My Iron Bit the Dust!

Sometimes my iron doesn't steam quite like I want or it needs to be too hot, so I keep a spray bottle of water handy. For some items that I don't want the iron to cause a "shine", I use a press cloth. I never had a steam iron until I bought my Black and Decker 460 Quick N Easy iron a few years ago. My trusty water bottle did the trick. Believe it or not, my first and only iron was a GE that I got for high school graduation lasted 35 years and the cord wore out but the iron was awesome, though no steam.

hmmm. what's an iron?

oh how I admire you ladies!

Take the clothes out of the dryer and forget the iron. I hate that thing!

The big problem is that every year manufacturers bring out a new model - of almost everything. It's so frustrating. It's nearly impossible to find a replacement of a product you really liked - including clothing! And irons these days seem to be very expensive. I bought a cheap one at Home Depot a couple of years ago and it's fine. My neice has one that was on her bridal registry that is wonderful - but it was close to $75...!!!! So I feel your pain - but don't have a good answer for you!

I use my iron about three times a year. LOL
Last one I bought was about three years ago, from Walmart - it is a Sunbeam - makes lots of steam - has different steam settings, and works quite well the few times I use it. It also has a self cleaning setting.
I know I didn't pay more than $30 dollars for it. I am way too cheap to spend more than that.

But, I agree with Em24d. Hate to iron - always burn myself. LOL

I always thought Rowenta set the standard for steam irons. I'm not sure that is still the case. I know there are different price points for Rowenta irons.

I have (but really don't use) the Rowenta Professional model. Mine has a teflon face plate and any time I use sizing there is residual build up which can mare the next clothes I'm ironing. It is a real pain in the butt unless I use face plate cleaner but when I do I go through A LOT of it. For as little as I iron/sew now I just use a cheapo iron I bought for around $7 at Target. (as you can tell I don't iron much!)

Rowenta does make a regular (shiny) face plate (not the teflon). If I had to do it again that is the way I would go.

I agreed with B.D. from Pittsburgh because I also experience the same build up on my Rowenta, but when I looked at my face plate, I found that I have the shiny face plate not the tefflon one.

I don't know what to tell you because I thought if I ever replaced my iron, I would like to find one that wouldn't get the residue on the face plate and then put it onto the next clothes. Maybe there's a way to get the residue off, but of course when I go to clean it (when it's not hot) I can't get that residue off.

I've had the iron for about 5 years and other than the residue thing, I like it.

As much as I HATE to iron (yes, I used all caps for a reason) I do iron! I think it goes back to nursing school and being a new nurse with old school teachers and supervisors. Everything had to be neat and crisp before you got blood on it! ;)

But, I've had 3 Rowenta's in 2 years and will never buy another. My MIL swears by them, and I tried all price points and had issues with all. I recently bought a DeLonghi at Bed Bath and Beyond and so far so good. I did a little research and it seems to be a good name. Of course so does the Rowenta. It was $70 but I had a 20% off coupon.

I've saved my little Black & Decker to use in between. It's a good little iron but just not heavy enough nor enough steam for me.