Irons > Braun Irons

Advantages: Light and easily maneouverable
Disadvantages: Some small niggles

Its the old story. When my trusty iron of five years faithful service finally packed in, it was time to buy a new one. Loathe to spend to much of my precious weekend and hard earned dosh trawling through the shops, I headed straight to my local Co-op supermarket as they usually stock a bit of kitchenware. ~~ THE BASICS Price: around £13.99 . Appearance: mine is mid blue and white, quite large in size and nice and shiny and new! Comes well packaged ...
...instruction booklet in a variety of languages. ~~ CAN IT DO THE JOB? My previous iron finally pakced in when little pieces of plastic holding the water tank became wedged in the side of the tank. This caused the tank to expand slightly, and as aresult, it leaked. This shorted the fuse (13 amp), and as aresult, my fridge,kettle and radio also went off. When I removed the stray pieces of plastic, the problem seemed solved, but I increasingly found ... Read review

Advantages: powerful crease removal, good value
Disadvantages: none

Breville IR29 Steam Iron The Breville IR29 Steam Iron is a basic but good quality iron, it is the only Breville product I own and I must say I am impressed! It cost £14.99 from JTF Warehouse about fourteen months ago and so far I've had no problems with it. The main reason that I bought this iron was that it is pink, sad I know but I love all things pink! Coinsidentally one of my friends bought the exact same iron for the exact same reason so I'm ...
...out and buy the same or the nearest model Breville iron again. For £14.99 it can't be faulted as this is a good performing reliable iron with enough features to cater for the needs of most households, and if you like pink then the colour is an added bonus!! ... Read review

Advantages: cover reflects heat, irons out creases quickly, thick underlay, washable
Disadvantages: can take a while to fit cover snuggly (without creases)

...the TV advert for the JML Fast Fit Ironing Board Cover, so off to Wilkinson's I went and picked one up for £4.99. According to JML they have sold over 8 million ironing board covers in the UK, which is quite impressive. The Ironing Board Covers are obviously very popular as there was only one left and it has a spring green leaf pattern on it. I guess if I wanted a really funky looking patterned one, then I should have bought one as soon as the adverts ...
...claim to do? JML claims it fits almost any size board - this is somewhat true. The ironing board cover has elasticated edges to ensure the cover is held in place snuggly. I am not sure of the exact measurements of my ironing board and wouldn't want to bore you with the details, but did find that the cover is slightly too big for my ironing board. It took me a good 20 minutes of ironing the cover to the board to make sure that there were no creases ... Read review

Advantages: Cuts ironing time
Disadvantages: None

This is my second steam generator iron and I thought my last one was good but the GV 8150 is excellent. It heats up in about 2 minutes, glides through the most stubborn creases and has a turbo boost button for really stubborn creases.. One of the advantages is that it has continuous steam so you can carry on ironing even if you run out of water, my old iron you had to wait again for it to heat up, also it sis relatively quiet compared to my old one. ... Read review

Advantages: drip stop,lime-scale prevention system,2400 watts,ceramic sole,
Disadvantages: none

specs: Drip stop lime-scale prevention max wattage:2400 watts sole material:ceramic This iron is very light weight that fits nicely in your hand for easy use.Its got a ceramic sole which just glides over the clothes and gets the toughest creases out such as in jeans and is ideal for thinner fabrics such as silk and cotton. Its got a lime-scale prevention feature which is great because you dont get your iron clogged up with lime-scale thats ...
...actually use the iron as a dry iron and dont put water in it. It comes with a 3 year guarentee and a full set of instructions which are straight forward and easy to follow. ... Read review