Recommend a steam iron

[Stephenite]

I'm in the market for a new device for pressing out (and pressing in) untidiness and creases in clothes.

I have recently started a job where my, otherwise unkempt, appearance is deemed important to the task and, as i'm not selling guitars, I have to wear a kind of uniform. Now, I'm not a stranger to the electric steam iron - I've had a stint in the armed forces, etc - but I have always either inherited or borrowed one, and never boiught one for myself. I have a Philips Mistral 20 which leaks all the time and doesn't steam. It's, probably, over 20 years old and i have no recollection how i came to be the 'owner' but i'm certain i didn't buy it.

Has electric steam iron technology changed over the last couple of decades or so? It's quite an exciting thought.

So can anyone recommend a modern steam iron?

 

[postman]

Funny you should ask this.This is a post from my FB page

I did not want to mention this during the Christmas period.But just before Christmas i lost a close friend.
He has been by my side for a very long time.He helped me with my ten pin bowling action.He helped me iron out a few wrinkles in my life.He even got me a few brownie points with my wife and children.
So i say farewell old friend Russell Hobbs.
Mind you i soon forgot how old a thing you were dribbling over my clothes,steaming at plies of clothes.The new iron is so much smoother


The new iron is
Russell Hobbs Supreme Steam Iron 2600w. £19-99 last week,Argos or Homebase Mrs Postman bought it FOR ME.i do the ironing.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Sorry...this one has totally thrown me.
A Samsung?

 

[fossyant]

What postman says. Just bought one. Had an older version many moons ago. We've also got a steam generator one which is better for bigger jobs.

Anything that can chuck out a load of steam.

 

[vickster]

Go to a shop and handle a few, personally, I find it's important to have one that is the right weight. Current is Russell Hobbs, was probably on special in Tesco at the time I needed a new one. I find a plant sprayer much more effective at dampening the clothes prior to ironing than the integral spray/steam gubbins

 

[classic33]

Go to a shop and handle a few, personally, I find it's important to have one that is the right weight. Current is Russell Hobbs, was probably on special in Tesco at the time I needed a new one. I find a plant sprayer much more effective at dampening the clothes prior to ironing than the integral spray/steam gubbins

Iron them whilst still wet if possible.

 

[slowmotion]

This one, which costs about £35, was rated at 83% by Which? magazine. The review said it was "basic but brilliant".

Philips GC3829/80 Azur Performer

 

[vickster]

Iron them whilst still wet if possible.

That would mean ironing more often than every 6 weeks. I try not too wear too many shirts that need ironing!

 

[Pale Rider]

How hard is your water?

Steam irons don't like very hard water, partly because the nozzles are very small and clog easily.

Some are marketed as being suitable for hard water, but I don't know if they work or not.

Where all this is leading is you might be better off to use a plain iron and a small garden atomiser.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

We use Bosch, but they are expensive compared to others

 

[numbnuts]

Just bought this one it works for me
http://direct.asda.com/morphy-richa...m-iron/001591525,default,pd.html#choice:brand

 

[vickster]

[QUOTE 4621523, member: 259"]You just use distilled water. It's dirt cheap and steam irons are miles better for ironing.[/QUOTE]
Or run the water through a Brita. Stops my kettle furring up

 

[wheresthetorch]

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6042220

 

[Bonefish Blues]

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6042220

Darth Vader's helmet it is.

 

[Smokin Joe]

This is a rather sad thread in a forum supposedly full of rufty tufty Men of The Road. What next, how much Comfort should I use when washing my silk boxers?