If you are as good as I am at ironing then you know you just hate this chore. It’s not that I’m not connected with my inner domesticated side, it’s just that I’m really bad at it. I takes me between 15-30 minutes to iron out a shirt and let me confess that even then it will not be a perfect press.
Under normal circumstances I’d tell myself so what if you can’t iron well and it’s okay to be lousy at it but thinking it through that’s not exactly true. Gone are the days when we used coal, gas flame or stove plate to heat our irons and here today our irons, be it steam or dry are powered by electricity -not that the old irons were more eco-friendly because they all had their faults (non-renewable source).
Now anything with a heating element, that involves the conversion of energy from one form to another is a power drainer – that means they ‘drink electricity’ as if it were water. Hand irons are among such electrical appliances. Couple that with the fact that I’m so ungifted at ironing, even the uninformed can tell that all translates into even higher power wastage.
Well I’m not one to intentionally waste power, but I can’t exactly afford to send all my washings to a pressing service either. I’m trying my best to iron quicker but I can’t leave home with creases in my dress so the next best thing was to source an eco-iron.
Sounds easy? Quite the contrary actually because finding the right hand iron that is both gentle on the environment yet effective in pressing out those irritating creases is no walk in the park. Going through the specs of a few irons and making comparisons there’s only two models that are considered top notch for and ready to take on your task.
The first is Ecolectric Turbosteam iron by Morphy Richards
Special features:
- a ceramic soleplate for smoother gliding,
- powerful steam functions
- an eco shut-off feature and switches itself off if it has not been used after 3 minutes
The second is Bosch TDA5630GB Eco steam iron
Special features:
- Saves 24% on energy through it’s eco settings.
- Auto shut off feature for further energy saving and safety
- Soleplate made of Palladium Glissée – ceramic soleplate for extra smoothness
- Drip-stop leak protection system
- Auto anti-calc system
- AIR system for fabric protection
- Easy self-cleaning
- Water spray function
- Special steam features:
- -120g/min shot of steam output
- -40g/min continuous steam output
- -Vertical and variable steam
