Maytag MI7500 iron

Has anyone used this iron? Does it get hot enough? Does it hold the heat
when off the cradle? Does it spit water or leak water all over the place
when you have water in it but the steam set to off? The last cordless iron
I had about 12 years ago was absolutely dreadful, I forget the brand.

Before plunking down about $126 for this (with shipping) I thought I would
ask for opinions from people who actually *gasp* iron :-)

Ellen

Ellen, I'll let you know soon. I just ordered the cordless Maytag being
sold at a discount in the latest Fons and Porter magazine ($120) It
better be good, or it goes back! (one year guarantee) Nancycog in MD

Hummmm tough question! I have this iron.....I won it in a raffle.
It doesn't leak and it does hold its heat off the cradle. I have been a
Rowenta user for many, many years so I'm used to doing a quick pick up of
the iron to turn it back on after it has automatically shut off. With the
Maytag, you have to punch the button to choose the fabric temperature and
then wait for it to heat up again. The length of time depends on how long
its been off. Though I don't think it heats up as fast as the
Rowenta....and "maybe" doesn't get as hot. But not really sure on that
one....just an impression. But I've been pretty happy with it for the most
part...of course, I didn't pay over 100 dollars for it. So I might be
easier to please!

Kathyl
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"Ellen" wrote in message
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Has anyone used this iron? Does it get hot enough? Does it hold the heat
when off the cradle? Does it spit water or leak water all over the place
when you have water in it but the steam set to off? The last cordless
iron
I had about 12 years ago was absolutely dreadful, I forget the brand.

Before plunking down about $126 for this (with shipping) I thought I would
ask for opinions from people who actually *gasp* iron :-)

Ellen

"KJ" wrote in message
news:B9vNe.48062$084.14760@attbi_s22...
Hummmm tough question! I have this iron.....I won it in a raffle.
It doesn't leak and it does hold its heat off the cradle. I have been a
Rowenta user for many, many years so I'm used to doing a quick pick up of
the iron to turn it back on after it has automatically shut off. With the
Maytag, you have to punch the button to choose the fabric temperature and
then wait for it to heat up again. The length of time depends on how long
its been off. Though I don't think it heats up as fast as the
Rowenta....and "maybe" doesn't get as hot. But not really sure on that
one....just an impression. But I've been pretty happy with it for the
most
part...of course, I didn't pay over 100 dollars for it. So I might be
easier to please!


It's my rowenta that leaks water when it has water in the tank -- this is
the 4th rowenta I have had woth problems. I bought one about 10 yrs ago and
it leaked, the store replaced it, the replacement leaked, they replaced it,
that replacement leaked, they begged me to take my money back and I did. The
non-Rowenta I bought to replace it lasted about 8 yrs and then I bought the
latest Rowenta about 2 years ago. It is not an auto-off. But if you have
water in the tank it just seems to leak blobs of water here and there. And
it is getting worse. The soleplate has gotten slightly yucky even tho it is
supposedly non-stick.

If I have to punch a button every time and wait for it to heat up, it will
probably make me a raving lunatic. Maybe I should rethink this and just
never use the current rowenta with water in it again :-(

The best iron I ever had I bought 30+ years ago -- a GE I belive with a
plain sole plate. Got very hot, the sole plate never got weird, it didn't
spit and it didn't leak. When it was 18 yrs old there was some place having
a deal -- bring in your old iron and buy a new one and get $20 or $25 off
the new one. I never should have done that but I did ... It seems to me that
the technology has been around for close to forever, I don't want electronic
improvements. I just want an iron that gets real hot, that doesn't spit
water and doesn't leak. I'll live with a boring sole plate .. sigh

I have this theory -- no one but us irons. We are a small segment of the
population. All those other people who buy irons kept burning things cause
they couldn't manage to figure out how to turn the irons down to a cooler
setting and kept bitching at the manufacturers so they started making irons
that don't get hot any more. Problem solved! Now to even have a chance at an
iron that gets hot we wind up spending big $$ and they still don't work
right. Grump grump grump :-)

Ellen

wrote in message
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Ellen, I'll let you know soon. I just ordered the cordless Maytag being
sold at a discount in the latest Fons and Porter magazine ($120) It
better be good, or it goes back! (one year guarantee) Nancycog in MD


That was the ad I was looking at. I'll be interested to hear what you think
of it.

Ellen

According to some article my DH read....Black and Decker is rated the #1
iron. Don't know which model it was though.

Betty in WI

"Ellen" wrote in message
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"KJ" wrote in message
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Hummmm tough question! I have this iron.....I won it in a raffle.
It doesn't leak and it does hold its heat off the cradle. I have been a
Rowenta user for many, many years so I'm used to doing a quick pick up of
the iron to turn it back on after it has automatically shut off. With
the
Maytag, you have to punch the button to choose the fabric temperature and
then wait for it to heat up again. The length of time depends on how
long
its been off. Though I don't think it heats up as fast as the
Rowenta....and "maybe" doesn't get as hot. But not really sure on that
one....just an impression. But I've been pretty happy with it for the
most
part...of course, I didn't pay over 100 dollars for it. So I might be
easier to please!


It's my rowenta that leaks water when it has water in the tank -- this is
the 4th rowenta I have had woth problems. I bought one about 10 yrs ago
and
it leaked, the store replaced it, the replacement leaked, they replaced
it,
that replacement leaked, they begged me to take my money back and I did.
The
non-Rowenta I bought to replace it lasted about 8 yrs and then I bought
the
latest Rowenta about 2 years ago. It is not an auto-off. But if you have
water in the tank it just seems to leak blobs of water here and there. And
it is getting worse. The soleplate has gotten slightly yucky even tho it
is
supposedly non-stick.

If I have to punch a button every time and wait for it to heat up, it will
probably make me a raving lunatic. Maybe I should rethink this and just
never use the current rowenta with water in it again :-(

The best iron I ever had I bought 30+ years ago -- a GE I belive with a
plain sole plate. Got very hot, the sole plate never got weird, it didn't
spit and it didn't leak. When it was 18 yrs old there was some place
having
a deal -- bring in your old iron and buy a new one and get $20 or $25 off
the new one. I never should have done that but I did ... It seems to me
that
the technology has been around for close to forever, I don't want
electronic
improvements. I just want an iron that gets real hot, that doesn't spit
water and doesn't leak. I'll live with a boring sole plate .. sigh

I have this theory -- no one but us irons. We are a small segment of the
population. All those other people who buy irons kept burning things cause
they couldn't manage to figure out how to turn the irons down to a cooler
setting and kept bitching at the manufacturers so they started making
irons
that don't get hot any more. Problem solved! Now to even have a chance at
an
iron that gets hot we wind up spending big $$ and they still don't work
right. Grump grump grump :-)

Ellen

My latest Rowenta leaked when I first started using it, but for some reason
(knock on wood) it has been fine lately.
I've read good things about the Panasonic with the Titanium sole plate. I
think it's about 25 dollars at Target. Might be worth a look.
I hope I was clear about the Maytag and the push button. If you are using
it constantly, ironing and replacing it...you don't have to push the button.
If you leave it alone long enough that it shuts off....you have to push the
button three times (once for each heat setting ...three being the cotton
setting) to get it going again...and then wait for it to heat up. Just a
couple minutes really...but I still forget the button thingy..I just want to
pick it up and then let it heat back up...and that doesn't work.

"Ellen" wrote in message
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"KJ" wrote in message
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Hummmm tough question! I have this iron.....I won it in a raffle.
It doesn't leak and it does hold its heat off the cradle. I have been a
Rowenta user for many, many years so I'm used to doing a quick pick up of
the iron to turn it back on after it has automatically shut off. With
the
Maytag, you have to punch the button to choose the fabric temperature and
then wait for it to heat up again. The length of time depends on how
long
its been off. Though I don't think it heats up as fast as the
Rowenta....and "maybe" doesn't get as hot. But not really sure on that
one....just an impression. But I've been pretty happy with it for the
most
part...of course, I didn't pay over 100 dollars for it. So I might be
easier to please!


It's my rowenta that leaks water when it has water in the tank -- this is
the 4th rowenta I have had woth problems. I bought one about 10 yrs ago
and
it leaked, the store replaced it, the replacement leaked, they replaced
it,
that replacement leaked, they begged me to take my money back and I did.
The
non-Rowenta I bought to replace it lasted about 8 yrs and then I bought
the
latest Rowenta about 2 years ago. It is not an auto-off. But if you have
water in the tank it just seems to leak blobs of water here and there. And
it is getting worse. The soleplate has gotten slightly yucky even tho it
is
supposedly non-stick.

If I have to punch a button every time and wait for it to heat up, it will
probably make me a raving lunatic. Maybe I should rethink this and just
never use the current rowenta with water in it again :-(

The best iron I ever had I bought 30+ years ago -- a GE I belive with a
plain sole plate. Got very hot, the sole plate never got weird, it didn't
spit and it didn't leak. When it was 18 yrs old there was some place
having
a deal -- bring in your old iron and buy a new one and get $20 or $25 off
the new one. I never should have done that but I did ... It seems to me
that
the technology has been around for close to forever, I don't want
electronic
improvements. I just want an iron that gets real hot, that doesn't spit
water and doesn't leak. I'll live with a boring sole plate .. sigh

I have this theory -- no one but us irons. We are a small segment of the
population. All those other people who buy irons kept burning things cause
they couldn't manage to figure out how to turn the irons down to a cooler
setting and kept bitching at the manufacturers so they started making
irons
that don't get hot any more. Problem solved! Now to even have a chance at
an
iron that gets hot we wind up spending big $$ and they still don't work
right. Grump grump grump :-)

Ellen

Hi KJ, That is the iron I bought last year at Target. I love it! I heats
up fast and if it does sit long enough to shut off I think it heats up
pretty fast. It doesn't leak, unless I overfill the tank, ooops. The sole
plate is titanium and nothing sticks to it. It has a self winding cord for
storage too.
So far it is a thumbs up for me. Linda in Tx

"KJ" wrote in message
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My latest Rowenta leaked when I first started using it, but for some
reason
(knock on wood) it has been fine lately.
I've read good things about the Panasonic with the Titanium sole plate. I
think it's about 25 dollars at Target. Might be worth a look.
I hope I was clear about the Maytag and the push button. If you are using
it constantly, ironing and replacing it...you don't have to push the
button.
If you leave it alone long enough that it shuts off....you have to push
the
button three times (once for each heat setting ...three being the cotton
setting) to get it going again...and then wait for it to heat up. Just a
couple minutes really...but I still forget the button thingy..I just want
to
pick it up and then let it heat back up...and that doesn't work.


I really go back and forth in my mind about just going and buying a $25 iron
and when I get really annoyed at it or manage to get enough fusible and
paint and who knows what on the soleplate then throwing it away and getting
another one vs. paying a lot of money for one with magic properties.

I think I will go sightsee at Target this weekend -- altho that is dangerous
as I am constitutionally incapable of walking out of that store without
having bought a whole bunch of things I don't need. Oh wait! I do need new
potholders! OK then, I *have" to go to Target!

Oh I finally got it -- it doesn't have temperature dial? hrmmmm

Of course what I really want is one of those big $$ ironing systems with a
table that sucks the steam down and big water tanks and all that. That is so
not going to happen :-)

So much useful information from this newsgroup!

Ellen

"Betty in Wi" wrote in message
...
According to some article my DH read....Black and Decker is rated the #1
iron. Don't know which model it was though.


They used to make really good irons IIRC and then they went thru a period of
irons that were less than stellar. Maybe they have gotten their act
together. That would be good .... Thanks!

Ellen