shasta5718

I have a GE dry iron that I bought 50 years ago, I have always used a spray bottle and it is still going strong. It May even be older I can't remember for sure.

PolkaBabe

Glad to see that someone else has had this problem also. Sorry you had to go through this. I have had that happen to two Rowenta's. Now I use it dry not happy with the results. Also the heating element is failing in both of them as well. I have had each one about three years before the leakage started & onto whatever I was ironing. Would you believe I am going to go back to the iron I won in a "Make it Yourself with Wool" contest back in 1980's.

cfuzzy

A quilter friend bought a dry iron from the Vermont Country Store and really liked the weight in addition to it being a dry iron. Anyone else tried one of these?https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/.../product/77684

aborning

I just watched one of Donna Jordan's You Tube videos and I also noticed the iron that Donna Jordan was using. It looked different from anything I have seen. What brand is it?

Onebyone

Reliable. I posted the link in my earlier post. It's dry steam.

frannella

I love my Olisos--I have 3 of them because I don't like getting on my hands and knees to plug and unplug them to move them to a different work station area in the two attic rooms I use for sewing. Expensive and indulgent, but worth it. The TOL models get really hot (1800 watts), steam is powerful, and the feet feature on all models REALLY helps ease arthritic pain and carpal tunnel episodes. Love, love, love those feet. I recently bought a Euro Steamer (Next Gen, 1000 watts) at a quilt show, but haven't been happy with it as a quilting tool. It works well on clothing, but who irons clothes any more? If your goal is perfecting your piecing and squaring quilt blocks, I find heat or wattage more important to success than steam. I also use those salon water bottle misters, even though I have had no issues using the steam from my Olisos. They are a game changer, especially when working with seams on the bias.

Needles

I'm still using my Proctor Silex, it's almost 50 years old. Yes the cord is wrapped in electrical tape, but the iron works perfectly and it's used OFTEN. Still steams like it's new, never had anything in it but distilled water. Of course the new ones tell you not to use distilled. You wouldn't have to buy a new iron every other year, if not oftener. My DMIL, was a seamstress for 70 years. She never used anything but distilled in her iron, it was older than mine. Even used it to press wedding gowns she made.

Onebyone

You know I suggested this very same to a guild member who was complaining she had a lot of hassle moving her iron from one area to another as she needed it. She thought I was nuts. Buy new irons when the one she had was working fine? Some like to suffer for their art. LOL

lzeider

I have had my Rowenta for years. Use distilled water and no problems. I love it. Plus it doesn't have Auto Shutoff. I hate that feature. Are people to dumb to shut off their irons when they are finished.

Onebyone

Maybe not dumb but distracted. I have left my iron on for a couple of days before. It's on a big silicone mat so I wasn't concerned and if busted into flames the detector would have gone off sending the alarm to mine and DH's phone plus the monitoring company. I always try to have a back up to what could happen in case my brain isn't working.