Originally Posted by
leatheflea
I'd suggest you buy a vintage iron. It'll last forever. Mines not vintage, its from the early 1980's but it's a workhorse. I've read that many quilters are now buying irons from the 50's and 60's because they are better made and can take the abuse. In the last 10 yrs + I've bought on average a iron a yr for my sewing studio. Finally I dug out my old iron that I only used for clothing(which is never). It gets much hotter than the new irons, and like jingle I use a spray bottle when needed.
I found a brand new early 60s GE dry iron on ebay. It was still sealed in the original box. You absolutely can't beat it. It gets hot enough on the cotton setting that it will heat up my entire sewing room if I leave it on. During the winter that's kind of nice but I have to shut it off regularly during the summer or it gets too hot in here.