Which steam generator iron would you recommend?

Respect

sillygoose wrote: »

Think the second model is a bit OTT for no vital gains, also strangely that seller quotes only 1 year warranty but all Bosch have 2 years from Bosch... so maybe your right something fishy? John Lewis price is very good.

Thanks, that's very true regarding 2 years warranty. I'll go with John Lewis then. Thanks for all your help!

diable

Tea_Pea_Dee wrote: »

I have had 4 of these beasties in about 7 years. I have never had used the one diable is recommending, and not sure if I would. I think that one is better suited to a professional. I had one with the same sort of boiler thingy and I hated it. You had to wait an age for it to cool down before you could fill it, and it was like a pressure cooker waiting to explode when you undid the cap. I have had a John Lewis one (can't remember the make), Lidl's own one, Breville and my current one is a Hinari. Apart from the Lidl one (the boiler thingy one) I would recommend any of the 3. You need at least 100/120gms of steam per minute for it to be any good. Also make sure you get one that has a continuous fill, ie you can fill it without waiting for it to cool down. I would never ever go back to using a bog standard steam iron now. They are a godsend.

How much have the 4 steam irons in 7 years cost you and did anything go wrong with them?

If you need to iron for more than 3 hours then you must have sadistic/masochistic tendencies

LadyDee

Even though ( fortunately) do not have much ironing to do, I have been considering getting one, and came across this site which gives quite a lot of useful info on various brands http://www.beststeamgeneratorirons.co.uk/steam-generator-iron-reviews/

sillygoose

LadyDee wrote: »

Even though ( fortunately) do not have much ironing to do, I have been considering getting one, and came across this site which gives quite a lot of useful info on various brands http://www.beststeamgeneratorirons.co.uk/steam-generator-iron-reviews/

She seems quite keen on all of them, but the site is littered with money making referral links so I am not surprised. Not terribly impartial though.

jackieb

LadyDee wrote: »

Even though ( fortunately) do not have much ironing to do, I have been considering getting one, and came across this site which gives quite a lot of useful info on various brands http://www.beststeamgeneratorirons.co.uk/steam-generator-iron-reviews/

My one is the same as their favourite one on that site. I was £220 for it. It's been away to get fixed under guarantee as it stopped working. Tefal's service was very good, and they also replaced the soleplate at the same time, even though I hadn't complained about that (the soleplate is just as bad as it was before now though). But at £220 I would have expected more from it. The amount of steam it produces is very good, but because of the problems i've had I wouldn't recommend it.