My very favorite steam iron ever was made by Norelco, but then they quit making irons.
Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Sun, May 20, 2012 4:49 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] %$#&* irons! The Vermont Country Store carries the Black & Decker Classic. I've loved the Classic for many years, and when my old one died, that was the first replacement I ordered. And returned after a few days of earnest trial. It leaked like crazy, and there was something seriously wrong with the temperature, the auto-cutoff, or both. I could never get it to heat and stay hot long enough to iron everything. So. it still has the old-fashioned manageable size, the better positioned handle that gives the iron better balance, the visible temperature dial . . . it just doesn't work. Another minus for cheap appliance manufacture in China. I concluded that the way to get an old-fashioned iron was to just buy an old iron. There are a lot of them out there. I am very hopeful about my upcoming vintage GE (and since it has a polyester setting it can't be an antique!), but if that does not live up to its unused-looking shiny promise in the seller's photo and description, I will just keep buying old irons till I get one that works. Fran Lavolta Press On 5/20/2012 1:20 PM, Mary + Doug Piero Carey wrote: > Fran complained about modern irons. > <snip> > > p.s. I seem to recall a catalog with some old-fashioned irons in it > -- maybe Vermont Country Store? I'll have to go look. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
