Is there still an iron on the market WITHOUT auto shut-off?
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Rowenta has one mid priced iron without the auto shut off feature. I found it through Joann's online. So far so good.
My Reliable last about a year and then just quit. The Tfal replacement started leaking from the fill hole not long after I got it. So I'm crossing my fingers on this one. I'm hoping since it came from Germany and not China perhaps it is a better product.
My Reliable last about a year and then just quit. The Tfal replacement started leaking from the fill hole not long after I got it. So I'm crossing my fingers on this one. I'm hoping since it came from Germany and not China perhaps it is a better product.
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I have an older iron with an auto shut off and I like it better than the newer ones because the auto shut off is a longer period of time so I can press, do some sewing and go back to press and it is still on but if I forget it eventually shuts off. I got a new one for another house and it shuts off so quickly it's an aggravation. It also shuts off if I'm pressing (not ironing) and hold the iron in one spot too long like you have to when you are fusing and such. I'm assuming that it has that feature so if it accidentally tips over it will shut off before starting a fire. Not so good though when you are intentionally holding it in one place for a reason.
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This caught my attention since I'm on a very tight budget. I looked at an online calculator to see how much it was costing me to iron my quilt pieces:
kWh Per Day: .10
Iron: 1200 watts
Rough estimate of ironing 2 hours a day for 30 days= $14.40 a month
That's about $180 per year.
I'm thinking of running an extension cord to the neighbor's house![Smile](https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/smile.png)
kWh Per Day: .10
Iron: 1200 watts
Rough estimate of ironing 2 hours a day for 30 days= $14.40 a month
That's about $180 per year.
I'm thinking of running an extension cord to the neighbor's house
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I have an older iron with an auto shut off and I like it better than the newer ones because the auto shut off is a longer period of time so I can press, do some sewing and go back to press and it is still on but if I forget it eventually shuts off. I got a new one for another house and it shuts off so quickly it's an aggravation. It also shuts off if I'm pressing (not ironing) and hold the iron in one spot too long like you have to when you are fusing and such. I'm assuming that it has that feature so if it accidentally tips over it will shut off before starting a fire. Not so good though when you are intentionally holding it in one place for a reason.
But that little light drives my husband nuts. He keeps telling me my iron is on, and it does take some electricity to run that light. So I have my iron and the light above the ironing board plugged into a power strip. When I flip the switch, the light is off, and that means the power is off, so no flashing light day and night.
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I love my Euro. It's the irons that are demonstrated at quilt shows. It sits flat on a silicon pad so there is no wrist twisting to use it. They claim that the iron will not harm any fabric. They demonstrate that on chiffon and a ballon. It never shuts off until you turn it off. It gets plenty hot and has lots of steam. I'd never want a different one.
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When DH see the on light on my iron he says don't forget your iron is on. I say I know, I want it on so I won't forget to turn it on. He is in my sewing room maybe twice a year and always notices the on light on the iron. LOL
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Buy a cheapo at Walmart - mine has lasted a long time! Don't even remember when I bought this one but when it dies, I will toss it and go buy another cheapo. I have had expensive irons and will not buy another - too much money, not enough value.
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Had a co-worker whose teen age daughter left the iron on after pressing something she wanted to wear to school that day -- all would have been fine, but the cat jumped on the ironing board, and the iron fell when no one was at home -- you guessed it -- house fire.
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