Rowenta DW9081 Steamium 1800-Watt Professional Steam Iron with LCD screen Stainless Steel Soleplate with Auto-Off, 400-Hole, Brown

I used to think all irons were pretty much the same and looked for a "name brand" inexpensive minimal featured iron whenever I needed to replace one - which was fairly regular. Ironing was never easy and I avoided it when ever I could get away with it. My new wife challenged my thinking and kept telling me that we should get a Rowenta but I resisted because of the price. When the last cheapo iron gave out I realized it was really a tool... and when I buy tools, I go for quality first and price second and so I ordered this one. (Ladies, take a look at the price of the quality cordless impact drill your husband wants - this iron costs less. You can also show him the photo I attached of the plate from my old iron next to the Rowenta plate. That's what finally convinced me to give it a try.) I have been amazed at the difference the Rowenta iron makes! The continuous steam makes ironing a shirt or pair of slacks, easy and quick and I don't avoid it any more. I even iron my wife's items without complaint. There is an under handle grip that, when squeezed, increases the amount of steam. (Contrary to another reviewer's complaint you don't have to hold this in when ironing.) If that doesn't get a stubborn wrinkle out, there is a button on top for a substantial burst of steam. The point of the iron makes it much easier to get those corners and tight spots. The lighted display clearly shows the fabric temperature the iron is set at and is one of my favorite features. (I could never read the little dial on the old iron and just guessed.) The opening for adding and draining water is the easiest to use of any iron I have owned. I keep a plastic container on the iron board to pour the left over water into when I finish along with a tap water filled plastic bottle for quick start ups when I need to iron again. Purchased in August 2014 and use it almost every day to touch up or iron clothes. The safety turnoff does come on fairly quick if the iron is sitting without use. However,it also quickly heats back to temperature when placed in a horizontal position and one begins ironing again. "Titanium" iron plate is a marketing term. It just means it's their best - they don't claim it's 100% or even plated titanium. Whatever the coating is made from, it works and the iron moves smooth and fast. This iron does not leak or spit water - my old one did from day one - I thought all irons did that. Follow the instructions that come with the iron and empty the water when you finish your batch of ironing. Then turn it off and unplug it. Proper care of any tool will extend its life and keep it functioning at its peak.

I really like this iron. It's everything modern technology can offer. I read a great number of reviews about this and other Rowenta irons before making my selection. After having used this newly acquired iron, I am certain of one fact regarding the reviews; and that fact is that many users who have been ironing for any number of years either neglect or refuse to read the MANUALS which accompany these and other irons… or products in general !!! Your iron, (you know... the one which this iron replaces) was a simple heat and go application... no muss ... no fuss... just iron. Well, that concept is no longer valid... just as the concepts of most products the older generation of users (like me) purchase are no longer valid. Again, many of us are either too afraid or too stubborn to take the time to learn the "operation of new things". Just how long does it take to read an instruction manual, anyway? You want to avoid the "spitting" irons are prone to do? ... READ THE MANUAL. You want to control the constant steam or the "Burst of Steam"... READ THE MANUAL. Having a problem with the auto-off function of this iron?... READ THE MANUAL. Every complaint that I read and tried to avoid was and is covered in the MANUAL for this and all Rowenta irons; and if there is something you don't quite understand after having read the manual... the Rowenta customer service reps are just a phone call away. I've never waited on line for more than 3 minutes before being connected to someone who was kindly willing to answer any question I might pose. That being said... This DW9081 is probably the best iron I've ever experienced... and I've been ironing for some 50 or more years. This iron gives great steam ... the Burst of Steam feature is really banging !!! I could see the steam go through corduroy pants and exit the underside of my ironing board. By the way, you really need an ironing board that is not a “solid” board... to let the steam pass through... otherwise you might get burned by the steam backlash ... READ THE MANUAL. Smooth glide of sole plate... and the pointed tip eases around buttons like nobody's business. Plain tap water usage is a real cool feature, too. Anyone who has a problem with filling the water tank is just looking for an excuse not to like this iron... don't be so petty!!! This is a Great Iron and well worth the extra few dollars. Protect yourself, however, register your iron online or by filling out the included hard-copy registration form and mailing it in. Lastly, READ EVERYTHING… TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED !!! ENJOY THIS IRON… I DO !!!

Most people hate to iron. And if you buy a iron from most places you will get one that will keep you hating ironing. WHY? Because they don't get hot and they can't take those wrinkles out. This iron for the price is 1800 watts and has steam holes of 400. Plus it is a heavy iron. You would think a heavy iron would be harder to use, but it is just the other way around. It does the work so you don't have to press down at all. It makes ironing wonderful. Now what about this brand? I have had a Rowenta for now 20 years that still works. I have gotten other irons that broken down in about two years. So, this time instead of replacing them with what I see on sewing shows I went back to Rowenta. I have two irons. My older one which is my back up and this one which I love. WHY? Because I don't let others use my good iron. The Rowenta I have had for over 20 years has been dropped by grand kids and used my my husband in his work shop and it still works. LOVE this iron for so many reasons.

What they say is true. For all my life I've used cheap irons (no more than $50) and now that I've tried a Rowenta, I wonder how I managed for so long. Let me tell you a little bit about my usual ironing experience. Until I bought the Rowenta DW9081, I would begin ironing my long sleeve shirts starting with the collar and then moving onto the sleeves. Iron one side of the sleeve, flip it over to do the other side where more than likely a new crease would have been caused by ironing the first side. Then, since I hate the crease left at the top side of the sleeve, I would spritz that with some water and hope to get the crease out as much as possible. I could never remove it completely. Then after the second sleeve is done, I'd proceed to the rest of the shirt. On occasion, trying to go too fast, I would end up creating a new unwanted crease by not keeping the fabric completely flat. And of course, getting that crease out is near impossible. Turns out cheap irons are better at creating unwanted creases than removing them. Now onto my Rowenta experience. I started with the collar as before. Onto the sleeves, iron one side and flip over. To my surprise the opposite side is already ironed! To remove the crease on the top of the sleeve, just hold the auto-steam trigger and good to go. As for the rest of the shirt, no worries with accidental creases as the weight of the iron keeps the fabric from inadvertently bunching up. Overall the time it takes me to do one shirt is probably cut nearly in half. I did find that if I try to use the auto-steam trigger for too long, the preheat light keeps going on while I'm trying to finish my current portion of the shirt. If the light is on (which indicates it needs to heat up a bit) and I try to iron, even without the auto-steam trigger held, there is some water leakage. I'm not sure if this is fault of the iron or more of me trying to push it further than it can go. As long as I wait a second or two for the pre-heat light to go off, it doesn't leak. It seems to me that a 1800w iron shouldn't need those few seconds to keep up the heat level w/o having to pass every few seconds. All in all, no more cheap irons for me. So glad I picked this one up. To me, the money is worth the time saved as well as the decreased frustrations with cheap irons.

I do not think I have ever said don't buy an item, but rowenta makes horrible irons and no one should buy them. They last longer than most,but they are not worth the money. At onetime they may have been great but they have gone the way of the may tag repair man living off their reputation. This is the second rowenta that I have bought and neither got hot enough to do a decent job. As an example, today I ironed a number of itms ranging from nylon, to a mix of polyester and rayon to 100% cotton. Because I had had so many problems when I ironed last week and ended up using the linen setting for all my cottons, I decided to try that setting with everything and see if I got any drag on the iron with the items that were blends. Well, the answer was no. The nylon shopping bags had a tiny drag on them, but I was still able to iron them without a problem, actually the items that worked the best were the polyester blend shirts. They were perfect and did not take much time. The cottons were another matter. It is like digging ditches getting cottons to look decent with these irons. This iron has a massive number of steam vents, it is so impressive to look at however,it does not steam automatically. Rather you have to press a bar under the handle to make it steam, as soon as you remove pressure from the bar, the steam stops. This is important because without the steam the iron is barely not at all. I really do not understand what is the problem with companies making irons these days. They all seem to last for 2 seconds and when you find one that lasts,it really doesn't work. Is it too much to ask for a simple iron that really heats up, so you don't have to go back a forth many times to achieve a smooth surface and lasts for say even five years? I am furious that I was sucked into buying this angry that amazon won't take it back,pretty much just angry over the whole experience. Going to a local store this week to see if I can find something that will actually work.

This is replacing my 15 year old Rowenta Ultra Professional DM 990E. I iron my work clothes weekly (cotton blouses and cotton pants), and am an avid quilter and fiber artist. Pros: * This iron does a fabulous and speedy job on my work clothes and fabric yardage. I generally take a zen approach to ironing (it's going to take as long as it's going to take), but the speed difference was noticeable. I'm going to love this iron on Sunday nights when I've forgotten to do my ironing and have to do the clothes before I can go to bed. Ironing quilt blocks isn't any faster (Probably because most of the time is due to fidgeting with the block), but the finished results are great. I do a lot of constructed fabric work, so I'm fussy about my blocks looking like they are one flat piece -- this iron makes that easy. * This iron heats up much faster than my old iron, and can keep up with me. My old iron could get through about 10 quilt blocks before it couldn't keep up and stopped producing steam, forcing me to stop and let it reheat. I've put the new iron through its paces, and it keeps up the pace. * The indicators are clearer than my old iron. The old one also had auto-off, but there was no indication of when the iron had shut itself off or reached temperature again. This one clearly indicates when auto-off is active and when it has warmed back up. (For those who complain about auto-off, Rowenta does make irons for professional work rooms that don't have that feature. Get one of those if auto-off bothers you that much.) Things that may bother you (but aren't necessarily cons): * You need to pull the trigger if you want steam. This bothered me the first half day I used it, but now I'm fine with it. Because this iron puts out SO much steam, it's nice to have control over when it comes out. You also need to teach yourself how to use the trigger. Rowenta wants you to use steam on the first pass, and come back over the fabric without steam, to dry out the fabric. This really does make a difference in the finished piece, and also keeps the iron from spitting when you're done. I wonder how many people who returned their iron for spitting were just keeping the trigger pulled all the time they were ironing. * This iron is heavy. A large part of the weight is all the water it holds. Not much you can do about that, except only fill it part way -- if light weight is a priority, look at getting a steam generator instead of an iron. * The first day, the iron seemed unbalanced. Now it doesn't. My assumption is that it's just differently balanced than what I'm used to, and now I've gotten used to this. * 1800 watts means you need a 15 amp circuit. Most homes in the US should have this, but you won't be plugging other power hungry things into the same circuit (vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, other irons) into the same circuit without blowing a breaker. Your sewing machine pulls almost no amps, so that's fine on the same circuit (unless you have a really dodgy electrical system).

LIKE: It heats up FAST and gets HOT enough for my linen and cottons that I refuse to take to the dry cleaner! YAY! Vertical and horizontal STEAM! Turns off after 30 seconds if it falls over or is left laying down, and after 8 minutes if just sitting waiting ti be used - a VERY nice feature indeed. It is light, streamlined and totally "drive-able" on the board. Self-cleaning. Pointy tip. The LED screen tells me the temp setting as I spin the dial - no guessing. I didn't mind paying more for these things, because the cheap never get hot enough, felt bulky and after a year (or less) went ka-putt. DON'T LIKE: The cord does not retract.

This seems to be a really solid, well made iron. We previously owned a wonderful Rowenta iron for many years that finally died. We bought this one based on the reputation of the brand and our prior experience. Unfortunately, we find this to be a Jekyll and Hyde product. It irons beautifully for the time you can keep it on. The steam function is really powerful and effective. But, the iron continually cycles off for some reason. It irons for about 30 seconds, and then cycles off for about 30 seconds. It goes on that way on and on. It essentially virtually doubles the work time to get ironing done because you wait for it to cycle back on. I am not sure why it does that. I didn't think an iron could overheat, but it acts like a heat sensor that is tripped and deactivates the iron until it cools down for 30 seconds, and then you go again. If it would just work and not cycle off, it would be excellent. It does a great job while it is on. But, we are looking to replace this iron with something else based on this cycling on/off issue.

This is the absolute BEST IRON EVER! Large water capacity. High quality construction. Rowenta cuts ironing time in half. Love, love, love it!

Excelente producto

Esto no es el primero producto de Rowenta que compré, tengo otros, pero desafortunadamente esta plancha ya llegó con problemas y no funcionó. Una lástima.

Mon passé temps favori est la couture. Donc je possédais déjà ce modèle depuis plusieurs années. Il y a eu un petit accident et le fer à repasser a commencé à couler. Je désirais m'en procurer un autre avec les mêmes caractéristiques: 1800W, super vapeur, semelle avec beaucoup de trous, arrêt automatic

I like every thing about the Rowenta using one for more than 30 years up dating models over the years.