Cordless Irons

I haven't heard anything positive about them at all! I, too, was interested in getting one, and checked around. The almost unanimous report was that they don't get hot enough for cotton or linen, and don't stay hot. I have been saving my money in hopes that they will get better in the future.

The LQS here has a new Rowenta cordless iron in the classroom. It gets very hot and re-heats fairly quickly. The only problem is many people do not pay attention to the cordless fact and set the iron down on the board rather than the charger and the next person gets a cold iron.

The whole put it back where you got it concept seems lost on them. :-)

marcella

The Panasonic at Target that runs in the $59 range is wonderful! It was recomended to me by a RCTQ member and I asked for it for Christmas a couple of years ago. It gets SO hot I sometime burn my fingers handling the fabric afterwards. I don't use the steam so I cannot comment on that. I use a spray bottle. I also don't iron clothes, so I cannot comment on that either. It does hold it's heat for a good long while and it reheats really quickly. I find at workshops people always use my ironing station! I like fusible batting and it works excellently for that. I do it one side at a time with a dry iron. Never tried two sides at once with the steam.

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I was going to write much the same thing as you, Pat. I hated my cordless and love my Rowenta. :)

I really dislike them all. Sorry, but they do cause a lot of hassles. You have to put them back on their base to reheat, so you have to be careful how long you use them at a time. I tend to sew several seams, etc, then press everything at once and even in classes the iron would cool off as people were pressing. And if you forget to put it back in the base it really gets cool. Most of them seem to have an auto shut off too--so you may have to "restart" it when you go to press and wait for it to get hot enough.

I have one, but gave it to DH. He uses it to transfer designs to wood so that works fine.

Do double check and make sure you understand the down sides before you invest in one. (The ones that I've used in shop classrooms were the Maytag, supposed to be one of the better ones too.)

Pati, > I am wanting to get a cordless iron. Does anyone have any

I like my Maytag cordless "ok". I won it in a raffle for $5.00. I rarely forget to put it back on the cradle, but it does shut off and takes a bit longer to reheat than my Rowenta auto/off. But for the price I paid, I like it fine. Now, if I'd paid $120....I wouldn't be impressed.