Tefal Ultraglide Steam Iron, 210 g/min Steam Boost, 50 g/min Continuous Steam, 250 ml Water Tank, 2800W Power, Non-Stick Durilium Soleplate, Auto Off, Anti-drip, Anti-Scale, Grey & Purple, FV5872

Great iron. Simple to use. Ideal weight at 1.5kg. Good steam boost function . Perfect for ironing clothes and garments - steam tank will last about 45min. If you’re doing bed sheets et , then you will need a steam generator.

I bought three of these irons today, one for myself, one for my mum and one for my girlfriend and they are on a special deal. The first two came this morning and I thought I’d give my mum a helping hand and do her ironing for her as the iron came at 10am - so I got to it. The first thing I noted about this iron was the chord which was considerably longer than the previous Tefal she has had for years and years but failed on Christmas Eve. The chord is excellent and the additional length made the job a lot easier, so a first plus there. The second thing of note was the sole plate which was wonderful and glided easily over sheets and t shirts. I’m a guy and I was enjoying doing this mundane task in a quicker than usual fashion. I’d say ironed two sheets and 4 pairs of jeans / 10 Tee shirts in two thirds of my usual time. I noted that I didn’t have to do much turning over. So once again a great improvement over the older model.The downside is the instruction manual which has hardly any words or explanation as to what’s what, to be honest I thought the button was faulty until I read other reviews further down explaining that this third setting has to be kept on with your finger!, a bit of a messing about but I won’t really be using it that much on that setting, the manual though is absolutely useless and if I was an old person I’d be really confused by it. The other issue was with the colour being purple you can’t see the water level clearly on the side and therefore have to be careful, if again you have poor eyesight this could lead to over filling and therefore leakage.I ordered a third of these for myself also on Amazon today but somehow it went astray on its way to me and they are sending another out.All in all a good iron better than the older model I had which is the same trusted brand and I’d recommend it but the manual , turbo boost and lack of been able to easily see the water level clearly are it’s let down it would of been a 5 star purchase apart from that . The plastic side panel I feel should be clear on the critical top max fill area but for £38.50 no cause for major complaints.

Love Tefal irons and this model is great and easy to use. Replacement for old tefal iron and makes ironing easy.

Perfect weight and value for the money all function are spot on well made up with the iron

I’ve had this iron over a year now. It leaks water, its lead is short and the spray button stopped working after 6 months. It also won’t change modes on the top slider button. I would not recommend. There are better on the market. It’s a very disappointing iron.

Works well heavy

I very nearly sent this iron back, because the instructions made no sense, and I couldn't work out how to get steam. However after searching online (and magnifying the icons on the iron using my phone!) I realised that pushing the knob to the far left was 'steam', and the central position was 'no steam' (I still don't know what the far right position does!). It works well enough - I wanted one with a good cleaner function as we live in a hard water area. The hassle of sending this one back and finding a better one at a similar price (given that non of the irons on Amazon are without issues) was too great, so I've started using it. It's OK- doesn't seem to like silky nylon that much (rucks it up) but otherwise OK. However I do hope Tefal will do something to improve the instructions!

Liked the lightness of the iron but wish the cord was longer, like my previous Tefal iron.