NEO: Reliable Iron Giveaway!!--CLOSED

Winner!: 

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Do you ever play the I wish game?  You know, where you think with a very selfish mind all the things you wish, but live without because you just can't have every little whim of your heart?  That's really how this whole Sewing Studio came about.  Ryan mentioned something that bothered him and that he wished and I joined in the game and wished that I could have a place to set up my ironing board instead of loading it in and out of the closet for every little pressed crease.  Then I thought, why stop wishing there?  Let's wish for a whole room to sew in!  And that's when Ryan came up with the brilliant and oh-so-generous plan of a Sewing Studio/Art room.

When I began planning this room, I thought, how cool it would be to replace my $20 teflon soleplate, never-hot-enough iron with an orange one!  And I'm usually a form over function kind of gal, but when it comes to ironing, I'm as rigid as an ironing board.  I want an iron that works and that works well.  I grew up using my mom's Rowentas.  Rowentas are the best, I was taught, but every single iron my mom had [and still has!] Leaked with a capital L.  So, as I began to research irons I was in awe that I a) not only found an orange iron, but b) it had reviews over and over of how it didn't leak.  I was so excited to test it out.

A few things I love about the Velocity V50 Reliable iron:  It is simple.  Not too much to figure out.  I read the manual in about 4 minutes and was an expert.  There are 4 heat settings controlled with a single button on top.  The steam buttons are on the side for both left and right handed seamstresses.  One click turns that steam power ON!  You don't have to press it over and over to get some sauna action going on.  You can even use the steam feature in the upright position for clothes hanging up or curtains, if you happen to have the desire to steam your curtains[?].  Although it only has 7 steam holes on the stainless steel soleplate, you do not need any more than that.  Promise.

It has all your fabric temperature info on the bottom--it's there, but not obnoxiously printed everywhere.  It also has a 360 degree ball hinge on the cord, because when I get ironing, I can't have ANYTHING holding me back in my contortion pressing.  

One more feature that I find attractive is that although it has auto shut-off [every 8 minutes of un-use] you can override it by holding down the steam button.  I don't dare use this feature, though, because I guarantee I will not remember to turn it off.  I'm dependable like that.

Sorry for the blurriness.  Pearl helped me with this shot, that we took a couple dozen times before I called it good enough.

And here's the seductive, mysterious shot of my new love.

To sum it up:

• Left or Right hand steam button: an unbiased iron.  How thoughtful.
• 360 degree swiveling cord
• beautiful, CONTINUOUS steam [one of my favorite features]
• Simplicity
• Stainless Steel Soleplate
• Auto shut-off override
• NO leaking!
• The most important: it works.  It just irons well.
• ps. it's orange.

I can't think of any major drawbacks except that it's not the lightest of irons.  I prefer a heavier iron so that the workload of pressing down is done for me by the iron, but some people don't like that.  It also doesn't have a "spray" feature, but I always keep a spray bottle next to my iron anyway [because when I want something sprayed, I want something sprayed], so that's a non-issue for me, but might bother others.

To be entered in this giveaway for Reliable's Velocity V50 Orange Iron [retail value $99]:

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