Title: great for the first few months
Product review: I thought I was upgrading from my late 80s hand-me-down Black & Decker iron. Wrong.This unit was very nice when I first started using it - steamed nicer than my old B&D.; Did everything I'd want an iron to do.Then I noticed it would burn a lot of fabrics even if I had it on a low setting. This would cause "gunk" to build up on the soleplate - leading me to spend around $15 on the Rowenta cleaning kit... which kind of works.And then the leaking started. I would fill the iron with water and start ironing a few minutes later - and find a puddle on the ironing board where the iron had been sitting... leaving barely any water left in the iron for steam.I don't know why everyone gives Rowentas such high reviews - I am not impressed. I tried a friend's Rowenta after this one started leaking and his gave me the same results after a couple months - burning fabrics and leaking all over the place.I'll stick with my late 80s B&D;, thank you very much.
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