CHI Professional Steam Iron for Clothes with Titanium-Infused Ceramic Soleplate, Retractable Cord & Precise Temperature Control, 1700 W, Black

Titanium ceramic with a retractable cord. It doesn’t get any better than this iron. With 400 steam holes ironing is easier and more efficient. I hate to iron but this iron is easy to use and does the job faster. The electronic temperature control takes the guess work out of the proper setting to use. Slightly larger and heavier than a normal iron but that is minor and the iron has earned a five star rating.

I wear cotton clothes all summer, so that means ironing them. I just pull down the ironing board and give a quick iron to the collars, seams, shirttails, and so forth, and I ENJOY ironing with the CHI Retractable Cord Iron. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the retractable cord. But my main use of the iron is in the KITCHEN. I use it to toast bread to make fancy grilled cheese sandwiches and pressed sandwiches! This iron is joy to use! I am no longer using my little travel iron, which I had bought thinking it would be easier to use. Well, it was not because I had to move it and move it and move it, but the big CHI iron covers a lot more and I just "squinch" it from side to side, and the ironing is DONE or the sandwich is DONE! If you haven't used your iron in the kitchen, you should. Fancy grilled cheese is very popular right now. I love it. I don't have a pan to wash after making dinner and guests get a huge kick out of seeing their sandwiches ironed! It's easy to do! Get a good-sized piece of "tinfoil," which is "aluminum wrap" now, I guess. Get it long enough to fold like a book page. Get your sandwich ready. Put the sandwich in the "book." Get your iron (I have it on first steam setting). Press the sandwich lightly or medium pressure, depending on how compressed you want it to be. I like mine very compressed, like a panini. Flip the whole book over and iron the other side. Pull back the foil and voila, your grilled cheese is ready. I'm including a recipe below. Picosa Queso Sandwich - Little Bit Spicy Grilled Cheese CHI Iron Tinfoil folded like a book page, big enough to easily cover the sandwich. Sandwich is tucked INSIDE while cooking Sandwich bread (any kind of sliced bread). I use POTATO and OAT NUT for most of the sandwiches. White "artisan" bread also a good choice (it's thick). Mayo Spreadable butter or margarine Sliced cheese. In this case, Pepper Jack Sliced meat if you like meat, such as salami or very thin ham. Roasted red peppers from a jar Spread mayo inside the bread, both pieces Spread margarine on the bread, both pieces Now you have MAYO on one side of the slice, MARGARINE on the other, right? Put on a layer of cheese on one slice ON THE MAYO SIDE Put on the DRAINED roasted red peppers Put on the meat or more cheese on top of the peppers Put on the top slice, mayo side down. Put the sandwich inside the folded tinfoil. It's folded like a book page. Put on your counter and make sure you have trivets, hot pads, or a folded towel or tiles below it. PRESS the heated iron on the tinfoil above the sandwich. Steam will come from inside the tinfoil. Move your iron around a bit. DON'T peek in the tinfoil until you can lift it right off. If you try to peek too soon, the bread isn't toasted and it will pull the bread off. Once it is nice and toasted (FAST), FLIP the tinfoil and sandwich inside it over. Iron the other side. Now just slide or pull your finished sandwich out YOU CAN DO A LOT OF SANDWICHES with just that one piece of folded tinfoil Let iron cool and then retract the cord. The size, lightness, and the retractable cord are my favorite parts of this iron.

I have always liked CHI products and I was glad that I had the chance to use a CHI iron. The water reservoir is large (About 2 cups), it warms up very quickly (about 5 minutes) and the steam that it releases is very powerful. When I'm ironing, the iron plate slides very smoothly throughout the clothes and unwrinkled them right away. BUT, the most Amazing feature is the retractable cord! I just loved how I don't have to be dragging the cord around or fold away after each use. This keeps my iron neat and I can organize my storage better!

I never thought I'd be so thrilled with an Iron, but this CHI Iron has really Wowed me! It works great! It's made by the company that makes the wonderful CHI flat irons for hair and seems to be of similar high quality. This iron really gets the wrinkles out! The setting dial is easy to read and also makes a soft clicking sound when turned when it reaches the desired setting. The water reservoir is easy to fill without overflowing or spilling down iron. The water level can be a little difficult to see because of the red color, but it is visible. The sole plate is Titanium infused ceramic. It glides easily over clothes. The steam function is adjustable and powerful. The misting button is easy to push and lets out a nice fine mist. The retractable cord keeps the cord out of the way when being stored and at the correct length when ironing. With a push of a button it retracts easily, it does not "whip" back into the iron. One of my favorite features is the pointed sole plate. It seems to be pointier than my previous iron. This feature is really good at getting along the seams.

The CHI Iron with Retractable Cord is an excellent clothes iron. My first thought on seeing it was 'wow! it's big'. But then I realized that its size was due to the retractable cord compartment, which also adds some weight to it. Once you get over the size and weight and start using it, it is a dream of an iron. It actually looks like a professional tailor's iron and the silver, gray and red colour just add more of a professional look to it. Its titanium ceramic soleplate is gold and the iron just have an overall professional, appealing design and feel. It starts heating within 3 seconds and I love the fact that it accounts for all different kinds of fabric, from synthetic to cotton and linen. The retractable cord when pulled all the way out is a little over 8 feet, giving ample room to move about when ironing. Its turn-off feature is a big plus for me and it works. Left on its soleplate it turns off in 60 seconds. If you are using it at the time when it is on its soleplate, it gives a warning by the light blinking after 30 seconds so you just need to change its position. Left on the heel-rest, it turns off in 30 minutes, which is a relief for anyone who has ever had the worry of wondering if they left the iron on. It is a well-designed iron as I have never before had an iron with a heel-rest that had a slip-resistant rubber feature. Yet another big pro for me with this iron. Its self-clean button - yes, yet another plus. I have extremely hard water so I am very appreciative that this iron make provision for a situation like mine with the option being of using hard water and distilled water alternatively. It is not your typical pointed/triangular front-tip iron either. Its tip is shaped like a bird beak (I just cannot remember which bird) that I did not think would make much of a difference until I started using it and realize that the design of this iron's front-tip makes it a much better iron for getting into seam corners (see picture). It really makes a big difference as it got right up into the corners without any threat of damage to the clothing Excellent design. Excellent features. Nice, professional look. All around excellent product.

The CHI Retractable Iron has a titanium ceramic base that glides easily across all materials. This makes ironing fun and almost exciting! The steam mechanism works great! The iron itself has an awesome appearance and after my son watched me iron, he is out to buy one for himself! Highly recommend!

I am so pleased with this Chi iron. I'm a fan of the Chi brand and have had a Chi hair straightener for a decade now! As for the iron, It handles like a dream, and it works beautifully on my husband's dress shirts as well as my daughter's delicate smocked dresses. It's such a sleek and attractive device that I almost forget I'm doing chores! I recommend this iron.

First off it's retractable cord is a BIG PLUS for me I have little kids and yes, I have had one grab the iron cord before so this is a big for me. It's very easy to use with just a touch of the button on the back of the iron.( see my photos) as far as performance it's jusy as good if not better than the bigger name irons out there and for less so saving money always helps. I like the steam burst feature you just push the button and a blast comes out for super wrinkled clothes that get left in the dryer and need to be ironed. I really like this iron, it's easybto fill with water as well and it's super light.

I am happy with it except for one thing -- to steam iron, one needs to hold the button down all the time; there should be a "lock" function for those of us with arthritis issues

I like the retractable cord, but sometimes it doesn't retract easily. However the iron is lighter than I thought it would be. The dials are easy to read and adjust to the proper heating settings. The steam dial is easy to set and the iron overall is a good purchase.