Theres a deal on the front page today with an iron for $5, reminded me i need to buy a new iron - my one's about 6 years old and leaves rust on my shirts… not ideal.
A quick look on The Good Guys suggest you can buy irons from $20 all the way up to $140…
Now i'm no ironing aficionado, but i would like to make sure i get a half decent iron. Do the more expensive ones do anything different/better, or is it all just marketing BS?
Thanks!
ah cool, will check this out! Thanks :)
It depends on how much ironing you do. I have a middle of the road one with a coating on the plate that makes it glide a bit easier and the steam trigger is under the handle so it is easy to activate, one handed, whilst holding the iron. The other thing to look at is warranty and reputation. The cost of any product should include the cost to the environment for making it and disposing of it. If you do a lot of ironing then the continuous steam ones might be worth considering so you don't have to keep topping them up.
I agree with the clean/descale bit. You can get iron cleaning products from the supermarket that clean off the base and most decent irons also have a self clean function that can push hot water/steam through the iron to clean it.
Yeah sweet - good info, thanks :)
cost of any product should include the cost to the environment for making it and disposing of it.
Presumably you aren't foolish enough to believe what the entity selling you an iron says so how do you even know that?
I am talking about buying an iron that might last a reasonable amount of time rather than something you replace every couple of months. Funny how you go straight to an insult.
In short - no.
Yeah makes sense. thanks for the tips! I wouldnt have even thought to look at steam pressure.I would have just assumed this to be more marketing jargon!
My 20year old $15 Coles iron is still going strong. - disclaimer : I probably iron once every 3 years.
I would say YES (with a but) all irons are the same but there's 2 categories: cheapo irons like what you find in a hotel, and decent irons. I would just get a really good steam iron, I think target sells good ones for like $50. As much steam as you can generate in my opinion!
Wow, settle down there Jelly K, no need to get Hot Headed !
I used to think so until I started traveling for work and sometimes have to iron business shirts in hotel rooms using hotel irons, which can be a frustrating experience. Big difference
Yeah, that shirks me a little. You stay in business hotels, like Marriott etc, and they still have crappy irons!
I prefer when instead of having a cheap one in each room, 99% of which probably never get used, they don't have them in the rooms but have some good ones that you can ask to borrow for the duration of your stay. Much better system
I used to get $20 irons which leaked water, left marks, etc, and usually only lasted about a year. Then got a $80-$100 iron and realised there is a pretty big difference.
Also, if you can't shell out for a better non-leaky iron, leave it empty. Get a cheap spray bottle and fill it with water. Spray on your shirt and iron out. Same out come, no leaks or stains.
Some are inferrium.. :D
Get a steam generator when they are on sale with a cashback offer. You will never go back to an ordinary iron.
Irons ain't irons.
Any old iron, any old iron, any any any old iron.
I iron almost everything so I know my irons. Yes there is a huge difference between a $20 and a $70 one. Trust me a cheap one is painful to use. Maybe it'll be fine if you only iron on special occasions but as I even iron jeans, and sometimes my bed sheets, I'm very happy with the Braun one that had a great cashback deal 6 months ago. Something $70-$120 will be a lot easier to get creases out than a $20 one.
Agree. My friend boasted about her bargain of a $10 iron from Kmart. I looked after her kids one night and had taken my ironing to do when they had gone to bed. It was frustrating and took me much longer. I now have an ironing station which was half price from Myer. $190 and it has been a bargain buy. I do my ironing in half the time or less. My time is worth more than a bargain price.
So I suppose if you iron very little, buy a $10 iron.
The only thing I wanted in an iron was an auto off feature (forever forgetting to turn it off) many didn't have that feature last time we bought one.
You haven't bought an iron in 10 years? ;)
It could be that long! Don't iron much in our house. 5 shirts a week for me, a couple of things for my better half. We bought a decent one back then, and found that not all of them did have auto off.
After spending $20 on irons over the years and deciding to spend $100 this time around, no there isn't a significant difference.
The new one makes more steam though.
No - my iron is a toaster, electric jug, steam cleaner, slow cooker, attitude adjuster, and I use it as a player in monopoly.
My iron was leaving a little rust on my shirts, it just needed a clean/descale. You may not need to buy a new one.