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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 |
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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 |
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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! Kathyl remove "nospam" before mchsi http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz "Ellen" wrote in message ... 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 |
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"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 |
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wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 ... "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 |
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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. "Ellen" wrote in message ... "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 |
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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 |
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"KJ" wrote in message news:lYvNe.263770$x96.54576@attbi_s72... 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 |
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"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 |
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