Originally Posted by
twinkie
I just wanted to say we are glad it wasn't worse for you. After retirement, my DH repaired appliances for a large Catalog Returns company as he can fix just about anything. Although they have an excellent reputation, he said he would never recommend that brand of iron (much more than any other brand). He had to repair them (when it was possible) all the time. I worry about fire because I have a bad habit of leaving my mini iron on sometimes. Hope you find your fabric.
I don't think they had a good reputation. Marketing bought their claim to fame so to speak. They professed to be a quality product and charged top quality prices but in reality they had/have a bad reputation. Many complaints on their irons. I also had one and it was the worst iron I ever had.