elkridgequilter

Have gone through several Rowentas. They all have ended up leaky!! Now I have a Shark and except for the fact that it turns itself off too quickly I am happy with it.

Podunk Princess

I've had two Rowenta's and they both started leaking after a short period of time. I'm done with spending big bucks on them. I love the iron but hate the fact that they don't last very long. On the recommendation of a LQS owner I purchased a Reliable and love it. Only dislike is that because of the "pump" inside it is really noisy and very heavy. My arthritic wrists don't like ironing with it for very long. All in all it's one of the best steam irons I've had over the years. Very pricey but it does a great job. On the cheaper side, I've used the inexpensive Black & Decker models and they work really well for quick pressing and do a fairly decent job.

Dyan

I have a rowenta and LOVE it, it get hot enough and with the steam I don't have to press fabric over and over to get the wrinkles out, I did just buy a Eliso on clearance at JoAnn's by my house is going out of business, I got it for about 39.00 I haven't plugged it in yet, because I love my Rowneta.

redmadder

I've buried two of those buggars. Very happy with my Black and Decker.

cassiemae

I had a Shark and it leaked terrible then I bought an expensive Rowenta and that wasn't much better I don't know what it is with irons anymore but they just don't seem to be like they used to.
Hope you have luck with your next one.

pinkberrykay

My Rowenta finally died as well, threw it in the trash yesterday. I bought a vintage GE iron from a 2nd hand store, it heats up fast, gets super hot, steams great and doesn't leak or shut off. Price $4!!!

subyz

I have gone through 4 'expensive' irons - 3 Rowenta's and my favorite - a 'European Pro' - while my son has, and uses almost daily, the same $10 Black & Decker that I got him when he went to college 25 years ago!

ILoveToQuilt

I have owned many irons over the years. I liked my Rowenta, but now use a Black & Decker cheapie. One rule of thumb that an old tailor (been tailoring for 65 years!)told me is to never, ever, ever add water to an iron! If you want steam, spray your fabric with water. Adding water to an iron will cause mineral deposits to build up inside causing leaking. Depending on how hard/soft your water is, this can take weeks, months or years to cause. Steam irons are a convenience, true, but once you get used to spritzing, sprinkling or spraying your fabric before you iron, it's no harder and your iron will last forever. Remember what our moms and grandmoms did...they spritzed, sprinkled or sprayed as they never had steam irons. How many of us still have mom's dry irons? I'd bet that most, if not all, are still working. I even iron my DH's dress shirts using dry iron and spraying fabric. (Yes, I know, why do I iron shirts when the laundry will do them???) One other benefit...dry irons tend to be cheaper since there are less mechanical parts to them. I also find that they are better built because of the less parts. You can use any iron as a dry iron...just don't fill it with water. I will never go back to using a steam iron. This is just my opinion but it works for me. Hope this helps somewhat.

coopah

I am on my 2nd Rowenta steam iron. I bought it at a discount store well over 5 years ago. Works fine and can use any kind of water for steam. No problems so far and it puts out a good amount of steam when I need it.

callen

I have 2 Tfal irons & both have tons of steam. The 1 that has the auto off feature is a pain sometimes but the one I have that does not have the auto off feature is not. Both have tons of steam though & prices are much better than Rowenta irons.