Extreme Quilter

I had a Maytag cordless iron that I paid $139 for when it first came out. The titanium nonstick soleplate was guaranteed to have nothing stick to it, which was true, but after three years of heavy usage, the nonstick finish started to peel around the edges of the iron. The auto turnoff was irritating but it heated up quickly, though not often hot enough. I found it to be overpriced and underperforming. Because of the setup of my quilt room, a cordless iron works best. I now have a Panasonic cordless nonstick iron and love it. It costed $60 online and works three times better than the Maytag.

Crafty1

Well, I bought the Rowenta Pro, used it for about 45 mins. and I dislike it! Returning it today! It's a little heavier than my Black and Decker and it doesn't steam as much as I thought it would and it didn't get the wrinkles out. Oh well, onto another product to test.

sewnsewer2

I finally bought another T-fal today.

mamatobugboo

i like heavy irons with NO auto-shutoff. The one I currently have is medium weight and have the most annoying auto shutoff. after 4 seconds horizontal with no movement, it shuts off. I can't keep the iron on my applique pieces long enough to fuse them before the durn thing shuts off. After 8 seconds sitting still on the board, it shuts off, which means that I can't really move to go get my next piece of fabric and back again to iron it without it shutting off.

so, I would advise you get one that does NOT shut off on you!

butterflywing

there are lots out there that take longer than that to shut off. mine takes 5 minutes and heats up again very fast. i don't do applique but it would be perfect. check the info on the box.

nellie

hi crafty try looking at your local goodwill,s you can some times find old fashion heavy irons also try putting foil down under you ironing cover ,i read some where if you do this it will help you get more heat back to top of surface that way you get more heat back for easyer even heat for taking out those hard wrinkles i use the extra heavy foil under my ironnig board hope this helps you and others with same trouble

Dodie

I tried 2 different rowentas the only irons I ever had to throw in the garbage they were awful leaked and stained clothes I now use a T-Fal and love it great steam and works good got it at Target

Yvonne

I just pitched my Rowenta because it was leaking water out the bottom. The iron was about a year old, give or take a month or two. I ran down to Kmart and bought myself another black and decker. I love my old B&D and the new one shoots a good shot of steam. I'm not sure I like the digital setting, the dial didn't need to be reset! There's always something, isn't there?

bj

YIKES! My Maytag cordless was a retirement gift from my team at school. Guess they were willing to pay the price so I'd go???

kanoelani

I just bought the Consew from Allbrands. If you use the coupon code jan5 you will get an extra $5.00 off, the final price is $94.00.