I was just wondering what type of iron everyone is using and if you have any suggestions.
#2
I will be interested in the replies you get. Irons are the bane of my existence! I have bought three since I started quilting last year and am still not satisfied. My husband - who indulges my hobbies with enthusiasm - is ready to blow a fuse. He hasn't complained but I can tell!
I have bought 2 of the reiable "velocity" irons that are supposed to be the best thing since apple pie and ice cream! The first wouldn't get hot and the second made a noise like it was going to explode - and did nothing else. $198 for an iron that wouldn't do anything!
I ordered a Rowenta and the company subsituted a different model from the one I ordered. It is OK, but it spits and that is very annoying. Sooooo...that leaves iron # 3 which is a Singer and the worst of the 3!
I am back to using my "before quilting" black & decker that does the job the 3 "sewing/quilting" irons couldn't do. I'm still shopping for that perfect iron!
Good luck to you. :)
I have bought 2 of the reiable "velocity" irons that are supposed to be the best thing since apple pie and ice cream! The first wouldn't get hot and the second made a noise like it was going to explode - and did nothing else. $198 for an iron that wouldn't do anything!
I ordered a Rowenta and the company subsituted a different model from the one I ordered. It is OK, but it spits and that is very annoying. Sooooo...that leaves iron # 3 which is a Singer and the worst of the 3!
I am back to using my "before quilting" black & decker that does the job the 3 "sewing/quilting" irons couldn't do. I'm still shopping for that perfect iron!
Good luck to you. :)
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Good luck to you. It seems like I have an iron in my hand all day. My Rowenta wasn't as expensive as yours, but I think for $80.00 it ought to at least get hot. This one spits real bad too, or once in a while the water just pours out.
#4
I thought I was done ironing when 'permanent press' arrived - and then when I decided to take up quilting, I didn't know I would have to be "pressing" constantly! I wonder if it would have deterred me??? It might. It just might have because I hate to stop and start and stop and start. Oh well....I'm hooked now!
#5
The best one I have found so far is a Shark Professional. I got it for under $30 at Bed, Bath & Beyond. I refuse to spend more than that as they end up on the floor alot. :) I'd rather spend that once a year than $200 on a "good" one that seems to get a lot of bad reviews.
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I don't know if you can get Philips in the US but I had a Philips Ionic Azure which worked really well until I dropped it on the stone floor and it broke it!. Because all our sheets etc are 100% cotton or linen (husband has chronic asthma and eczema) I need something with a lot of oomph. Upon recommendation, I bought a Philips Steam System Generator. Gets wrinkles out of anything. My usual 2 hour ironing session is now 45 mins. Nice thing is as the water is held in a resevoir and not in the iron, the iron itself is very light. Drawbacks - steam generators are a bit noisy, you need an ironing board that is metal mesh not solid wood and a larger area to stow it away.
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I hope you wrote the companies of the irons that didn't work. The R iron is famous for not working. I have had 6 of the O iron. The one that little legs jump up. They all dumped water. When I told this at a recent trade show the person there told me to "come back when I didn't have as long to stay." Such an insult.
Seems the most frequent answer is to get lower price irons and when they start acting up, then junk them.
Seems the most frequent answer is to get lower price irons and when they start acting up, then junk them.
#8
I like and recommend the Shark which I got at Sears. They have two or three models, I think. I get the middle of the road one. Maybe $40.
In six years, I am only on my second Shark and haven't used any others.
In six years, I am only on my second Shark and haven't used any others.
#9
First Rowenta I owned broke at 2 years old. Second one (no auto shutoff) still going strong. Third Rowenta (I bought for $10 at a rummage sale! WOOHOO!) Going Strong! (2 irons I purchased at a resale shop were scary - one got hot and leaked horribly - I think it's gasket was bad - the other would not steam at all - so those are in the 'to sell' pile labeled as Dry Irons Only)
I've read that if the iron isn't hot enough it'll spit water.
I've read that if the iron isn't hot enough it'll spit water.
#10
I have a Sunbeam that I bought at walmart for under $20 probably 9 years ago or so. It holds water, does not spit, never has, but I no longer put water in it. I like a spray bottle better than steam. This thng has been held together with Scotch tape for 3 years. It has hit the floor more often than Mike Tyson's sparring partner.
I have a "nice" Rowenta iron I bought from a local hotel when they went out of business, $10, looks like new and does not heat up like it should, but I have 2 ironing "stations" so I will continue to use it for now.
I have a "nice" Rowenta iron I bought from a local hotel when they went out of business, $10, looks like new and does not heat up like it should, but I have 2 ironing "stations" so I will continue to use it for now.
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