Steam Irons

[Tuffwood]

Hi Everyone, Hoping some of you can give me some good recommendations when it comes to buying a new Steam Iron. My old one is slowly giving up the ghost and is dribbling more than a baby!! Looking at spending around the £30-40 mark. Was quite taken with some of the Tefals but would welcome your recommendations or stories of what to purchase or not purchase.

Thanks All

[RedThorn]

dunno how much they are, but the ceramic base irons are great.

Yes yes I do iron! so

[veggiechicken]

Haven't used an iron since I broke my wrist 4 years ago. I don't recommend that approach though!.
When I did iron I always had a cordless one like this Philips - Cordless steam iron HI570/02 - Steam irons - Irons - Household products
as the attached cords infuriated me.

[snuffer]

Iron, what's an iron? Creases will fall out once something's been worn for a couple of hours.

[Capsid]

We ordered this one.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00275FUZQ

[WendyC]

I've got a Philips Azur which does a great job. My mum said is was quite heavy when she used it at Christmas but I don't find it so. Does have a ceramic base which is easy to keep clean. Worth looking to see what length the cord is as some seem to be rather short.

[Alison]

Iron, what's an iron? Creases will fall out once something's been worn for a couple of hours.

I was wondering that too

[donnakebab]

Personally I would never pay more than 30 quid for an iron. That is based on the fact that I hate ironing and that various members of the family have either dropped them or knocked them off the board on to a ceramic tiled floor (cats and dog included) with amazing regularity! Yeah and me too. Can't change the room where I iron as not enough space to do my OCD sorting of ironed items.

However, given the money and choice I'd choose a cordless robot type that plans the evening meal while I'm talking to you guys on our beloved forum.

Hey all you techno guys and gals (think Jimmy Saville)...Get on it!

[Alison]

We ordered this one.
Morphy Richards Advanced Finish 40746 Steam Iron Semi-Electric Control, Mulberry: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home: Morphy Richards

Blimey, just clicked on this link, was totally unaware that you could pay that much for an iron! Am sure ours was only about £30 but it was probably about 10 years ago so maybe they're gone up since then but I'd want it to do the ironing for me at that price!

[Two_Sheds]

I iron nearly every day (I make my own clothes) so I needed something semi-professional that would give me vertical steam (a quick blast for non-iron items like best suits).

I hadn't looked at spending anything like this, but it's been absolutely brilliant. The steam really does make light work of the ironing. I wouldn't be without it now.