Recommend a Quality Clothing Iron?

[OutmodedEccentric]

Could someone recommend a good quality clothing iron? I do quite a bit of sewing and generally wear suits and expensive white shirts, so, I cannot afford to just buy something random that might end up staining or otherwise damaging fabric due to developing problems. P.S. I prefer low-tech in as much as possible, devices have far too many completely unnecessary extras built in nowadays, just more things that can go wrong, and I hate LED displays etc. Thanks

[electrofix]

If you pick a good make then you have a better chance of getting a quality product

I have a bosch base station iron and i think its great but Tefal are also ok and you cn get spares for both unlike irons like Morphy Richards when spares are not available like most Chinese imports

Dave

[OutmodedEccentric]

Cheers, I’ll look into Bosch. I had been eyeing a Philips and a Tefal. Though I think I might try to find a dry iron model, as most of the problems that arise seem to be due to the water reservoir, so, just using a spray bottle instead would prevent most.

[electrofix]

be careful with the philips. not sure if its all of them but the dont make the steam in the base and just pump water to the iron. had a few where the water pipe is blocked thereby scrapping the iron

Dave

[don]

Bosch currently do not list a steam generator only half a dozen standard irons.

Best current guide to generators I can find is here and as already mentioned Tefal feature strongly.

Don

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