🔥 Hamilton Beach Steam Iron & Vertical Steamer: Durathon Soleplate, 1500W, Auto Shutoff, Retractable Cord, Self-Cleaning - Blue (19803) Review

My first impression was that the iron is very neat, well assembled and easy to use. BUT, as soon as I plugged it in and started ironing, I realized how heavy the iron was. All of the weight is on the back where the cord is stored. I decided to stretch the cord to the full 8 feet and that helped a bit, but it was still a lot heavier than my old straightener. Perhaps all new retractable cord irons are arranged like this. I'm fine and very happy with it. If you are concerned about the weight…

This is the best steam iron yet. Of all the irons I've used, this one has more features than the previous one, like steam mist and water spray. My favorite feature is the retractable cord. Although the cable does not feed smoothly, I can get used to it. Weight meets my expectations. Too light would make me think the iron wouldn't work at all and too heavy would be difficult to lift and iron. But this one is the right weight for me. UPDATE: Now there is an issue with the retractable cable. The…

I love this iron. My old model of this version died and I thought I wanted something newer and edgier so I bought another brand. Boy what a mistake! I paid twice as much for it and it stopped vaping after about a month of use. However, I just had to order a new version (this one) of my old hardware. My original HB iron lasted many years. I am very happy with everything about this iron. It evaporates like crazy which means you'll have to refill it often, but damn it gets the job done on my 100%…

Bought this iron in April 2016. Worked well for about a year then started spitting clothes and after a few months the steam mode started turning off after a few seconds of use. (I wasn't very happy with either one but tried to keep using it as I love the brand.) Then this week the plate got so hot it burned the fabric I was ironing. And today it overheated, it smelled like burning electricity and smoke came out. Let's hope this was just an isolated incident. As a seamstress I have always used…

I bought this iron in early July 2018. I was away from home from July 4th to the beginning of August for family reasons. I unpacked the iron today and used it to repair the slightly crumpled top. The iron had a terrible smell but I thought it was because it was new. I put the ironing board out to iron my clothes tonight and the iron started smoking so much I thought it was going to go off on my fire alarm and the smell was awful. I quickly turned it off thinking it might catch fire. Since today

I seem to change my irons every few years. I don't know why they don't last long, I'm not particularly picky about them. I've tried many brands at different prices over the years. I have to say that after a few weeks with Hamilton Beach I am delighted! What a great iron at an incredible price! It's heavy so you don't have to press hard to get a good fold, but not so heavy that it's unwieldy. It has a large water tank to allow steam to flow from shirt to shirt. The retractable cord works…

UPDATE OCTOBER. 25 2019_ After my first review on October 15th, Hamilton replied to my first review and finally after 5 emails they offered a 50% discount to buy another HB product as the warranty expired after a few months. I had already replaced the product with a better brand so I declined the offer. However; What is very disturbing is that they did not answer any of my questions regarding the actual heavy smoke or the quality control level of production testing to determine if there was a…

I love this iron. I have a seamstress/embroiderer. I check constantly, several times a day. As I work with a lot of embroidered items I am constantly destroying irons with fleece, spray adhesive residue, glitter, sequins etc. I want an iron that is *reliable and trouble free under heavy use* and has a reasonable down time system (I don't want it to turns itself off every 90 seconds, but I don't want it to stay there for 15 minutes either, y'know?) * Self-cleaning (helps prevent buildup of…