You will regret this, earthling!!!!
Do not buy a cheap iron. I don’t care if you don’t have money for a good one, suck up and save up.
REcently I thouht that I ruined my good iron, which, btw, wasn’t a super expensive one, I’d say it was low int he mid range. And old, I’ve had it forever. As I say, I thought that I ruined it so I went out and bought the CHEAPEST iron I could find. I think it was 10 bucks.
I figured out that my regualr iron was not ruined and so kept using it. UNTIL! Until Vim went up there and ironed a bunch of plastic bags, got plastic all over my iron and DIDN’T TELL ME.
You can see where this is going, eh? I approached my iron with my very cute leopard minky and cream flannel baby blanket needing to iron the corners. OOPS! melted the fuck out of the binding with burning plastic.
Well, needless to say, I’ve kicked Vim out of the house and he is across the street living with a small group of male iron ruining monkeys.
I ‘fixed’ my blanket by making a patch out of leopard minky and a made with care (hahaha) label and then sewing that patch, oddly, to the corner of the blanket binding. dot dot dot.
So I whip out this new 10 dollar iron and realize just how much it sucks. It really sucks. It has no automatic shut off, which for me is an epic fail. I can barely remember to turn off the faucet when I am done with, never mind an iron. Also, the settings knob is impossible to read and you have to get your face all up in there to figure out what setting you are using.
That is my cautionary tale of woe, y’all. BUY A DECENT IRON! Also, do not iron plastic bags with a good iron.
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May 17, 2008 at 5:46 pm
ironing plastic bags? ummmm???
May 17, 2008 at 7:36 pm
As a quality iron-wielding freak, myself, I can honestly say I feel your pain. I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve found myself away from home, especially on business trips, staying in a hotel, and finding myself faced with the proposition of ironing my wrinkly mess of a collared shirt with a sub-par iron. For me, the make-or-break test is how the iron performs at medium temperature (for synthetic fabrics) with steam. The cheapest irons just leak like a sieve, leaving garments spotted with medium warm iron water. I’ve had the experience of calling down to the front desk no fewer than three times, each time begging them to please bring me an iron that does completely suck. Those who iron and know quality irons cannot tolerate shitty irons. Those who do not iron rarely know what the hell the rest of us are complaining about, and are completely happy to ruin our good irons while “getting the wrinkles out” of their PVC garments. (Sorry, Vim.)
BTW, if you find yourself in the market for a new quality iron, I’ve never been happier with any wrinkle-removing appliance than I am with my current iron. Seriously, this thing totally kicks ass. Being able to generate steam separate from the temperature of the iron metal is friggin’ genius. Love it.
May 17, 2008 at 8:25 pm
HA HA HA! Covering it up with a “made with care” label! HA HA HA HA HA!
We once got a set of children’s walky-talkies that didn’t have an automatic shut-off. So every time the kids played with them (which was three times), they went through a set of batteries.
May 18, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Okay please enlighten us why would anyone on this earth iron some plastic bags?
May 19, 2008 at 11:37 am
Hear hear badgermama! I was asking myself the SAME exact thing and can’t quite come up with a decent explanation.
May 19, 2008 at 3:14 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mleak/324536601/
http://etsylabs.blogspot.com/2007/05/long-overdue-fusing-plastic-bag.html
May 19, 2008 at 11:51 pm
I totally agree though I no longer iron things and don’t own an iron. All I can say is I for sure know how and you are so right. The steam thing is crucial!!! nothing worse than rust spot water out of some cheap piece of shit right onto your shirt!
September 14, 2008 at 11:46 am
“Well, needless to say, I’ve kicked Vim out of the house and he is across the street living with a small group of male iron ruining monkeys.” Yay! You made me laugh out loud!