If you could have any iron which would it be??
#23
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Location: Minnesota
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I have had several Rowentas, a Reliable, and Black and Deckers. I don't know if any of them is one I would buy again. I liked the Reliable, until the heating element went out. It cost a lot to send it to Canada, and it still didn't work right when I got it back. I don't understand why they all say to use tap water. My irons all get clogged up and won't steam. I sold one my mother-in-law had had that is supposedly still going strong. It was a Shark. I am in the same frame of mind to buy a new one, but am stumped as to what to buy.
Leslie
Leslie
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#27
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I bought another Rowenta iron just because it was on sale at Costco. I was worried about it being too heavy being bigger that my last one (that still works) but this one works like a charm getting my seams pressed flat.
#28
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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I have a Reliable now, if it goes, I'd get another. They do have gravity feed irons. Laurelstar also has steam generator.
I don't need the ironing board, I have an old Pfaff ironing board made for the gravity feed iron sold in the 90s.
It has a motorized fan.
I need to find a cover for the ironing board. Since it is made for a steam generator and an odd size, I don't want and possibly can't use the standard covers.
I don't need the ironing board, I have an old Pfaff ironing board made for the gravity feed iron sold in the 90s.
It has a motorized fan.
I need to find a cover for the ironing board. Since it is made for a steam generator and an odd size, I don't want and possibly can't use the standard covers.
#29
I have gone through several irons over the years. I just want a dry iron without holes in the sole plate. I have a better iron now at least more costly. I don't like it because it automatically shuts off. I like my iron to heat until I am done for the evening. Cheap irons at our Wal Mart do not exist.
#30
I don't much care - only that it lasts more than three years - I think the one that lasted me the longest was one I bought at a house sale for a quarter. I don't even know the name of it. I think I must have had about four or five since. So I have learned that an iron can be a bane to my existence - Gotta keep money handy for when that iron will give up the ghost and you have to get a new one. It doesn't matter if it is $12.99 (Walgreen's) or an Oliso or Rowenta. I just won't spend that kind of high price on an iron that will quit on me the same time the $12.99 will.
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