A great Steam Iron for students - cheap and does its job without problems. The Tesco Value IR08 Steam Iron ---- Student Houses are usually great, nice rooms, big kitchens and lovely housemates - the only let down in our house were the kitchen appliances. Within the first month our microwave, our kettle and our toaster broke. Being students we could not really afford high end products and once again our way led us to Tesco. Every big Tesco store has a electronic area with a varied choice of low cost household appliances from sandwich makers to hairdryers. As with many store´s own brands Value products are cheap but usually ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to Irons I do not pretend to be any kind of expert, in fact when I used to live at home with my parents my mum had been using the same iron for over 20 years so I was lead to believe that they would last forever! How wrong I was, since moving out of my own place and having had my own home for over 6 years now it is quite shocking to realise just how many irons I have got through, it has even become a family joke! The latest iron that I brought was only purchased a couple of months ago and is just a simple standard Tesco Iron; I have figured out that the fewer gadgets on the iron the better! The actual Iron that I now own cost me just £3.84 ...  Read the complete review

I have to admit straight away that I absolutely detest ironing and avoid it like the plague whenever possible. I think this stems from the fact that when I was a teenager my mother used to pay me to do the ironing at home and I found it incredibly tedious and back breaking work (is it just me that slumps in a depressed kind of way while ironing, only to add a bad back to the whole experience?). So, over the years my husband and I have become experts at the sport of 'hanging things whilst wet so that they do not crease' (which is a much undervalued skill in my opinion). However, some things, such as workshirts and anything made if silk like material will always ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to products such as an iron I won't pretend to know what I am talking about. I wouldn't say I am the keenest around when it comes to household work, I therefore don't know a great deal about what I am looking for when it comes to such products. The Tesco Value IR08 Steam Iron cost me under a fiver when I bought it last year and it has lasted me well. The reason I bought it was partly due to the price, the look of the iron also drew me in. For this price I expected a plain and boring iron (probably white), but the attractive design sold itself to me. I wouldn't be confident in saying for definate what colour it is (!), although it seems like ...  Read the complete review

Technical details Stainless steel plate 1300W output 150ml water capacity Variable & Vertical steam Looks The aesthetics of this iron is quite pleasing, with a fairly simple design of pink and white colours, composed in a nice way. Price I bought this iron at around £6, but it has now come down to £3.87, according to the Tesco's website. This is obviously a great price for those who are not too concerned with lots of features etc. Also, for my experience, as a student. Ease of use This product is fairly easy to use, but is not that great in some aspects. For example, the simple task of putting the ...  Read the complete review