When my Bernette ProGlide iron died a couple years ago (and I really
liked that one), I replaced with with the classic B&D and had the exact
same experience, Fran. It was useless and went straight back.
I know you don't prefer modern irons, but I've been very happy with my
Reliable v100, for what it's worth. I love the weight, balance, and
steam galore. It never spits.
Good luck finding your perfect iron.
-s-
On 5/20/12 3:34 PM, Sharon Collier wrote:
I have a Westinghouse that changes color depending on the temp. This is
really good, as my last iron, while on "low" overheated and I melted a seam!
Sharon C.
-----Original Message-----
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Lavolta Press
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:49 PM
To: Historical Costume
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.
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