Water Myths
#11
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mableton, GA
Posts: 11,223
I go between water in the iron and a spray bottle. I have a black and decker digital advantage which I like better than the rowenta. I kind of remember those references recommending filtered water saying tap water around the world is different so no telling what a comparison of tap water from California, New York City (think Flint, Michigan) or any other place would show. Probably different set of minerals and I guess no iron could be configured to work consistently with any or all versions of tap water.
#12
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Heart of Colorado's majestic mountains!
Posts: 6,026
I used bottled drinking water in my iron without problem. It never spit or leaked. It was a GE. Notice that I used the past tense of the verb because it died yesterday! There was a "pop" and the cord detatched from the base unit. We unplugged it from the wall very quickly!. Today, I will shop for a new one. It will be another cheap one with auto shut-off. I have had two expensive irons in the past and both rusted, spit, leaked and stained.
#13
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
The owners manual should say - if you don't have the t visit their website. My newest iron stated to Not use distilled water, that it would cause it to leak, my older iron needed distilled.so, I'm guessing some do, some don't. I tend to just keep a spray bottle of water & not put water in my iron, they always seem to start leaking, spitting, sputtering.
#20
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Southwest
Posts: 736
When I'm done for the day, I always "dump" the water out and leave that little cover open for the water area to "breathe".....Does everyone dump their water out? It seems to me that if I leave the water in there, it leaks out onto the ironing board. Maybe it's my iron, but it's an extra step I do to keep it working. What does everyone else do?
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