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Ironing query (merged threads)

rizla01
rizla01 Posts: 7,260 Forumite
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in I wanna buy it or do it
Hi, advice please.

What steam iron/generator do you use and how good is it and (if you can remember) how much?

Any disadvantage with a steam generator and are they worth the extra?

want to replace the ageing steam iron and know nothing about steam generators. Are they just a passing fad or are they that good.

Just the two of us wrinklies but since OH works (And I'm totally U/S when it comes to that task) I would like to get her something that would be as easy to use and effective.

Please post your opinions - they are all welcome.

Thanks.

Riz
"Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it."
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  • Reluctant_spender
    Reluctant_spender Posts: 2,785 Forumite
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    Got a steam generator - Tefal Express - £90 ish from comet online.

    Wife would not be without it - reduces the ironing time in half. She suffers with arthritis and would not go back to a normal iron now.
  • rizla01
    rizla01 Posts: 7,260 Forumite
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    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=3012884#post3012884

    could lots of you comment on the thread above please.

    don't appear to be getting many people reading it.

    Reallly need advice here.

    Edit by Nile: Duplicate threads aren't allowed so these two threads have been merged.
    "Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it."
    Post Count: 4,111 Thanked 3,111 Times in 1,111 Posts (Actual figures as they once were))
    Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
  • wigginsmum
    wigginsmum Posts: 4,150 Forumite
    What's an iron?
    The ability of skinny old ladies to carry huge loads is phenomenal. An ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.
  • Eagle_1
    Eagle_1 Posts: 8,484 Forumite
    Ive not used a steam generator but hubby bought me a press thing and to be honest I dont like it, I prefer to use my iron.

    Sorry, not very much help was I :D
  • ariba10
    ariba10 Posts: 5,432 Forumite
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    I drop my clothes on the floor and a few days later they appear in the wardrobe or one of the various draws arround the bedroom.
    I used to be indecisive but now I am not sure.
  • gravitytolls
    gravitytolls Posts: 13,558 Forumite
    None if at all possible. But otherwise, the cheapest steam iron with squirty button.
    I ave a dodgy H, so sometimes I will sound dead common, on occasion dead stupid and rarely, pig ignorant. Sometimes I may be these things, but I will always blame it on my dodgy H.

    Sorry, I'm a bit of a grumble weed today, no offence intended ... well it might be, but I'll be sorry.
  • mandi
    mandi Posts: 11,932 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Stoptober Survivor
    :confused: whats an I, ir, iro, Iron... Im a nervous wreck thinking about this thread,,,,,,,:D
  • Eagle_1
    Eagle_1 Posts: 8,484 Forumite
    mandi wrote:
    :confused: whats an I, ir, iro, Iron... Im a nervous wreck thinking about this thread,,,,,,,:D


    I had to argos it ;)

    I hate ironing so one Christmas my hubby had a brlliant idea about buying me a press......he thought he could get me to like ironing, I still hate it :rotfl: :rotfl:
  • rizla01
    rizla01 Posts: 7,260 Forumite
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    Helpful comments, too, please.
    "Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it."
    Post Count: 4,111 Thanked 3,111 Times in 1,111 Posts (Actual figures as they once were))
    Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
  • in_my_wellies
    in_my_wellies Posts: 1,684 Forumite
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    tesco - about £5.60 three years ago - very good
    Love living in a village in the country side
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