Philips Azur 8000 steam iron, 3000W power, turbo boost 260g, 85g/min continuous, intelligent sensor, 350ml tank, auto shut-off, vertical shots, dark blue (DST8050/26)

What a marvellous piece of technology. Best clothes iron I have used to far. Once it’s ready and warmed up it auto adjust to the fabric and you don’t need to worry about setting it right and ironing is a breeze. Highly recommend it

I replaced my old Philips steam generator iron with this (no thanks to dog chewing plug off). I've used it once since I got it, didn't think I would go back to a smaller iron but im finding the power of the steam is on par with my old steam generator iron. You can have it on auto steam or manually and I like how the steam only comes on when ironing horizontal. Thinking my dog did me favour killing my old one as that was on it's way out with it being over 10 yrs old.

Clever automatic system has worked well so far

Best iron & great length.

PLEASE READ THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS BEFORE PURCHASING. Bought this last year to replace yet another failing 'steam-generator' model. It worked OK. By OK I mean it was average. It worked, I guess, as in it ironed stuff. It also spat out water (and limescale) regularly - EVEN AFTER DESCALING (using the built-in descaling feature). Then, after about 8 months, it just stopped working. It won't heat up. At all. Contacted Amazon who are sending it for repair. I doubt that this will help much, as I've seen too many comments where the failure was deemed to be 'mis-use' and therefore not covered under warranty - so we'll see how that goes..... In summary, it's barely fit for purpose - and it's not a budget buy either!! **UPDATE** The iron was repaired under warranty - however when it was returned, the box was badly damaged and the iron went POP and tripped our entire house electrics on FIRST USE AFTER REPAIR. AVOID.

Good piece of iron. Quite expensive but does the job. Takes about 2 minutes to warm up but once it does, it does the job. Uses a lot of water though. Don’t use hard water otherwise you will cause a lot of limescale. Cord length is decent. Quite heavy but you do get used to it

Great iron, you don’t have to worry about regulating the temperature for different fabrics, highly recommended.

The info booklet is not in English, so you have to use the images only. It's in EVERY other language. It takes longer then expected to warm up but it's great at ironing all materials. I went from cotton to wool to silk and there were no issues. It's larger then expected but that means you iron more material in one stop pass. The cable is a good length, unlike any previous iron. A good weight, so that helps remove creases. It currently costs £5 less than I paid a week before, and the price I paid was best on the Internet at that time. I do HIGHLY recommend it. Hopefully it'll last a long time, thanks to the long guarantee. I now don't dread ironing.

Received item in a pretty damaged box, not sure if new or refurbished item.

Value for Money

This iron started leaking brown water from the steam vents after only a short time of use. The vents are not clogged, yet dirty water keeps coming out and staining my clothes and ironing board. On top of that, it has been a horrible experience buying from outside my country. If I had bought it locally, I could have returned it and gotten my money back immediately. Instead, I am now stuck dealing with the Philips repair center to fix a product that should never have failed this way. Very poor quality and a complete waste of money.

Liking this iron. No temperature switching in-between. Be it cotton, silk or any other materials, ease of mind and smooth too.

Overall the iron is working as expected however it doesnt have the proper boost steam , also the regular steam i highly doubt strong as described... I purchased it because it showed highest steam power from all the competitors