Regular iron or steam generator iron?

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Our iron is on its last legs after one too many drops on the floor.

I've done a search on her, good housekeeping etc and still can't decide what to buy. I want to spend less than £100. Most of the steam generators that are recommended on previous threads are £150+.

Am I best getting a fancier regular iron or a lower end budget steam generator?

I got a steam generator from Also a few months back for around £30-it's amazing!

That would be Aldi!

Just bought a new iron and they all seem to have the same problems. I;ve concluded that most irons on sale are shit.

Depends on how much ironing you do and what sort. If you iron sheets and lots of cotton shirts, a steam generator is worth its weight in gold. But, if you mainly iron artificial fabrics and not in huge quantities, I don't think they're worth the faff & extra cost.

We iron our bedding and DH wears a proper cotton shirt a day (with bloody double cuffs) and DS starts school so more shirts! Yay!
I'd say it's 60% cotton, 40% other stuff.

Tefal steam generator iron. I wouldn't go back to a normal iron ever again. Ever. This is my second one, in 20 years. I couldn't use a normal iron now.

Which Tefal one? The ones with good reviews on Amazon are all over £150ish and I ideally want to spend less than £100.

I don't know if there's a Robert Dyas near you but they usually have them at a good price. I think a steam generator iron halves how long our ironing takes (sheets, pillowcases, shirts etc).

I got a Hanari steam generator from Asda's about 5 years and it still works but I was having to give the water tank a good thud to get in properly. Anyway I got a Philips one to replace it and I'm sure it was £170 reduced to £140. It's great but there's a bigger difference between a normal iron and a basic steam generator, than the basic to fancier one.

I have a morphy richards steam generater which i am pleased with. Worth looking on the morphy richatd own site as they often have good bargains

This is timely for me as mine packed up yesterday. I have 20 shirts, 11 pairs of trousers and two pleated kilts to iron a week. Current iron gets through a lot of water, even when I'm not using the steam bit.

What's your DH's view, which would he prefer to use when ironing his shirts?

Steam generator is the better option. When the water tank broke on our steam generator we had to use the old iron for a few weeks and DH complained so much about it you would have thought he was using an old metal iron that was heated by an open fire.

Steam generator without a doubt. So much lighter, better steam pressure and less refilling. Ours is a cheap Philips one and has been going for about 10 years and there are lots of cheapish ones on Argos with good reviews.

Ifailed- DH does his own ironing and has told me to buy what I want.

I went for this one. Used a 10% code and then got a further 7% cash back on Quidco. www.morphyrichards.co.uk/products/ironing/steam-generator-irons/Morphy-Richards-332001-Power-Steam-Elite-Steam-Generator-Iron.html