solstice3

I had one. Kept burning myself on the handle so got rid of it. The handle needs insulated the entire way down! It was plenty hot

laxgrandma

I have one and couldn't live without it. I do baby quilts for my son's friends when they have their first baby. I do a lot of applique, small and very detailed, and couldn't do it without it. I cut templates from heat-resistant mylar. After clipping the seam allowance, I use a small paintbrush (like from a kid's water color set, nothing fancy) and paint the seam allowances with liquid starch. Then I use the iron to fold over and iron the seam allowances. Makes very crisp lines for the applique. Boy, I've never had the problem of it not getting hot enough! I have to clean mine often because of the starch. It makes it brown. But an SOS pad does the trick. I, too, have burned myself with it. More than once. It could use some safety features added. The more expensive one at least has something to rest the hot iron on. But it doesn't turn off automatically. So, short version, not perfect, but the best I have found.

Jannie

I use mine when I do paper piecing. I can put it by my machine so I don't have to get up every couple minutes to press the seam.

misseva

This is what I started using after I picked my iron up too close to the end. And the instructions do say it will get hotter after it's used several times.

patski

Have one, love it but it does get VERY hot, I took it to a retreat recently and it burned a hole in 2 spots of the fabric I was using! Sure learned fast not to let the fabric stay on top of the iron!

kydeb

I have one - have had it for years. I've only used it once when I made a quilt out of 2" squares and I hit them with it to fuse them to the gridded iron-on interfacing. It came in very handy for that but it's not something that I would miss if I didn't have it.

danlynmartin

I like mine but I have the one with adjustable heat and use it mostly for applique and to take with me to classes depending what I am doing. Otherwise a small travel iron works well.

Krystyna

I use mine all the time. Just the right size to fit onto the corner of my sewing table. And it gets HOT!

annievee

I was thinking of one of these--thanks--will not buy !

grandmaof3

I bought one and hated it. It heated up ok but every time I reached to use it, the plug came out from the iron and I had to plug it back in. I don't know why this happened but I gave it away and the person I gave it to doesn't use it either. I also think it could have been a little bigger.