One-temperature irons

[therodofironlady]

OK so I've been on MN long enough to know that ironing is a dirty word, but there are some of us who still do it.

Of those who do, have any of you had a one-temperature iron? I bought one years & years ago, it was very expensive, and I was so unimpressed with it that I took it back and swapped it for one that I can adjust the temperature manually and actually gets hot enough to bloody iron with.

However, somebody gave me one more recently, because they bought it and hated it, and I have not been impressed either. But I will need a new iron soon, and it does seem like the one-temperature irons are taking over at the "decent" end of the spectrum.

Has anyone reading this used one with success?

I wouldn't bother. Sounds like pointless wankery and a complete waste of money to me. Just buy a normal iron.

I only use one temperature on my iron anyway.

Yes so do I, mostly, but it's the hottest setting. The problem is the one-temperature irons do not get very hot, and not hot enough to iron with easily, in my experience. There is no way to override this.

I agree with all you say, however, most "decent" irons are of this type now. It tends to be cheaper irons that allow you to set the temperature manually.

This has completely passed me by ! Is it meant to just deal with synthetic fabrics ? I do iron certain things ( like my high thread count cotton bedding - love the crisply ironed effect) and wear linen and pure cotton in the summer - both of these categories need a high heat but I’ve also got things that need a much lower heat. Plus some occasional sewing and needing to press out seams etc. Are these one temperature ones effective or should I get a manual one and keep it in stock. ?

Have a google of "one temperature iron". The idea is that one (fairly low, it seems) temperature is enough for any fabric.

I like a decent pressurized steam generator iron - these used to be the norm for many years, but it seems that the pressurized type (which are superior to anything else like it) are now the top-of-the-range, and with it comes the inability to set the temperature manually, as they all seem to be one-temperature.

Fair enough, in the ordinary steam iron catagory there's quite a choice of manual temperature models, likewise the much cheaper and totally crappy non-pressurized steam generator ranges.

Perhaps I should just stop ironing.

My steam generator iron is a 'one temperature' iron but it automatically adjusts so I can go from linen to synthetics without a problem. Brilliant and saves worry!I love it ,but it wasn't cheap.

I have a tefal steam generator iron that does everything beautifully on one temperature. I couldn't go back to a normal iron changing the setting all the time. It wasn't hugely expensive and I would definitely buy it again.
I didn't even know one temp normal irons existed

I loved my Philips one temperature iron until It started smoking and smelling of burning electrics. Replacement, given by Philips, transformer blew within a short time. Philips replaced with a much cheaper 'normal' iron still in use.

While I preferred the one temperature iron, I don't know that I would risk another. It took about 8 minutes to heat. Normally I'd go do something while it was heating. Fortunately I was nearby to take action before it burst into flames.