Originally Posted by
duckydo
I read on Nancy Zieman site that you should use filtered water in your steam irons and they won't start spitting and leaking. NOT distilled, filtered, like running it through a Brita pitcher before using it in your iron.. I know this is not about the iron getting hot, but just a FYI. I have a cheap iron I have been using filtered water in for awhile and it seems to work. Also make sure you empty the water out when not using your iron.
I read that article too, and made me realize that tap water here may not be the same as tap water some other place, so the idea of filtered made sense. I'm thinking it makes all the water about the same? Then the iron mfg. can calibrate/consider innards with all the same water? Anyway, I did get a Brita and when I do use the steam function that's what I use.