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What is the best suggested iron to use (besides Rowenta). Do you like the
teflon coated plates? Does anyone use and like the little tiny pokey looking irons? |
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Yes, I have a Clover Iron, and get a lot of use from it. It is good for
seams and for getting into tiny little spots. Becky "joysjane" wrote in message ... What is the best suggested iron to use (besides Rowenta). Do you like the teflon coated plates? Does anyone use and like the little tiny pokey looking irons? |
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I use my little Clover a lot.
Sherry Starr "joysjane" wrote in message ... What is the best suggested iron to use (besides Rowenta). Do you like the teflon coated plates? Does anyone use and like the little tiny pokey looking irons? |
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"joysjane" wrote: What is the best suggested iron to use (besides Rowenta). Do you like the teflon coated plates? Does anyone use and like the little tiny pokey looking irons? I have a plain old Black and Decker iron. I believe it does have a teflon coated plate, but that wasn't a selling point for me. What is the selling point is NO auto shut off. I like to plug in the iron and turn it on and sew and press when I need to. I do not want my iron to shut of and then have to wait for it to re-heat. I think I bought my last one at Target for under $20 about 5 years ago. Definitely more price consious than a Rowenta and my arm doesn't get tired from shoving around a heavy iron and I don't have to cry because the water thing leaks all over :-) Or so I hear often around here. I don't have the little iron, but I know lots of quilters who do and love them especially for classes and workshops and such. marcella |
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I have a Shark iron from Target. It functions both with and without the cord.
It wasn't expensive and I think it is WONDERFUL! joan joan o'reilly live strong http://www.rockthevote.com/ |
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I also like the "steam/no steam" option. Some irons have to lower the temp
just to get no steam. I'm glad you said "besides Rowenta's". For me, never again. I think a steel soleplate is better than a non stick one. but that wouldn't stop me from buying it if it had the other features. Laurie G. "Marcella Tracy Peek" wrote in message ... In article , "joysjane" wrote: What is the best suggested iron to use (besides Rowenta). Do you like the teflon coated plates? Does anyone use and like the little tiny pokey looking irons? I have a plain old Black and Decker iron. I believe it does have a teflon coated plate, but that wasn't a selling point for me. What is the selling point is NO auto shut off. I like to plug in the iron and turn it on and sew and press when I need to. I do not want my iron to shut of and then have to wait for it to re-heat. I think I bought my last one at Target for under $20 about 5 years ago. Definitely more price consious than a Rowenta and my arm doesn't get tired from shoving around a heavy iron and I don't have to cry because the water thing leaks all over :-) Or so I hear often around here. I don't have the little iron, but I know lots of quilters who do and love them especially for classes and workshops and such. marcella |
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Ah-ha!
I got a new iron just a couple of weeks ago. I had said to a friend that I wouldn't pay much, and was thinking of going back to dry only - because of drips amongst other things. However, when I started looking around to see what was available (I keep things a long time and so I get out of touch with developments!!) I was amazed. My last iron - a Teflon plated - was a pain to clean, so I said no more a Teflon sole plate, even though they are so smooth and glide over things so well. But, I kept going back to the Tefal Teflon based one *because* it had a 'self-clean' feature (like ovens), a permanent no-scale device, and a no-drip device. It has an automatic steam flow plus an extra steam burst at the press of a button, or a spray of water. It will work dry also, of course. It wasn't cheap, and it is quite heavy, but so far I love it. It does *not* have an auto off (something I didn't want) and it is not cordless. It also has an extremely long cord, so that I can steam adhere my Hobbs fusible on the kitchen island without unplugging the iron - the greatest benefit perhaps. I use a small travel iron in my sewing room for pressing while constructing, then I go to the kitchen to steam press when things are nearing completion. I don't have a Clover iron, as I find my travel iron small enough. .. In article , joysjane writes What is the best suggested iron to use (besides Rowenta). Do you like the teflon coated plates? Does anyone use and like the little tiny pokey looking irons? -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Me, too, Marcella. I got tired of the Rowenta leaking and turning off.
The Black and Decker gets good and hot and stays hot. Mine isn't Teflon coated, though, and I wish it was because when ironing some 'free' fabrics donated, the iron became blackened by some polys hidden in there that stuck and smelled horrid. Now I have to clean it. Any suggestions? Nancycog in MD |
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I have had a Black & Decker and a Sunbeam - they both leaked all the time.
The Black & Decker did not get hot enough. I tried every plug in the house, and it was the same. I bought a Rowenta on sale at Jo-Ann's and I love it. It doesn't leak, and it gets hot. I like the on/off feature because mine only takes 15-20 seconds to get hot again. I know lots of people have had trouble with Rowenta, but I have had mine for about 2 years now and have never had a problem. Sherry Starr "joysjane" wrote in message ... What is the best suggested iron to use (besides Rowenta). Do you like the teflon coated plates? Does anyone use and like the little tiny pokey looking irons? |
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I use the Iron-Off hot iron cleaner by Dritz (??). It does work well.
As for Rowentas, I love mine. No leak problem with 2 of them so far. One I have does leak and it looks like it was seriously dropped at some time (it was not new when given to me.) So it is a dry iron. I also have my ex's grandmother's old GE dry iron. nice smoooth soleplate which is wonderful for fusing stuff, and gets almost toooo hot. Pati, in Phx wrote: Me, too, Marcella. I got tired of the Rowenta leaking and turning off. The Black and Decker gets good and hot and stays hot. Mine isn't Teflon coated, though, and I wish it was because when ironing some 'free' fabrics donated, the iron became blackened by some polys hidden in there that stuck and smelled horrid. Now I have to clean it. Any suggestions? Nancycog in MD |
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