I received my order today after the first one was lost in transit. I was disappointed to find it has a French plug on it. When I’ve bought an adapter I will rate the features. ☹️ I assume if I change the plug it will affect the guarantee.
LulaThis Philips iron does not heat up sufficiently in order to iron out all the creases in bed linen, shirts, or anything for this matter! I really do not recommend this Philips GC7805 PerfectCare Compact Steam Generator Iron. Bought 18 months ago and it doesn't heat up anymore. I am throwing it away. It was a bad choice and a waste of money.
AlexandraDon't buy this i've only had it since 7/1/19 now leaking water everywhere.
J TudorWish i had got the morphy richards. This feels and looks so plasticky and cheap. Do have to open the windows when using as it steams them up (in a large open plan room and am at least 2metres away from the glass). Have to whack up the tv/radio volume. The iron causes the board to also get so damp that it dripped water from the underside onto the parquet floor! While it does iron better that the traditional irons and the benefits of no burn are great, it takes time to get used to the slowness of start up and putting the irn face down when not in use. I think the higher priced models are the ones that convert users to steam irons, but the advantages are negated with these lower price models sadly.
Priya SalviAwful! Had read a lot of good things about steam generating irons and with ironing a lot of sheets for out B&B we decided to get one to make things easier. The long and short is that it just didn’t get any creases out, we tried all sorts of things and it didn’t even get close to our 10 year old Tefal “normal” iron, it took at least twice as long to operate and was a total waste of time. Maybe the more expensive ones are better, but we won’t be wasting time trying them out!
LuciusAwful! Had read a lot of good things about steam generating irons and with ironing a lot of sheets for out B&B we decided to get one to make things easier. The long and short is that it just didn’t get any creases out, we tried all sorts of things and it didn’t even get close to our 10 year old Tefal “normal” iron, it took at least twice as long to operate and was a total waste of time. Maybe the more expensive ones are better, but we won’t be wasting time trying them out!
LuciusAt times I've used a high end generator steam iron, I then decided to treat myself to this product.My reason for marking it down is that the steam still goes full blast for a couple of seconds after you've taken pressure off the control button.So all the time you're trying to keep whatever's being ironed, particularly something like a shirt moving, to do the fiddly bits, collar, cuffs etc, steam is still coming out.When you need to put the iron on holder to fold bed linen etc, the iron is still spitting steam.It's not such a clean action as the more expensive iron.I've not used another similarly priced iron to make a comparison.It does iron well, if you overcome the annoying steam cut off delay.
Joanna JenksAt times I've used a high end generator steam iron, I then decided to treat myself to this product.
My reason for marking it down is that the steam still goes full blast for a couple of seconds after you've taken pressure off the control button.
So all the time you're trying to keep whatever's being ironed, particularly something like a shirt moving, to do the fiddly bits, collar, cuffs etc, steam is still coming out.
When you need to put the iron on holder to fold bed linen etc, the iron is still spitting steam.
It's not such a clean action as the more expensive iron.
I've not used another similarly priced iron to make a comparison.
It does iron well, if you overcome the annoying steam cut off delay.
The iron doesn’t get the creases out of cotton trousers and sheets. Steam is not regularly available. Doesn’t seem to respond to booster quickly.
Mr Paul BlakeDon't waste your money. This is this 2nd Phillips stream generator I've bought, my 1st one was fantastic so thought this one would be too.......so, so wrong! Doesn't get anywhere near hot enough to iron anything! The steam it generates is no more than the average steam iron throws out. I've requested a refund from the ever helpful Amazon.
CherylNot enough steam and heat wouldn’t recommend it
Lena H.Had to return this item as the Iron was far too slow in producing steam (compared to the old tefal model we had)
Kashif AhmedDoesn't have a temperature dial - it's essentially always on LOW and relies on the steam to do the job. At least the wife cant burn anything...
e c mansfieldHaving read all the hype about steam generating irons we ordered this model with high expectations - but we were very disappointed! We tried several different items from shirts to jeans but generally we only succeeded in ironing creases into garments rather than out of them. As others have commented, it's noisy and there's quite a delay between pressing the steam button and the steam being generated. It looks like it's back to our old-fashioned Tefal steam iron for us.
MDAHaving read all the hype about steam generating irons we ordered this model with high expectations - but we were very disappointed! We tried several different items from shirts to jeans but generally we only succeeded in ironing creases into garments rather than out of them. As others have commented, it's noisy and there's quite a delay between pressing the steam button and the steam being generated. It looks like it's back to our old-fashioned Tefal steam iron for us.
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Brand | Philips |
Model Number | GC7805/20 |
Colour | Blue |
Item Weight | 2.95 Kg |
Product Dimensions | 19.3 x 37.3 x 22.3 cm |
Capacity | 1.5 litres |
Volume Capacity | 1.5 litres |
Power / Wattage | 2400 watts |
Material | Ceramic |
Auto Shutoff | No |