Mueller Professional Grade Steam Iron, Retractable Cord for Easy Storage, Shot of Steam/Vertical Shot, 8 Ft Cord, 3 Way Auto Shut Off, Self Clean, Blue

Great iron with terrific features. Good weight and size. Heats up quickly. Automatic shut-off is perfect for an absent minded old man like myself. I can iron clothes in half the time it took me with my old iron. Steam function excellent. And I love the retractable cord.

Used twice since just receiving it. Love it so far. I like the steam trigger placement and ease of use when an extra blast is needed. Not too heavy but right amount of weight to make the ironing go quickly. It glides easily over all of the different fabrics. It was a breeze ironing my linens. They look great. Wrinkles are natural with linen when wearing and I live in hot Arizona where I welcome that fabric. But I still like starting out wrinkle free linen. I always look for the amount of steam holes and placement along with the stainless sole plate. This iron pointed front end reaches the difficult areas on some pieces. And a feature I go for whenever possible is the retractable cord. Ease of storage in my holder. The fabric selector dial is great. The auto shut off in different positions is appreciated. Can't wait to steam my drapes. I do think the blue tank makes it a bit difficult to see water fill level. But that's minor compared to all the other plusses. I just held it up to the light. Suggest making the color a little lighter when going for aesthetics. Pricing is appropriate. I'd recommend this highly. If that changes I'll update.

I rate this iron as above average but with a couple of flaws. The heat plate is slick and smooth and glides nice on fabric and the spray and steam functions work well with clean and responsive action. It also has good water capacity and I like that it filters tap water and actually discourages the use of distilled water. However, it seems the iron doesn't get as hot as the Panasonic iron we bought at Walmart 25 years ago (which has been a fantastic iron, by the way), but I can't verify that. The two obvious flaws are first, there is a tiny hole in the plastic cover (obviously part of the design) that snaps over the hole where you fill the iron with water so while ironing in a back and forth motion small spurts of water will shoot out of the tiny hole and onto the fabric which is a bit annoying. Second, the power cord is sheathed in soft rubber instead of a harder, smooth rubber or plastic so while ironing the cord grabs and drags along the ironing board cover, and more annoyingly, grabs the fabric being ironed (most particularly the bottom of a shirt) pulling it back and forth like an accordion instead of sliding over the top, so you have to lift the power cord off the fabric and re-iron the part that was wrinkled by the cord. So I would say, yes, it's a good iron and I can live with the tiny hole spurting water, but that dang soft rubbery cord makes me scratch my head about the manufacturer's design and testing process.

Overall this is a great iron at a great price. It heats up quickly and creates lots of steam. It has an easy to use water sprayer and a fairly large water capacity. It has strong locking cord retractor. The electrical cord is about 8 feet and should be plugged directly into a wall outlet. I tried a thin wire extension and the iron turned itself off. I replaced the extension with a heavy 5 foot cord designed for air conditioners and now I have no problem. FYI out of the box, the first time I used the iron it had a strong electrical smell but that quickly disappeared.

Finally replacing our very old iron - this unit works as advertised. I would buy it again. Easy to use and makes short work of the ironing.

Purchased this a few months back. And started having problems with it three months after using it. All this black oily stuff came out all over the cord when I pulled it out one time and then water started leaking out of the bottom. And then the cord stopped retracting and the iron was always leaking. One day it ruined one of my dress shirts with black water coming out of the top of the iron. And I do not abuse things I had my last iron for almost 30 years.,I took it and threw it in the trash. no I did not try to get my money back. would never purchase again.

For all intents and purposes, an iron is an iron. However, what I like about this iron is the stainless steel baseplate and the retractable power cord.The first iron I received was unusable because when the power cord was pulled out of the iron it would not remain extended as the retract mechanism was faulty. Instead of returning this iron to Amazon, I decided to call the manufacturer, Mueller, to see how they could help. After verifying my purchase they immediately, and with no other questions asked, issued another brand new iron to be shipped to me and further informed me that I did NOT even have to return the defective iron. I received the new iron in just 3 days and this replacement works just fine.Even though the first iron was defective the reason I gave this purchase 5 stars is due to Mueller's superb customer service. Nobody or company is perfect and to me the correct measure of industrial quality and responsibility is how a company responds to a fault on their part. Mueller's customer service could not have been more responsible or professional and so they easily earned my 5 star rating.