Rowenta irons

I just bought a new Rowenta (made in China) at Penneys that I'm going to return. It doesn't get very hot & doesn't really put out much steam. I have an old Rowenta that gets really hot, puts out a lot of steam, but spits water. I've probably had this one for 7 or 8 years. The model # on it starts with DM, so guess it was made in Denmark. It started spitting a couple years ago, but I guess I'd rather deal with that than one that doesn't get hot. I know some people don't use steam, but I really like steam better when I'm trying to press a seam than I like spraying water from a spray bottle that gets everything else wet besides the seam I want to press. About a year ago, I bought one of the Oliso (or however you spell it) irons. Returned it because it didn't get very hot either. Maybe some day I'll find an iron I like! Until then I'll use this old Rowenta. I like irons that get hot!!!

Donna in Idaho

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Donna in Idaho
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Over here in the UK I have been using a Philips Mistral for some years now. Mine does get good and hot and steams well. It doesn't have auto shut off - but I don't think they tend to over here. After a brief search I have only found one site selling them online in the US:

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NAYY, YMMV but I *do* like the irons (and so does MIL and she is a demon ironer of all laundry items)

Lizzy

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Lizzy Taylor

According to the specs on the Mistral, it has automatic shut off. That's the other problem - it's getting harder and harder to find irons that don't have automatic shutoff.

Donna in Idaho

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Donna in Idaho

I suspect Euro & US specs have different "expected/standard (safety) features" unfortunately.

Lizzy

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Lizzy Taylor

I guess the U.S. doesn't think we have sense enough to turn off an iron! I wish they would make them so you have the choice, but I'm sure that will never happen.

D>> According to the specs on the Mistral, it has automatic shut off. That's

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Donna in Idaho

Do your instructions have the great line "Do not iron clothes on body" ?

Lizzy

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Lizzy Taylor

Yep, the iron I just bought says that!

We also have the instructions on the cardboard shades you can put inside your car windshield while parked in the sun "Don't drive your car with shade in place" - like I'm going to drive down the road with cardboard covering the windshield!!!!!

D>> I guess the U.S. doesn't think we have sense enough to turn off an iron! >> I

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Donna in Idaho

You might try one of those Black & Decker's John just bought. When my old Rowenta dies I'm going to get one of those. Sounds like the new Rowentas are bad news.

Karen, Queen of Squishies

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Karen, Queen of Squishies

Those types of disclaimers are boilerplate things that legal corporate people have found necessary because somebody will try to do just what they caution against and then sue the company. Just remember the guy who spilled the cup of coffee on his lap and sued the place that sold it to him because it was to hot and when he spilled it on himself he burned himself. I believe I heard that something like 3/4's of the cost of ladders is for liability insurance for the manufactures because people use them stupidly and then file suit when something goes south. We are litigious society.

John

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John

It occurs to me, (not at all a handy person) that if an iron is manufactured in Europe, maybe it has european insides, which would make it not heat up much with only your 110 ac current. We have 220 ac current here in UK, and if I were to plug my iron from here into your current, it would not heat up much? If I were to plug a US iron in here, it would overheat and blow up. Somebody is getting the specs mixed up I think.

Joan Coventry UK

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joanb

Just checked my iron, it's a Sunbeam and I think that they merged with/or were taken over by some other company. The bad news is that it got knocked to the floor from the ironing board last week, and yesterday I had to press some strip sets for a class. Well I turned that iron on and...

it works !!!

Anyway, it's old and it doesn't turn itself off and it gets HOT !!!

Thankfully, Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

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Bonnie Patterson

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Pat in Virginia

But could the factory have put the wrong 'identity plate' on your iron - does Hans know that the US's irons have different insides to ours.

Having experienced various things being incorrectly fitted (like radiators the wrong way round) I'm not very trusting, and I've always wondered about these irons that dont heat up.

I have a sore finger to prove that mine gets hot!

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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Pat > Joan:

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Sally Swindells

I'm a little paranoid after all this talk about how awful Rowenta irons are. I just invested in one this summer, and so far, I love it. The steam is wonderful, and it's self cleaning. Mine says it's made in Germany....... I wonder if that will make a difference in how it behaves? Crossing fingers............

Patti in Seattle

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Patti S

While it is true about the global village, There is the problem of off- shoring for cheaper production costs for the mfgrs. In a number of instances I know of, J Wiss & Sons cutlery in particular, when the company shifted production off shore they went to a different marketing model and produced a lower quality product and relied on mass sales that traded on the companies name to sell more of the cheaper product to make larger volume sales. What it did was cheapen the value of the company name as opposed to the quality made original and left them with a smaller overall profit volume as former customers switched to other brands when they found that the product they were being sold with the brand name was not as good as the pre-offshore product. So to say that the products that are made off shore are the same thing is not always true. It depends on the business model of the manufacturer. Are they trying to produce the same product in a different place, or are they trying to milk the name of the company, for high returns of short term gains at the expense of the good name of the company. This often takes place when the company is bought out by "holding companies" who have no special interest in keeping the product line at the same high level as the original owner did. Their goal is to maximize yield for their investor stockholders on a short term basis and will let that be the guiding principle for any decisions they make.

John

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John

And in conclusion (if we come to one), it seems that the solution would be to buy from a store that gives a guarantee of 'money back, no hassle'. We've just bought a new computer scanner. The sales receipt is taped to the packing box. If it gets troublesome, all we'll have to do is stuff it in the box and take it back to the store. One of my SMs was bought from a shifty-eyed grizzly old man in the parking lot behind the bus station; a crazy thing to do. It's worked out just fine but I can't recommend the practice. Polly

"John" , There is the problem of off-

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Polly Esther

Patti, I'm working on my second Rowenta now (not counting the Rowenta travel iron I also have). My first lasted about ten years, and this one seems to be going strong. I can't remember exactly when I bought it, but it has to be at least five years ago. I think some are better than others, but I have no idea which ones are best. :S

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Sandy

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Pat in Virginia

"Polly Esther" wrote One of my SMs was bought from a

Sounds like a story we need to hear!!!

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Chris Underwood

On Sep 23, 4:05 pm, Pat in Virginia wrote:

I happen to have a personal connection to Wiss Cutlery. My father was western regional sales manager for that firm for 38 years and I grew up with Wiss scissors and garden shears around the house. We had a specific scissor or shear for every conceivable cutting need for our choosing. Boy were we spoiled. Everything from the smallest cuticle scissor to the largest lopping shear for gardening and every iteration in-between. The change came when the family who owned the company for more than 100 years received less than the usual return on their stock dividends, they sold the company to Cooper Industries group and took the money and ran. Cooper fired all of the sales and marketing people and closed the factory and off-shored the manufacturing and traded on the family name and produced a reduced line of products of an inferior nature and that is what you have today. Another good example is the current situation with Mattel Toys. They say that the problem is with the Chinese manufacturer not following their instructions at to materials and then I watched a video news clip of the head of international manufacturing sucking up to the Chinese head of export manufacturing by saying that the Chinese did not do anything wrong and that the problem was with the specifications that they gave to the manufacturer. Well which was it, The offshore manufacturer, or the clients specifications, it can't be both? When you let a supplier who may not be operating with the same set of business standards as you, produce all of your products, you get what you pay for. It is a global village, and just like most villages, there are good parts of town and there are bad parts of town. If you make the things you sell in the bad parts of town, don't be surprised if you get "held up", so to speak. Mattel is now facing a situation where their customers have sworn off buying any more of their products. I hope the guy in charge of off-shoring decisions has to eat it and look for a new job. Maybe they will hire him in China.

John

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John

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