With 3 active children, and a professional husband, it feels like sometimes I spend more time ironing than I do anything else at home. That is why I purchased this ironing board. My main reason for purchase was the wider than average board, and the shelf underneath for storing ironed pieces. These two features have proved excellent but what makes this ironing board exceptional is the double plug and extension underneath the board (which means the hazard of a trailing wire with an iron attached to it, is lessened) but the most fantastic feature is the heat retention of the ironing surface which holds the heat and means that on items that have plasticised print you need  Read the complete review

In the long list of things that I have to do, ironing is probably quite a low priority. However, as much as I would like to extend my "fold it whilst it is still warm out of the dryer/fresh off the line" philosophy to all items, sometimes you do have to iron. This board is the one I have owned for the last 3 years, and it does get used at least twice a week, I iron workshirts and uniforms; pre-children I used to iron everything including duvet covers, but these days life is too short. My mum's ironing board has lasted her the whole of her married life - I have my ten year wedding anniversary coming up, and all I can say is I hope that my marriage ...  Read the complete review

Having recently acquired one of those large steam generator irons I decided that it was time to update my ironing board so that I could stand the steam generator on the board. It seems, however, that I am to be cursed in my choice of board. I really like boards with a laundry rack underneath and it seemed that the choice of board that had such a rack and would take a steam generator was very limited. Quite by chance I happened upon the Minky board in Tesco and this seemed to satisfy all my criteria and more. Minky are a well-known name in household goods and I saw no reason not to go ahead with the purchase without further research. The board ...  Read the complete review