Originally Posted by AnitaSt
It's a Dry Iron...no steam to deal with and no holes on the sole plate. I always had trouble with points or seam intersections getting caught in the holes on my old steam iron and I rarely used the steam anyway.
I've had this a couple of weeks now and really like it. No auto shutoff feature, which I like. I keep it plugged into a surge surge protector along with a lamp to remember to turn them both off when I'm done. It does have an "off" position but I never quite trust those switches.
It's nice and heavy but somewhat smaller than my other iron, which I like. It gets plenty hot at the cotton setting, but I haven't yet used the lower settings. I've already gotten fusible goo on it and it cleaned up nicely.
Unfortunately, it's made in China, but what isn't nowadays? I don't like that aspect but otherwise like the iron.
I got it from Vermont Country Store for $29.99 plus shipping (can't recall how much shipping cost). Here's a link:
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/p...l?evar3=search
YEEEE-HAAAAAAAA!
My mother had a Sunbeam dry iron over 40 years ago that was just the best. Sadly, she lost it in a house fire. I've always wanted one, have bought two at yard sales and both turned out to be burned out when I plugged them in (not unexpected when they were each less than fifty cents).
Thank you for the link.