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A Blatant Lie By Rowenta
Date of Review: Jun 25, 2006
I wanted an iron that would neatly press my husband's dress shirts for work, so I bought this iron. I also liked the vertical steam and no-drip features.
I decided to try the iron out on a dress I needed to wear for a wedding, using the vertical steam. However, the vertical steam just didn't work! I tried everything. It would steam very well horizontally, but not a bit of steam would come out vertically. I returned the iron and exchanged it for another of the same model, figuring it was just a malfunction with that particular iron. After all, it said right on the box that it does vertical steaming. I brought the second iron home, but the vertical steam only "worked" for about 20 seconds. When I say "worked", I mean steam came out. But it did NOTHING for those wrinkles on the dress! And what's worse, this iron began leaking all over the place! (Another lie by the company-not only won't it vertically steam, but the "anti-drip" function seems to work only if you're lucky enough to grab one of the irons that works!) Needless to say, I will not be purchasing another Rowenta.
