Iron with steam generator

I have an active Lelit board, heated, almost silent. True, dear, an infection, now it costs more than 17 thousand rubles

One board without a "kit"? Oh-ho-ho!

Second day with an iron. Cotton is still unrealistic to smooth out.

Now I looked briefly at the reviews. Yes, there are really a lot of reviews that do not iron well. It's strange. In the characteristics it is written 5 Bar, constant steam 120g / min, steam boost - 180 ... It seems to be not bad.

Yes, I also chose 120/180 according to the characteristics, it seems rather big. Yes, and a lot of steam, and it's hot! And the outsole is hot, but the fabrics don't care. Yes, cotton T-shirts are at first glance smoothed, but the creases from squeezing the washing machine in place.

It will be necessary to read about the model in more detail. They also look different from other series. It will be necessary to read it again and have a good look at the store "live". Thank you for objectively trying to tell about your impressions, and not just "everything is fine"

[AnastasiaK]

AnastasiaK.. I have another Philips model, I don't have a similar problem with ironing. I smoothed the jeans perfectly, and the linen tablecloth and calico, everything is fine, I didn't even have to use a steam boost.

Tatyana, what is your model? They differ in series even in appearance.

Yes, the jeans seem to have smoothed out normally, the only question is that it irones like the previous regular iron, ironed, but with creases. How do you get things out of the store?

[igorechek]

igorechek, I have Phillips 8375, he was in the Metro for a share.
AnastasiaK, I also have a Philips iron, so the steam generator smoothes it much faster and better, t-shirts iron on one side, everything is smoothed. Try f play with the settings, if there is such an opportunity on your iron. On the iron, set ***, and on the steam generator, the eco mode, there the steam turns out to be more humid, about this here in the topic girls wrote somewhere.

And there are no settings, he is kind of smart himself, he determines everything, only the Eco-mode is there. I have an 8620 model. I'll try it in Eco mode. But the fact that one layer of fabric should be ironed on both sides (as I did) - it certainly struck me.

Probably I will repeat myself. I already wrote on page 7. Do not buy models that do not allow you to manually select the amount of steam and temperature. This is pure marketing.

Now in Moscow in Ultratex there are various Silter steam generators 🔗

I continue to negotiate with my iron (Philips 8620). I found an extra in my washing machine. function Easy ironing, the essence is to remove from any spin mode, which leaves creases on the clothes, that is, everything ends up stupidly draining water. I hang the shirts on a hanger so that the water can drip, this further flattens the fabric. Today I ironed shirts dried in this way - it turned out much more efficiently and of better quality. This means that I will wash what requires ironing without spinning. We must somehow use this iron (the next 10 years).

I noticed a strange paradox.
For Philips steam generators, models with automatic adjustment of steam strength and sole temperature are much more expensive than models with their own setting.
For Tefal steam generators, everything is exactly the opposite.
Why would that be?

[igorechek]

igorechek, maybe it's too late, but I'll also bring my three kopecks. I have a regular metal board with perforations. Well, she does not have time to get wet during ironing. Even while ironing bed linen. Moreover, I have already made sure that it is better to iron overdried at a lower temperature.Then the steam is more humid (you can choose it Eco or double). True, I do not turn on the constant steam: I do not like that the iron soars when I turn over or iron the laundry. The discrete steam key is located so that it is not difficult to press it constantly. Sucking a big ironing I have now (according to the rules of the Russified fly ladies) after washing on Monday. Accordingly, the next morning before work. One set of bed linen, two large towels and several small ones are used for one ironing.
I am also not against the active board, but for me it is not necessary (now a device). In the kit, both are certainly more pleasant

No, no, it's not too late. Thanks for the useful information. I have not bought a steam generator or a new board yet. Just looking closely. I was not interested in this topic until recently and am still in some confusion. If I have more or less decided on the choice of the board (and your advice also helped), then there are so many completely different opinions about which steam generator is better to buy, from different forums, I have not yet met when discussing any other technique. Moreover, the opinions are completely opposite on the same issues. What one likes, others absolutely dislike!
The only thing that I have long been accustomed to, and I know why - people who have bought cheaper and simpler models of steam generators are much more satisfied who have bought more advanced and functional models.

So I'm all in thought ..

[igorechek]

igorechek, maybe when you buy more expensive equipment, do we make higher demands on it? Or because we are still using all the same functions as in the simple ones? True, in my phillipka, I just don't use high temperatures. Except for the first ironing of bed linen. when, out of habit, I set the temperature to 3 and wondered why it was not smoothed out. I like the rest. Only my filipok is not very sophisticated: all the functions are necessary. I just came to him through a steam generator-steamer and a steam brush (I really wanted to save everything).

I have a regular metal board with perforations. Well, she does not have time to get wet during ironing.

It's not just the board getting wet, it's not the main advantage of the "active" one, in my opinion. For me personally, the essential difference between an active and a regular board is the ability to control the air flow. Ironing on the "air cushion" mode does not print or shine on the seams on the front of the trousers. In the "vacuum" mode, the arrows on the trousers are perfectly fixed. I am writing about trousers, because in my personal experience I have never encountered "ruffles". (I would gladly iron them for granddaughters, but alas

Yes, hardly anyone refuses an active board simply out of unwillingness. It's about the budget ...

And recently I was visited by sadness-sadness (if not to say that shock). It was customary to iron in the morning, but the red descaling indicator flashes. (I was sinful and several times just poured boiled water. Then I read that smart people advise and bought a distillate.) By the instructions, which was drawn right on it, I did the necessary manipulations. I turn it on, but the light does not go out and there is no steam! Due to the fact that there is no time to think about it in the morning, I left to think again, did not change my mind. I climb to the Internet. and, chillingly, I see a response from one lady about the same situation on several sites. And then, lo and behold, she received an answer from the enlightened owner of the same Filipka. It turns out that in the service, she was prompted and done what she needed:
1 plug into an outlet, turn on the station itself.
2 unplug the power cord without turning off the station.
3 turn on everything.
4 should work.
This is their principle of steam supply after cleaning. It happened to me. I was already happy with my new toy (one of my favorites). Taking this opportunity, thanks to the one who suggested. Maybe someone else will do it.

Good advice, by the way. suitable for some other technique as well.

Yes, from time to time you have to overload the dishwasher if the water was turned off at the wrong time.

[Irina F]

Irina F, I am considering a model of an iron with a steam generator like yours. Can you please tell me if he copes with creases in the fabric, with overdried clothes? Does it smooth 4 layers of fabric well? How good is vertical steaming? How do you handle delicate fabrics? Sorry for a bunch of questions!

After four months, I want to say that the steam station has firmly become one of the daily necessities of life. and even though it was bought for the occasion, I will not part with such a technique now! Considering that summer clothes and bedding are mostly cotton, I iron every morning (almost). The main mode is ECO, super-wrinkled x / b-double steam, but on the 1st temperature mode. Heats up quickly, add water - no problem. Do not be afraid to forget the included one. I have never touched the steam brush and the steamer (as a steamer). To the shore, I pour now only distilled water.

I can tell for all women about the need for this device. I bought my wife about 3 months ago "at my own peril and risk" an iron with a steam generator. The wife has already said thank you a hundred times - the ironing process has never been so good and easy. If funds allow, buy it without fail, the difference with an ordinary iron is huge. And I had and still have an excellent Brown iron, it is also needed, but only for emergency ironing of small or single linen.

[igorechek]

igorechek, here I agree more than ever. This is a song compared to a regular iron. For example, I use a regular iron to iron 4 shirts per hour. A steam station - 5 shirts and 5 T-shirts during the same time !!!! And the mountains of ironing are no longer terrifying.

And I, and I, and I of the same opinion! The thing on the farm is definitely needed.

And I will support, the steam station is great! I've been using it since the New Year, I'm very happy. I want to give my daughter for the New Year, I think what model.

I can tell for all women about the need for this device. I bought my wife about 3 months ago "at my own peril and risk" an iron with a steam generator. The wife has already said thank you a hundred times - the ironing process has never been so good and easy. If funds allow, buy it without fail, the difference with an ordinary iron is huge. And I had and still have an excellent Brown iron, it is also needed, but only for emergency ironing of small or single linen.

And on what model did you stop? Already my head is spinning from a huge number of conflicting reviews on various forums

And I, and I, and I have the same opinion! The thing on the farm is definitely needed.

Alena, judging by your feedback, you are happy with your model, but which model? Phillips? Which one?

[Barberry88]

Barberry88, I have a Philips GC 8375/02 Iron. Purchased for a promotion in the metro. I use it in February. Almost every day. No words how pleased! An ordinary iron is forgotten, as well as a steam brush with a steamer. Heats up quickly. I iron only at the first temperature with ECO steam mode. If the laundry is dry, then double steam. And most importantly for me, it has an auto shut-off !!!! (this is for sclerotic + paranoid).

Barberry88, I have a Philips GC 8375/02 iron. Purchased for a promotion in the metro.

I have the same one, I like it from the metro, no complaints

In general, I have a very budgetary Clathronic, I bought it for $ 40, (I myself was in shock how lucky), but it is much better than an ordinary iron, I really like it. He is probably already 10 years old. The steam supply hose from the boiler to the iron somehow burned out, I thought everything, to a landfill. But it turned out that such spare hoses are being sold. We changed it for a penny and the iron continues to serve.

Thank you girls for the answers. We have phillips and tefals and one model of De Longhi VVX2450DUALVAP unknown to me. If we take with the functions of auto-off and vertical steaming, then at prices - 10 - 17 thousand. Tefali is somehow uncomfortable in the hand to lie down, the back part, where the cord is attached, as if pulls down. Still available is Philips PerfectCare Expert GC 9247/30, Philips PerfectCare Pure GC7635 / 30, Tefal Pro Express Total GV8961E0, and some other Italian company made in China, also more than 10,000 and with all the amenities listed. Unfortunately, there are no your proven options. Can someone have the listed models?

[Barberry88]

Barberry88, I have had Tefal Pro Express for several years, everything suits me, but I have not compared it with other models, maybe they are more comfortable in the hand.

[Barberry88]

Barberry88, I have Tefal Pro Express Total GV8961E0. I bought it half a year ago.Before him there was the semi-professional Italian system Metalnova. So Tefal turned out to be much better. As far as I am engaged in sewing clothes, I have to iron a lot and I am very pleased with Tefal. I fill in water only from the filter, but not from the filter jug, but I have a water purification system. I never have scale, so the iron does not need to be cleaned. A big plus is that it gives out exactly steam, and does not spit in drops, even if it is idle for some time. This indicator was very important for me. Well, unlike Phillips, Tefal still has a heating adjustment depending on the fabric.
I can't say anything about the inconvenience in my hand. At first it was unusual, because the hand got used to the previous iron, and now I don't even think about it. It is advisable to attach the cord in such systems to a special pin, which is in modern boards, then it will not pull down.

unlike Phillips, Tefal still has a heating adjustment depending on the fabric.

Phillips are also different. As in a regular iron, I have three heating modes. These fashionable latest models somehow regulate the amount of steam and temperature depending on the type of fabric (it's a mystery to me how).

I meant the latter. Nonsense, how can an iron recognize fabric? : crazy: Means he either will burn very delicate fabric, or not will smooth flax and jeans.

Maybe someone will buy, tell me how it happens

[kseniya D]

kseniya D, fires nothing. I have one, without a regulator, Phillips, I'm ironing at the moment. At first I was careful, but now I got used to it.

Maybe, but I would not dare to buy one. By the way, the previous iron I had was Philips. I was very pleased with it and used it much more often than the Italian steam generator. For 6 years he served faithfully. But of course, he cannot be compared with the current Tefal.

fires nothing

This is good, then I bet that it will not smooth flax to perfect condition. As a sewing person, I still have to choose the right temperature for the fabric myself.

[kseniya D]

kseniya D, for sewing I have a separate iron, with a regulator and steaming. And this one is for clothes / linen.

Well, unlike Phillips, Tefal still has a heating adjustment depending on the fabric.

Ksenia, I am looking at Tefal Pro Express Total GV8961E0 (photo in the Internet) and I don't see anything to adjust the heating temperature, - a smooth surface .... I can't figure out where is the lever or wheel or something else?

There is an adjustment on the base from the end under the iron wire. Top row of buttons. The first (round) is for delicate fabrics, the middle oval button is for the average, for almost all fabrics (cotton, wool, some silk) and the third (round) is for linen and jeans.

[kseniya D]

kseniya D, and, for example, children's girly panties? With an ordinary iron, it's a hassle - the cotton base itself is poorly ironed on the unit, and on the deuce, frills, rubber bands, edging, all kinds of stickers begin to stick ... abundance)? Is it possible with this iron to iron it all out somehow easier, by vertical steaming, or what? Or is it the same time-consuming process of smoothing each ruffle?

I usually iron things of such a plan from the inside out (what about the pictures). The panties can be ironed almost without touching them with a steam blow. I iron children's dresses with ruffles and frills on a board, also practically on weight, but it is also possible by vertical steaming, only you need to take care of your hands, you can get burned out of habit. When steaming vertically, the fabric must be slightly pulled and steamed at the same time.
Each ruffle does not need to be ironed, everything is much faster than with an ordinary iron.

Thanks for the answers, I want to stop at something tomorrow

Happy choice!

I also have Philips without temperature control, it irones perfectly, does not scorch anything, I am very pleased.Before that, there was De Longhi, I was also happy, but after half a year the boiler leaked, I had to change it.