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Ironing out the kinks.(then & now)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)

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| September 01, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The year 1951 was a bust as far as steam Irons go. Consider the Silex in the photo at left: The soleplate melted in our tests, which led us to rata the model Not Acceptable. Introduction of home steam irons a few years earlier had been greeted with fanfare and the hope that ironing would become easier. But we rated 8 of the 11 irons we tested in 1951 Not Acceptable because their handles posed ...

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