Over the years we have been married, we have owned a fair few irons, a lot of which have lasted a long time and others which broke soon after we had bought them. When our last iron bit the dust we decided to just opt for a cheap basic iron and found Sainsbury's BASIC Iron at the daft proce of £3.89.

The only thing about this iron is that it does not have a boatload of fancy features to it, but then for this price you would not expect it be anyhting else but extremely basic. The tank has a holding capacity of 160ml of water and the iron wattage is 1200. We've had hotter wattage irons but this is quite good for what it is. This iron comes with its own cup for pouring in the water and the base is stong durable stainless steel which is also scratch resistant. It weighs in at 28kg so that's fine by me,but my other half feels it is a bit on the light side for her. It feels like the smallest iron I have ever used but I soon got used to it after a while. (Yes, I am a man who does the ironing, ladies).

It actually also irons really very well indeed for such a cheap product. It irons work shirts and trousers and jeans ext perfectly and also as it is so light it doesn't make my arm ache if I stand there for ages at the ironing board. The cable is a also a good length and there is no need to have to use an extention cable at all. All the creases seem to come straight out of everything I iron without a massive amount of effort on my part.

There is no way at all I can possibly fault this iron and you must surely agree that at this price it is a real bargain.