The second thing I noticed was that the materials Black & Decker used to construct the iron were very durable. I’m not saying this thing was the weight of an anvil, but it had some poundage to it. The first thing I noticed was how heavy the iron was. It took some time for the Black & Decker Classic Iron to arrive in the mail from Amazon, but once it did, and I unpacked it, I could instantly feel the quality. I was able to get the burnt fabric off the iron, but after a few weeks, bits of fried fabric started to accumulate until it got to this point:
Then, my wife used it to iron a table runner, and it scorched the fabric - even though she didn’t have the iron on the maximum setting. Billed as an extra blast of steam to get stubborn wrinkles out of clothes, it did its job for a week, and then stopped consistently working. “Wow,” I thought, “I sure am a savvy shopper.” Convinced of my prowess as a consumer, I brought the iron home, and we used it without any real problems for about a week. Originally priced at $24.99, this iron was being discontinued by Lucky and they sold it to me for $5.99 (I only learned of the discount when I was checking out and the clerk informed me). This white devil was waiting for me at my local Lucky supermarket after our other iron (which was probably a Black & Decker as well) was leaking rust onto my clothes, and I needed to replace it. But before I get to the glories of the Classic Iron, let me introduce you to quite possibly the worst iron ever made: The Black & Decker Quickpress. So you can see my reticence when I saw the Black & Decker label affixed to The Classic iron. And since I’m one of those people who likes to have ironed shirts and dress pants, is it too much to ask that the iron used to press these garments doesn’t ruin them? Why should I? The clothes I buy aren’t the most expensive, but they aren’t exactly cheap, either. I cursed Black & Decker - a brand I used to associate with quality - and vowed never to buy another one of their products. Review after review claimed that this was “the only iron you’ll ever need.” At first, I was skeptical mostly because the Black & Decker irons I’ve purchased in the past were horrible appliances that, yes, did press my clothes, but often did so as it leaked water through the steam holes, scorched fabric and then baked it into the iron, or had a power steam feature that only worked sporadically.
I wasn’t in the market for an iron, but I did get sucked into the comments on the product. I happened upon this savior of my clothes on Black Friday while trolling Amazon for holiday gifts. Case in point is the Black & Decker F67E Classic Iron. But it is possible to get positively elated by the thought of an iron that actually does its job - and lives up to the hype. Is it possible to get orgasmic over an iron? I suppose it is, but it’s probably listed in some book of psychiatric disorders, and well, I don’t want to be the one who gets diagnosed with such an ailment.
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