Philips Domestic Appliances DST7040/80 Steam Iron, Plastic, Black/Gold, 2800W

This iron eased the ironing task a lot it is enough to go 1 or 2 times to straighten up the fabrics

I am a seamstress and do this full-time as my job, and so it's really important what iron I get, because it's got to be robust, it's got to have a good steam function, comfortable to hold, and be able to get into tight corners and have a good weight, too light an iron and it's not actually that easy to make it work well when making curtains and so forth. Too heavy and it's pure toil. I use my iron every day, and on and off ALL day, so it also has to last as long as possible. Interestingly this has lasted quite well, almost a year now. So worth the money. However, there are two problems, with this latest iteration,.... the plug itself is just so badly designed, it's hard to get a grip of it, and therefore hard to pull out of the extension lead/socket. It's really shallow and hasn't got the right profile to get a good grip. Super annoying on a daily basis! Secondly the lead has developed permanent kinks in it, this despite me diligently trying to re-straighten it. It's likely that it will be the lead that will fail before the iron as I think the wear on it will cause the cloth covering to fail, already signs of it. So very good iron, let down by inferior lead and plug. I've bought a sequence of Philips Azur irons over the years, and NO OTHER make has ever lasted or been as effective at doing the job as this one. But the lead and the plug quality and source of these components need to be sorted out - I see this plug is made in China. Inferior plug and lead lets this iron down. Please could this be sorted!

Excellent Iron, Easy to Use, No Water Leakage, Value For Money, Glides Perfectly

We bought this iron at a high price, thinking it would be worth the money. To be fair, as an iron it worked very well. However, after a few months, out of the blue there was a loud pop, a flash of blue/white light and the house circuit breakers tripped. Amazon, eventually, did replace the iron with what looked like a refurbished one. Again this worked well for a year but now exactly the same thing has happened. Maybe this is just bad luck, but am inclined to cut our losses and would be loathed to buy anything electronical form Amazon again.

I had high hopes for this. I loved my old tefal iron before it burnt out and wish I had stuck with that brand. This doesn't appear to get as hot and the cord is really short which is very annoying. Its fine, but not great!