Take pain out of ironing (well almost!)

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    Anonymous
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    I cannot stand ironing. Its such a tedious and boring job and no matter how much I do it (not that I do it that often to be honest!) I really do not like doing it. I often promise my husband all sorts of treats if he will do it instead…thats how much I don’t like doing it!

    I had been using a not so great iron for past few years, needs a lot of fiddling about to get it on right settings for ironing difficult items etc. and takes a lot of pressure to get creases out.

    Last week, I just tried a new iron from Philips, its the GC8520 and its really good, it takes some of the misery out of ironing. Its much faster than last one I was using as it does not need any adjustments when using it, it automatically adjusts to whatever fabric you are ironing. So you can from cotton to silk without any fuss or twiddling.

    I still don’t like ironing but its not as bad when you have a good iron – this is the one I’ve been using incase anyone is looking for a new one, thought I’d give this a mention.

    http://www.philips.co.uk/c/irons/perfec … 20_02/prd/

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    mammycool
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    Ah, a steam generator – that is on my wish list whenever my iron packs it in. In saying that, I have a good philips one at the moment and it does the job when I dust it off!!

    #127875
    chewieodie
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    Have to admit…. mine barely sees the light of day…. unless the clothes are too wrinkled to be worn in public…. 😳 and I too unearth the fabulous Phillips one that I got a few years back….
    Have to say, best iron I ever bought….

    #127876
    Siobhán @ Mams
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    I try to iron as little as possible but sometimes I have to do it – such is life – and it does make a difference with a good iron. Not having to fiddle about with it every time you change fabric is great and saves a lot of time.

    In fairness, having a not so great iron isn’t much of a complaint in the greater scheme of things nowadays but having a good one like this makes things a little easier for us hard working mammies 😀

    Having said that, much as I might want some new kitchen appliances from time to time, I would buy it myself. Not like my friend, who got an iron like this off her husband for her 40th birthday. He thought he was being great because she really wanted one but she nearly throttled him with it because she wanted a day at a spa!!

    If my husband ever did that to me, I would throttle him for sure !! 😆 😆

    #127884
    Yvonne
    Member

    We have a Tefal version, got it a good few years ago and I have to agree it does take the pain out of ironing! The pile is definitely not as daunting.

    Highly recommend this type of iron!

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