Last Updated on July 9, 2023
Aldi stocks their share of small home appliances, from simple toasters to exotic robot vacuums. This Special Buy falls closer to the simple side:
We bought the Easy Home Steam Iron to replace an aging Proctor-Silex model. You can see the new one side-by-side with the old. In the first picture, the Aldi iron is at left.
In the second picture, the Aldi iron is at right.
As you can tell, the Easy Home is larger than our old iron, with a glossy stainless steel plate rather than the matte ones we’re used to seeing.
The Aldi iron has a pretty solid feature set. It comes with two lights: green (power) and red (temperature). Controls include a temperature dial, a spray button, a steam shot button, and a self-clean button. Other features include an anti-drip function, an anti-calc resin filter to prevent limescale deposits, and an auto-shutoff function that kicks in with 20-25 seconds of horizontal idling or 8 minutes of vertical idling. All of this is backed by a three-year warranty.
The manual includes both a “quick start” guide and longer guide. I recommend reading the longer guide before using the iron for the first time, because the quick start guide, while well-intentioned, leaves out some small suggestions. For example, the longer instructions recommend running the iron without steam on high heat over an old cloth the first time; the quick start guide leaves this out.
That said, normal use of the iron isn’t complicated. To add water, all you need to do is unsnap a cover over the water hole, then pour tap water into the hole. The Easy Home Steam Iron comes with a small easy-pour cup for filling up the tank; it took me about 2 1/2 fills of the cup to fill the iron up to the max line. From there, you plug it in and wait for it to heat up; the red light turns on when the iron is ready.
The first time I used it, steam didn’t come out right away. I pressed the steam shot button a few times, and steam eventually started working. This is probably just part of the break-in process, but it wasn’t the only thing I had to get used to. The balance of the iron is a bit different, as is the handling: I found it easy to disturb the temperature dial while picking it up, and it took some time to get used to the weight, which is a little more than my previous irons.
After a while, though, things got better. The stainless steel plate moved effortlessly over clothes, the steam shot worked well on more annoying creases, and the spray pump gave me a bit of water when I needed it. Cleanup, likewise, was a cinch; all you do is unsnap the hole cover again, then pour the water out. Alternatively, you can use the iron’s “self-cleaning” function to clear out the plate holes, something the manual recommends doing every two weeks.
The Verdict:
There’s a bit of a learning curve to the Easy Home Steam Iron, but once you get the hang of it, it’s got a pretty good feature set, especially for the price. With a few different steam options and a low-friction heating plate, it does what you would want an iron to do, and a three-year warranty helps add peace of mind.
I hate my Aldi Iron, the water soills out, the temp goes up and down, you require too much pressure to smooth wrinkles, its easy to overheat and crush shirt fabrics. The low price says it all, waste of time and energy having to go back to Aldi for credit. Surprising too as previous purchase of toaster, microwave and kettle worked out well for our office but the iron is no good.
Just bought yesterday and will be going back. Could not get a good result trying to iron two shirts,
I am a quilter.Therefore, I use lots of irons. I used to purchase Rowenta, Black and Decker, Panasonic, whatever I could find at a decent price. Still, I had troubles with them all. Water leaking, spilling water while the iron was at rest standing up, temps not correct, etc. I finally found a $20 Rowenta and bought two. Both leaked and were good for a while. Mind you, I was working as a longarm quilter, so I had customers backing fabrics to press. They are larger than sheets. After the $20 Rowenta wore out, I went to $10 any brand irons. Not much heat in them. Then I bought an ALdi iron st reduced price of $7.99. Never looked at another iron since then. I pay full price of $12.99. The current one I’m using has all the bells and whistle features: auto shutoff, anti calc, easy to fill with tap water, (one brand of iron required distilled water only- that bit the dust fast in my book), etc. Just check the box. The temp is wavering on the current Aldi iron I’m using. I have another brand new one waiting to replace it when I get tired of this iron not getting too hot for a good press on cotton fabrics. I’ll toss the other and I’m happy to replace a $13 iron rather than a $120-$179 Rowenta or Olisso iron. My irons from Aldi’s average a life of 3 years. They take a lot of pressing for my personal and customer use.Thanks Aldi’s!
I’m wanting to pick your brains as you have so much experience. What has the best iron for linen? I can’t seen to find one hot enough.
One of the worst irons I have purchased you fill with water can not see how much water is in the tank. Leaves more water on the ironing board and constantly wets the clothes not worth the money.
Iv got a easy home iron but can’t tell witch end to put the temperature dile can you help me please