Originally Posted by
gale
You have to a little, right? Or the little legs will push on the edges of your block or whatever you're ironing. If the item is big, like yardage, then you only have to lift once but you do have to lift. And if you're pressing blocks, you have to lift at least once for every block and more if the block is small. Otherwise the iron will keep folding up the edges.
I haven't noticed needing to pick it up. As soon as u barely touch it- it drops and the legs disappear. Then u slide it to whatever u are ironing. If you switch off the pop up feature the u would have to pick it up. It did take me awhile
To get used to it popping up. Now I like it a lot. You let go it pops up and after a set time (8 or 30 min depending on the price) it shuts off in the horizontal position. Really a time saver too. You just leave it in place. As for the weight it's about 4 pounds. The same or less as comparable irons. Maybe you have a friend who could let u try one.