Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

10. They talk a lot about the U-shaped design. That's supposed to help steam circulate to more places, giving you more steam for your buck. 9. It's purple! That makes it easy to spot and sometimes it even makes me smile when I'm ironing. 8. It heats up quickly. No waiting around for the iron to be ready. It's ready to go. 7. It's light and handles easily. The term "iron" implies heavy, and of course, early irons were, well, made of iron and HEAVY. This is apparently not made of iron and glides around like a little ice skater on your wrinkled shirts. Apparently it has a titanium finish that helps with the gliding thing. Ice skaters may want to look into that. 6. A retractable cord. Yep. That sucker zips right back into the iron. Always hated wrapping the cord around the handle and then trying to stand the iron upright and having it fall over because the cord made the bottom all lumpy. 5. A nice long cord. I can set the ironing board up in the kitchen, plug in the iron by the espresso machine, and iron my clothes for work while brewing an Americano. The cord also rotates, which keeps it from getting tangled in, say, your espresso machine or that cup you left on the counter. 4. It doesn't require special water. You don't need to haul a jug of distilled water home from the store and then try to find a place to store the bottle that you purchased only to fill your iron. Even better, you don't need to empty it each time. AND you can eyeball the water level through the little water window. It even has an anti-calcium system that keep gross clumpy things from forming in your iron. 3. A burst of steam feature that can be adjusted for heavy fabrics vs. light fabrics. (Note to self: do not use the heavy steam option for silk). The bursts of steam, they claim, also help keep the steam vents clean. I'll take their word for it. 2. Adjustable temperatures that actually adjust quickly. There's a little light to let you know when the desired temperature is reached, though I admit it's pretty hard to see with bifocals. 1. It turns itself off. If you suffer from CRS Disease and wander off, your iron will know and shut itself off so that, five hours later, when you're at the office, you don't have to smack yourself in the forehead and wonder if you turned the iron off and burned your house down. Because even if you didn't, it did. Big disadvantage? It doesn't actually take your wrinkled laundry out of the dryer, iron it, hang it on hangers, and place it in your closet. I'd be willing to pay a little extra for that.