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Tefal Steam Generator Iron

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Model number 2950 is £114.99.......BUT......it says a similar spec one might be substituted and the substitute model number is GV8150.

Argos themselves sell this model which is newer than the other one for £172.46.

This model has 5 bar pressure compared with 4 bar for the 2950 and it has a longer cord and continuous refill (which the other one doesn't mention so not sure if it has this too or not).

Anyway the newer model sells for £200+ normally and you can get it for £114.99 from Argos. :)

I asked for a 'customer view' first to check which model it was I was getting and I would have chanced my hand and asked for the substitute if need be. As it was, I got the substitute as they didn't have any of the original model left anyway. Think it's been discontinued.
Herman - MP for all! :)

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  • Hi
    Thanks so much for this, I'm off to Argos early AM Wednesday to see if I can get this bargain!

    Can you actually ask for the substitute rather than taking the 2950 ???

    Any help appreciated.

    BB :-)
    Debt free HOORAY !:T :A Years from now it won't matter what kind of car we drove, what kind of house we lived in, how much money we had in the bank, nor what our clothes looked like but the world may be a little better because, we were important in the lives of our children.
  • bootman
    bootman Posts: 1,985 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I am hopeless at ironing.

    Would this type help someone like me? I am willing to spend the money if my husband can wear shirts that actually look like they have been ironed!

    Whats the difference with these types of iron.

    Many thanks
  • bootman
    bootman Posts: 1,985 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Ive just been to my local argos and they had the correct one in stock, no substitute here :confused::confused:
  • deedums
    deedums Posts: 593 Forumite
    bootman wrote:
    I am hopeless at ironing.

    Would this type help someone like me? I am willing to spend the money if my husband can wear shirts that actually look like they have been ironed!

    I don't have either of these but I've had the Tefal Express (2911?)for about 5yrs, it's fantastic and I wouldn't go back to a normal iron! These models are a better spec than mine, hth :)
  • Back from Argos with mine today !! I got the subsitute Yay :)!! (Argos- Aberdeen , Berryden)

    I am so chuffed with it , someone said to me before I bought it that I'd never want a normal iron again, wow I think they were right, what an incredable difference. I HATE ironing but I am hunting the house for things to flatten and smooth. I've come to the bottom of my ironing mountain in about a quarter of the time.

    Just wanted to thank aliasojo for the original post !

    BB
    Debt free HOORAY !:T :A Years from now it won't matter what kind of car we drove, what kind of house we lived in, how much money we had in the bank, nor what our clothes looked like but the world may be a little better because, we were important in the lives of our children.
  • gk172
    gk172 Posts: 1,875 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    No substitute in the east kilbride store.
    The more i save the more i can spend:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
  • Dunkwho
    Dunkwho Posts: 46 Forumite
    snap! I too was going to post this :) We picked up an 8150 substitute for a 2950 from the argos extra in apsley, Hemel hempstead just after christmas. Now to get on and complain about the last iron on lasting 14 months (grrrr)
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