This past week at my guild retreat I found out something that I didn’t know…..
Irons come in different wattages!!
Who knew!!
This came about because I was using a no-steam iron and was amazed at how flat the scrap blocks were…..
I also liked using a dry iron rather than adding steam to the fabrics and felt as if they were less distorted.
Come to find out, the iron was 40-plus years old and was a 1700 watt iron.
As we talked about this among ourselves, someone mentioned that irons came in different wattages. As I did more research, I found out that higher watt irons heat up faster and get hotter!!
I checked my irons when I got home and found that they were both 1500 watt irons.
I have been looking online to see how high I could go, and found one at 2000 watts but it has no reiews so that is a red-flag to me.
Next I found several at 1800 watts. The two highest rated are both brands that I have never heard of and are not super expensive ($30 – $40).
What would you do????
Do you have a favorite iron??
Please give me any advice that you can!!!!
I have a T Fal I bought a Sam’s. 1700 watts. Also the new oliso irons come is 3 different wattages. The yellow one is 1800 and the blue 1700 I think the other one is pink 1500. The most expensive one is 1800. Mine is blue and works well. I also bought a GE at the Vermont country store that is a dry iron and 1800 watts. It is first sold in 1960s. It works great. But no steam. I use it with a wool ironing board when I piece. It helps flatten seams well Jodie
Thanks for the information Jodie. There are just SO many of them out there!!!
I’ve tried the Rowenta (both leaked), the Shark (held up pretty well) and I’m back to a basic Black & Decker.
That is pretty much what I have heard from everyone.
Keep this interesting information coming. I will have to check that out with irons here.
I have the beautural and like it fine, except the auto off timing is short, maybe 15 min.
I didn’t find anything wrong with the Beatural except that it didn’t provide anything that I didn’t already have!! If it is like the one I tried, you KNOW when it cuts off because it dings a BUNCH of times!!