ok, thank you! It pulls SO much wattage I really expected it to heat up extremely hot and it does not! I thought it was just mine... what did you get instead?

I really like my Oliso, too. It's not as good as the Laura Star Steam Generator, but it's a small fraction of the cost and good value IMO. I almost died when I looked to see how much a new Laura Star was when my last one died.

I have a reflective cover on my board and a "shoe" on my iron. Not sure if it really does a better job but I think it does. It's easier to handle more delicate fabric - that's for sure.

I have the blue oliso and like it so far. It was a little bit of a learning curve though.

We use the old-fashioned looking Black and Decker in our church sewing room and it gets much hotter than my Oliso at home. But I still like the Oliso for the lift feature.

When i iron/press fabric or blocks, i try to go "with the grain" to minimize distortion.

Its probably the same as the one I'm still using. They last forever. I had my previous one for 25 years.

My yellow Oliso does not heat very well either. It also started spitting water when I was using steam.I got a Hamilton
Beach. It gets really hot

Yes, from this thread I'm finding that the only benefit is the lift option since temperature wise, there are other alternatives.

I only iron what I need for a project.

Wash and starch and dry fabric
fold it selvage edges together and straightened
when a quilt calls for 3/4yd I pull it from my stash and cut that amount off my yardage
I only press that amount. If it is a little wrinkled a spritz of water helps.

I don't find very many wrinkle problems doing it this way. I don't like pressing fabric and storing it, pulling it out to use and pressing it again, that would be torture for me.:D