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spangle359 Domena SP 4000 - 04/25/2006 I cannot believe I am about to write on the following subject. It is the thing I hate most in the world and would gladly pay someone to do it for me. I always leave it till the very last possible moment but the worst thing of all is that it breeds like wildfire, so, by the time I come to tackle it, it has quadrupled in size and has turned from a small pile into an absolute mountain.
I am of course talking about ironing. I would rather clean the toilet than iron. However, a few months ago I had the experience of a lifetime and actually enjoyed ironing for the very first time.
In order to reduce the horrendous task I spent around £45 on the best iron I could find. It promised to reduce my work by half and I
ran home full of enthusiasm to tackle the mountain which was hidden in the cupboard under the stairs. However much to my disappointment, I had once again fallen for the advertising aimed at the idiot - "does what it says on the box".... . It promised to half my ironing time but it didn't :-(
Call it frustration, anger, accidental or whatever but somehow the new iron fell to the floor, a few bits fell off and it refused to work. I have to admit I was a bit desperate. I have been on a course for five weeks and have managed to avoid the evil task, but the mountain under the stairs had suddenly grown arms and had started to open the door and creep out, it seemed to like my mother because every time she visited, it jumped out of the door just to remind her that it was still there.
A friend of mine had recently purchased a Domena Press and had enthused about it. I asked to borrow it to bring my ironing up to
date. It was delivered 10 minutes later and I set it up for the evening. It was simply a plug and play system.....and play I did..... It looked like a miniature ironing board with a lid or in fact reminded me of a small sunbed. I had to place the garment on the bottom plate and depress the lid for 5 seconds. The realisation that I could iron a t-shirt in two presses did actually fill me with excitement...sad or what!! The mountain very quickly disappeared and the task which would normally have taken 5-6 hours was over in under 2 hours....except for the fact that I then went all over the house looking for things to wash and iron. By the end of the evening, I was even pressing socks.
Well, I just had to have one even at the risk of it becoming another gadget that lived under the stairs......at least it would be in good company. This piece of equipment has changed my attitude to ironing. At a cost of £210, it may seem excessive but when I count up the number of hours that I am saving, it very quickly pays for itself. I could of course justify it even more by mentioning the saving in electricity, but I don't need convincing that this labour-saving device will also save me money, as long as it saves me ironing.
The presser has roughly the same heat settings as a traditional iron and can take creases out of most fabrics, the added bonus of a steam facility really does enhance its capabilities. With an ironing surface of five irons and fingertip control I couldn't fail to be impressed. I can't pretent that it is initially easy to use with anything other than straight flat objects. I tied myself in knots with the first few shirts, but applying a little water and a lot of determination soon resolves that problem. You soon develop a technique which you can then apply to any article of clothing.
You will need an area of around 3 square feet to use this presser..and....oh yes another, much larger area to hang all the items you can find to press :-). However, it does fold down for storage.
The biggest problem that I found in using this presser was the fact that I still had to hang everything away in cupboards.....never before has every article of clothing in the house been washed and ironed...I even had to buy more hangers.. The best thing is that my husband and eldest son also enjoy using it, although I am sure that novelty will wear off pretty soon...lol
arnoldhenryrufus Domena SP 4000 - 04/25/2006 My friend had one of these and she used to rave about it to me, my mother had one also and she couldn't get on with hers, but I always wanted one and didn't have one until this year. I think it is brilliant....
well thats the short review,
Seriously though, It is very simple to use, you just need to make sure the garment is flat on the base, pull the lid down and wait a couple of seconds then lift the lid up, as long as you had flattened the garment ok there should be no creases.
I did have a few teething problems with shirts at first, but getting used to doing them now.
You have to start with the collar and the sleeves then the body, the best way is to push all the garment to the back of the press then move it forward as you have ironed it.
You have a little pad that comes with it, which you can put under buttons etc and pockets to stop any marking. You also have a water sprayer for difficult cottons.
THE BEST THING I FIND - is that you don't get back ache from standing over the ironing board. You don't get arm ache running the hand held iron over numerous garments, and you are not standing there getting sore feet, arms and back and very sweaty for hours -
It is at least 3 times faster maybe even quicker than that - well for me anyway.
There was only one tiny thing that I found when I first started using it, with an iron you know not to touch the metal plate on the front of the iron, with this you tend to forget that it gets really hot. you have to move your garment around the base and your hands and arms are under the hot top plate, you have to be very careful - when I first used it i suffered a lot of burns. learnt my lessons the hard way.
It has a beeper to tell you that the press has reached its temperature - has a dial for different settings and materials - steam setting (but it hardly uses any water), it locks and has an easy carrying handle. Fits nicely on your dining table so you can sit in comfort on the chair to do the ironing.
Beeper also tells you if you have left the lid down for too long and the press is still turned off. It will also automatically turn it self off at this point.
ANYWAY - A BIT OF TECHY STUFF
Guaranteed anti-scale for 6 years
locking handle makes it easy to transport
can be used while user is seated
instructional video
extra wide opening
90g/min steam rate,
large soleplate equal to 5 normal irons,
integral anti-scale system giving 6 years guarantee
fingertip control, instruction DVD
wide opening for large items and
can be operated shilst user is seated.
Also you can iron sheets easily by just folding them as it will press through several layers.
A bit expensive but WORTH IT.
Mark Endacott - 01/09/2006 Brilliant, I bought one of these domena steam presses from argos about 2 years ago for much more than you sell them for. But must not complain the steam press has changed the way i iron and made it much more bareable. now that i know you can get me spare parts and how helpfull the lady on the phone was, i will be getting all my domena spare parts from you. just wish id have bought the press from you instead of paying the argos price...