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My ordinary iron packed up yesterday rather dramatically by fusing all the sockets in the house :shock: So today I went to John Lewis to get a replacement (absolutely must with the daily duvet cover wash courtesy of Dominik).
Well, they were doing a demo of the type of steam iron that has it's own, separate steam 'tank'. Now, I'm not one to usually be swayed by such marketing nonsense as demos, but something (other than the persuasive sales lady) prompted me to go for it. It could have been the fact that it was a 1/3 off the full price ;)
Does anyone else have one of these? Do you find it as brilliant as I've found mine to be?? It simply eats through the ironing!!! :D
Sounds good Yola! Tbh, I rarely iron :roll: (life's too short ;) ) everything gets a body press here! :oops:
I'm glad you are pleased with it!
EmmaG
14-01-2007, 12:37 AM
Strange you should mention this Yola as my mum has just purchased a Philip one with a separate water tank, she said jeans and sheets were so easy to iron, sheets she just folds up into four and then presses the top and they are done.
What make did you go for??
Ummm . . . runs to look at machine; Stirella - I think it's a sub-brand of Polti.
They do a superb, cork-handled industrial-looking one, but at £200 I thought that was a bit of an extravagance :shock:
EmmaG
14-01-2007, 12:45 AM
WOW £200 is a lot, my mum got hers from Makro for £49.99 + VAT and looking in the Argos book a min ago that was a bargain.
Mine was £99 reduced from £149. I had a ceiling of £100 so it fitted the bill perfectly :D
EmmaG
14-01-2007, 12:52 AM
Excellent stuff Yola, how do you think it will cope with suit trousers and delicate items??
dinahsmum
14-01-2007, 10:09 AM
I have one. It works well (when it gets the opportunity - not my favourite occupation) but I am quite scared of the way the tank puffs and steams :?
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Enjoy yours Yola (do you think those pull up Pampers/Huggies designed for night time could help Dominic and save you some work?)
Donna
14-01-2007, 10:23 AM
I have an old steam iron but I have never put water in it to make it steam!!!!!
Cant get on with steam irons cos sooner rather than later the water tank goes yukky and then all you get out of the iron is black sludgey stuff - or am I doing something wrong lol!!!!!!
I hate ironing and only do minimal stuff. No duvet covers and sheets are ironed here!!!
smudgley
14-01-2007, 10:59 AM
What's an iron? :oops:
Let us know when you have perfected it Yola then I can send you some some ironing to do ;)
Mags - you are a cheeky mare ;)
DM - Dominik's had the pull ups for a couple of years, we're trying to train him to manage without!
Emma - this iron does 'vertical' ironing. Hubby's really pedantic about his suit trousers and this iron'll be perfect for that! :)
Hi Ya Yip Yola Ive had one for about 6 months now and love it. As I cant stand for long I thought it might help. It's great schooshes through the ironing and delicates are fine too.
alexgirl73
14-01-2007, 01:34 PM
I only iron when I absolutley have to, can't stand it!!!!! I've just got a bog standard steam iron, had it for years.
I must be strange (quiet you lot) I love ironing! Cant do it sitting down tho. The only things I dont iron is bra's, socks and tights:roll:
alexgirl73
14-01-2007, 01:42 PM
Weirdo!!!!!!
LOL Alex!!! I quite like it too, just annoying that it takes so much time . . . well not any more :D
I used to iron Dominik's muslins when he was tiny, my NCT buddies thought I was just the weirdest too :shock:
alexgirl73
14-01-2007, 01:45 PM
Yola sweetie, have you thought about counselling? I've heard it works with all sorts of strange habits!!!
Dont mince your words Alex, just come out and say what you mean:roll: :lol:
alexgirl73
14-01-2007, 01:48 PM
okay then, WEIRDO!!!!!!!!!!!:-D :-D
No It's just nice to see everything folded and ironed in my drawers. Get your mind out the sewer.:lol:
DM[/b] - Dominik's had the pull ups for a couple of years, we're trying to train him to manage without!
Yola, just a thought .......... have you tried lifting Dominik last thing at night before you go to bed ? Also, give him a gold or coloured star to stick on your calendar every time he has a dry night, it will give him encouragement and he may start to call out to you in the night when he wants to go.....
My daughter did that with her two little ones and it seemed to work for her .......
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