Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is the most awesome iron I have ever owned! I absolutely am in love with it! I admit that I held off ordering it because I always hesitate when there are no reviews on an item. That, plus the price---$140.00. I've never owned an iron that expensive but have always bought Rowenta irons. My previous iron is the Rowenta "Professional Luxe" and I have had it for at least 8 or 9 years; possibly more than that. For the past several months though, it kept shutting itself off while I was using it. I would have to give it a good whack to make it turn back on again. Shaking it did not work. I got tired of that; plus it made ironing really tedious. So I reviewed several of the newer Rowenta models here on Amazon and in Consumer Reports. I decided on this model...the DW9280U1 because of all the features and I love the way it looks; the color is awesome, though does not have anything to do with the function. I read the brochure that came with it and it says to use just plain tap water and to be sure to empty the iron out when done ironing. I never did that with the old model; but then I don't remember reading in that brochure to do so. As soon as you plug the iron in, and choose the type of fabric you need to iron, the fabric chosen begins to blink and continues to blink until the right temperature is reached. Then, as you begin ironing, I was so impressed...the iron just glided over the fabric; no dragging, no spitting whatsoever from the iron at all! I thought it would spit a little but it did not. The brochure also said that a slight odor and smoke might be detected during the first few uses; but I noticed none at all. The soleplate has 400 holes and look out when you press the steam button! The steam shot through the fabric with an incredible force; and every wrinkle was ironed out with one pass of the iron...this amazes me. With my previous iron, I would go over and over the same spot and still be unable to get all the wrinkles out of my husband's shirts; but this one does the job with one pass of the iron. I even tested it on the worst shirt he owns...it is a heavy 100% cotton shirt that I deliberately left in the dryer and it was full of wrinkles..yet this iron took them all out with a single pass of the iron...just incredible...and it glides so beautifully over all different types of fabric. The weight of the iron when filled with water is a bit on the heavy side but not overly so. It is heavier than the other iron, because the water reservoir is much larger than my old iron. That iron only held about 6-7 oz. water. This iron took more than a cup...about 10-12 oz. of water. When ironing blue jeans, again, I was totally impressed with the performance of this little beauty. It leaves professional looking creases; even my husband who never notices anything was impressed with the way his shirts and pants looked. Crisp, beautiful creases on all the fabrics I used it on. I used this iron on cotton, cotton blends, linens, silk and polyester. There are settings for Cotton, Linen, Wool, Silk, and Nylon. For cotton/poly blends, I used the cotton setting. When ironing my Christmas tablecloth, which is linen, again, one pass of the iron took out the wrinkles; the steam is what does the trick, I think. It has such a powerful burst of steam whenever you press that button. In general, I just cannot say enough about this iron. I cannot think of a single "con" about it at all. Maybe it's because my other Rowenta was giving me so much trouble that this one is like a dream come true. My husband balked at the price of the iron at first; but then when he saw how frustrating it was for me with the old iron, he caved, lol...and told me to go ahead and order it. I am actually LOOKING for items to iron because I am having so much fun with this iron. I have never been crazy about ironing but with this iron, I just keep wanting to find things to iron. I guess it's because of the way it operates. It just GLIDES over the fabric; no matter what fabric you're ironing. If you're on the fence about this iron, jump off. It is an iron you will absolutely LOVE. You will not be disappointed with this iron at all...you too will look for items to iron!