Sunbeam 4237 / 4238 Iron with Auto Shut-off

Pros: Steady,weight&balance. electronically controled heat. long 12 ft cord, no leaking, variable steams&burst of steam

Cons: small icons on steam control, no real place to wrap cord around

Review: Lives up to all it claims. After 12 years of B&D, this one is far superior. Better balanced than most on the market, especially the retractible cord ones. They are too heavy on the rear and you are dragging the cord holder around while you are ironing. ...

Pros: Dependable heat control, nice steam supply, auto shut-off

Cons: The temperature selections switch on handle to close to where who palm is.

Review: After our old Black and Decker iron quit working, we bought this Sunbeam at Wal-mart, costing just a little bit more than other models and brands. We like the auto-shutoff feature, with two periods, a short one if iron is laying down, I believe it's 8 ...

Pros: Looks nice. Can use shiny sole plate as mirror sometimes. Or the proverbial doorstop.

Cons: Just about everything. This was not a cheap iron in price.

The Bottom Line: Maybe your experiece will be better. I would look at other brands of iron. But I'll give it 2 stars, it did heat up.

Review: I purchased the 4238 model with Auto Shut-off, being that older Rowena gave up and became clogged even though I was using distilled water in it. The new iron did not steam as it should. After all that is what you expect a steam iron to do. The only ...