Although our iron was working ok and did a good job, it was starting to leak quite badly so I decided to purchase another one for safety reasons. I had some Amazon vouchers from a website I do some work on so decided to use these up to save the pennies. I went for the Breville VIN207 steam iron as I like the Breville brand and know it is a good, well thought of brand and this iron was relatively cheap on Amazon so thought it was worth a shot. Aside from the other two reasons, the one thing that originally attracted me to this specific iron was the 'girly' colouring. The iron is generally white with a pinky/purple inner colouring which makes it look a really ...  Read the complete review

I recently bought a new iron. As money is tight at the moment, I needed one which didn't cost too much and so I opted for this Breville Easyglide 220w iron which I bought from Tesco's for just under £20. The iron is very attractive to look at; it is a pretty pink colour and so is very attractive. The 'base' is made from stainless steel and so has a 'shiny mirror' look.. The controls are very easy to use, however they do look quite 'fragile' and 'toy like'; I could imagine them 'falling off' very easily. The control buttons are very chunky and don't look that strong at all. The iron is very light to use which is a good thing. However, it ...  Read the complete review