Bulbs & Fittings Ideas

Customer Video Review Length:: 1:12 Mins

I had a Black & Decker D2030 Auto-Off Digital Advantage Iron for the past two years, and since I was not completely satisfied with it (this was really just a convenient iron, not what you need when you have 10 shirts to iron at one time every week) I felt like it was time for an upgrade.

I heard from a lot of people that Rowenta irons are the Mercedes of irons (after all, they’re made in Germany!) so I looked into their offers, and come across the Pro Precision, which I had no clue existed: an iron with a separate yet compact base where you can put a ton of water and get humongous volumes of continuous steam!

I have never seen so much steam coming out of any iron, not even from garment steamers, this is a brilliant idea, you literally need just one pass and the garment is completely flat, no wrinkles left, not even the toughest ones! The steam goes so deep into the fabric that I can do two legs of a jeans folded on each other at the same time. Ironing my clothes is the easiest thing now!

Other than the steam which is the main benefit of this product – and “benefit” is too soft of a word to describe it, this amount of steam should be called a REVOLUTION 🙂 – the iron has two other great features which are apparently unique to Rowenta irons:
1/ a “precision tip” which I had never seen on any other brand and allows to go into every corner of a piece of clothes, like under the buttons of a shirt
2/ an ironing plate with hundreds of holes all over the surface, which all release steam – all the other brands I have seen on the market only have a few holes, and only on the sides or at the front of the plate, and they don’t even all release steam (makes one wonder what they’re for, really).

Other cool features are the fact that you can refill the water base while ironing (makes sense, since the iron and the base are separate) and it has a valve on the side that recollects all the impurities from the water that can build up inside the base over time.

I really recommend the Pro Precision for anyone who wants the best in irons and in steamers, it’s like having a dry cleaning service at home! Look at my video, it really says it all.

What did I love about this particular iron: QUICK 3 minute heat time & LOTS of generous steam! Since I sew 24/7… this iron met all my expectations & my curtains look so crisply pressed – very NICE! It was a JOY while it lasted! Saved me lots of time over the previous irons (original 15/20 minutes heating time + cooling time to refill tank for the Rowenta DG5030s)

When you put your time & talent into your sewing projects, you DEPEND on your pressing equipment as much as your sewing equipment. If sewers aren’t at the sewing machine… they’re usually nearby pressing (preparing fabric for cutting, in the midst of sewing creasing the fabric for seams, finished again by a final press). We buy these expensive time-saving irons because we EXPECT them to last a few years at most and be a joy to use.

Four months with 2 irons having the same steam trigger problems – plus the other reviewer’s having the SAME problem – Rowenta should have their quality control folks figure out why the trigger is sub-standard on their product.

Using a surge protector with on/off switch, it only takes the flick of a switch to turn on the iron (yes, no on/off switch on this iron – but no problem with a surge protector) – reach for your item & it’s almost like it’s waiting for you. Love the FAST heat / ready to go. The freshly pressed items look and feel so much better with this iron. You’ll fall in love with this iron – saves time, makes your items look fantastic, easy to use. Just wish the Rowenta fairy would get the triggers working as they should.

I’ve enjoyed the other steam station by Rowenta DG5030 for several years (~ 3 all with boiler cap problems)… however, their flaw was the boiler cap. The pressure cap would blow/blast steam if you didn’t release the steam by button quickly enough – the cap would blast steam with a horrible explosive sound. Scary – lucky my caps stayed on unlike another reviewer. Reason enough to move up to this Rowenta DG8430 – till the trigger breaks unexpected. This DG8430 has a very simple plastic cover to lift & fill with water – no need to let iron cool down & fill… just fill and keep pressing.

This rating would be a 5 star… if ONLY the trigger button would NOT break!!! To be sooo expensive, you’d think Rowenta would listen to their buyers and have the SIMPLE trigger mechanism problems figured out. They know this is a flaw with this particular model – with the complaints listed in the reviews.

This model is the BEST I’ve tried so far… but for the $$$s spent, you’d expect it to last longer than a cheaply bought iron. It does make an expensive paper-weight (hoping I can get it repaired soon).