Originally Posted by quiltmom04
Originally Posted by BeachBirdie
I don't think I'll ever buy another Rowenta...I've had nothing but problems with them leaking. Kohl's is always happy to exchange them for me. I've had this latest one for about 5 months now and it's already giving me problems. I don't know what I'll buy next though. I'm curious how many other people have problems with theirs.
Every Rowenta iron I have - about 4 or 5 - has leaked. Definitely not worth the money as far as I'm concerned. I took a class where the instructor had one of the Rowentas that had the water tank and it was even worse than any of the other Rowenta irons I've had. I have a Black and Decker that I'm pleased enough with. It doesn't seem to get as hot as the Rowenta, but it doesn't leak, which I guess is more important to me. Not so much when I'm quilting, but when I switch over to pressing clothing.
Read your instruction booklet. It probably says to not use only distilled water, but tap water or half tap and half distilled if your water has lots of minerals in it or half distilled and half bottled spring water.