Tefal IXEO Power QT2020

Was fantastic - until it wasn’t – Good steam pressure, very mobile. Was a little wobbly but that was expected. One day it just started spitting out boiling boiling hot water - no steam. I contacted Tefal as it was only a few months old. I purchased it online and was concerned about how I would go about returning such a large package, seemed like it was all going to be difficult. I thought they might be able to tell me the simplest way to return it. Their “solution” was for me to take it to a repair centre - 2 hours away. No thank you Tefal. Still don’t know what to do, I got back to them about a week ago asking for an alternative solution, one where I wasn’t inconvenienced any further - no response. Also, the copper paint chipped off and the water refill light didn’t ever work - these weren’t deal breakers to me.

Ironing out the wrinkles in my life – I hate ironing - really, really hate it. I would rather clean the loo, of my neighbour. With 2 kids now in high-school and hubby in a new job, all wearing shirts and blazers, pants and pleated skirts, my life became a continuous streaming torture of ironing this year. We also have a tiny laundry, which means no full size iron board fits. In desperation I bought the Tefal Ixeo QT2020. It can be used both vertically and horizontally, at sitting and standing level and packs away into a floor space less than an A3 sheet of paper. I love it. Ironing is done so quickly, and perfectly. If I want crisp seams I press on the backboard (I prefer using it upright with the metal pegs they provide), if I want quick wrinkle removal, I free-steam. The iron auto-adjusts for the fabric type and I have never had that go wrong - although it was a bit nerve-wracking the first time I approached the iron with my fave silk dress, unable to adjust the temp, awaiting the judgement of the ironing gods. I got the QT2020 as it auto-descales, which you need to do manually via tablets in the QT1020, that's a guaranteed fail in my busy working mum life. When I am done is telescopes down and folds flat so I can store away with minimum space use. It is plastic and I wonder how many years the frame will last, but that is a trade off for less weight I guess. I still hate ironing, but I love that Ixeo makes that feeling disappear so quickly and I get on with the better parts of my life, and my neighbours now clean their own loo.