Perfect for the undomesticated: The iron that never burns your clothes

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Its a common gripe for anyone faced with a pile of ironing regularly having to stop and wait for the heat setting to catch up when you switch between cottons and delicates.

Even then, there is always the risk of the less domesticated among us either scorching favourite clothes, or not being able to get creases out of them on lower temperatures.

But an iron manufacturer claims to have eliminated the need to check labels and adjust the heat each time you start on a different shirt or dress.

Hot new product: The Philips PerfectCare Iron

The iron cannot scorch fabric, its makers claim despite having only one temperature setting. It can even get perfect results on tricky-to-iron fabrics such as silk.

At an eye-watering 230, it promises to save time and money in damaged clothes and dry cleaning bills. It also spares you the need to pre-sort clothes.

The Philips PerfectCare iron claims to get creases out of any type of fabric even though its soleplate never heats up beyond 100c around 150c lower than a traditional iron.

Instead it uses steam, which is more effective and gentle at removing creases than high heat.

Even though traditional irons also use steam, they produce very little at lower temperatures, making it difficult to get creases out of delicate fabric.

The PerfectCare iron can generate up to 120g of steam per minute more than twice the amount of! a conve ntional iron.

The iron sits on a 1.5-litre detachable water tank, which allows for two hours of use before refilling.

Once water reaches the iron from the tank, it enters a chamber which builds up enough heat and pressure to turn the water into steam.

The water is unable to leave the iron unless it has turned to steam, meaning there are no leaks.

It is on sale from next month and costs 230 to 280 depending on the model.

David Jeanson, from Philips, said: Tending to laundry can often be time-consuming and frustrating, particularly when dealing with a variety of fabrics.

Philips PerfectCare is easy and quick to use, and also offers that important reassurance that garments will be safe from damage.


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