| Product: |
Hinari Lifestyle Iron |
| Date: |
14/10/01 (419 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Mains Cord, Filler, Temperature Gauge
I am the owner of a Hinari Lifestyle Steam/Spray Iron.
I have had the Iron for about 2 years now and thought I should tell you about it.
Its a bargain at under £15. In fact, for that money, you do get a very practical if somewhat awkward Iron.
I say that because I has 3 major drawbacks.
1) The Filler.
Being a steam Iron, it requires water. This sounds obvious but you would be suprised to see people trying to use irons and wondering why there is no steam despite having no water in it.
This filler is very awkward. To fill it, you need to put the water through a hole in the front. You need to put the iron on its end while carefully pouring water into the hole.
You get a filler bottle with it but lose this at your peril. If you dont use it, water goes everywhere but in the iron. The hole is badly designed so id dones not take water by any other means.
Best not to do this with the tap or it goes everywhere.
2)The Cord.
Being a cheap Iron, it has a mains cord attached. This means you dont have the manouvreability of a cordless job or the flexibility around the ironing board.
The Cord is only about 4 foot long so you have to be either:
- Very near a Mains socket
- Have a handy extension lead.
Both of which are a pain.
you dont want to be rectricted when Ironing as its not the most sensible thing to use is it? A burning hot metal thing!
3)The Temperature gauge.
Sitting on top of the iron is the Blue Dial that represents the temperature gauge. It has 5 main settings with flexibility between them all. Trouble is, the 5 settings have no representation of the pictures they display.
The min setting is fine. Its not going to get any creases out but you wont burn anything.
Synthetics is very vague. Use caution.
Silk and wool is next. Hmm, contentious.
Then the real problem.
Cotton.
The setting is just too hot for it.
The number of shirts and T-Shir
ts I have made "shiny" by having the iron too hot is unbelievable.
Yet the gauge says COTTON!
No way is it.
This despite pumping loads of Steam through it.
They really need to sort their gauge out and save us all some money.
Good points are:
Its really cheap. Under £15 is a bargain in anyone's book.
It glides nice. It is easy to use and I find it always reliable.
The temperature light. Tells me when its ready to burn my next shirt.
The Spray and steam buttons. Aid the glide when Im ironing.
The bottom line.
Well if you want a cheap iron, you could give it a try just be careful with your cottons and expect to get frustrated with the cord.
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