Black & Decker D6000 All-Temp Steam Iron with Stainless-Steel Soleplate
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Black & Decker D6000 All-Temp Steam Iron with Stainless-Steel Soleplate
Customer Review: A real time saver.
Summary: 5 Stars
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I despise ironing with a passion. I've owned several irons, some of them fairly expensive, and this is the first one that can properly iron a shirt pane or collar in one pass, which considerably reduces the amount of time and effort it takes to do the job.
The D6000 weighs 4 lbs, which is quite heavy but probably explains why it does such a good job; it glides effortlessly over most materials.
Unlike most other irons where you set the temperature using a mechanical dial, the D6000 features a fancy blue backlit LCD control panel displaying all the settings (steam, temperature, fabric type...) in an easy to read, large font. The steam is abundant and constant regardless of the temperature setting as advertised, a very useful feature. Of course, the flipside is that you get to fill up the water tank more often, which fortunately is a snap thanks to the large fill port: hold the iron horizontally, open the fill port and put under the water faucet.
A "vertical steam" mode lets you steam hanging clothes and drapes (I have not had a chance to use this feature)
The manufacturer states that the iron does not need to be emptied after each use. The self cleaning feature should be used once a month to insure proper descaling.
The D6000 is easy to use and almost reconciled me with the ironing chore. By cutting my ironing time in half, it has more than earned its five stars.
Customer Review: An Iron for those who do not know how to iron.
Summary: 5 Stars
So far, I am very pleased with this iron. The digital numbering coincides with the fabric to be ironed, so the correct temperature can be chosen. Takes out guesswork of "too hot" or "too cool" and lets you know when the iron is ready for ironing. Steam is powerful too. I often don't need to place the iron on the fabric. The steam does the job, which makes the process faster.Customer Review: An average iron if you can get over the digital display gimmick
Summary: 3 Stars
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The only real reason I use an iron is for steaming out wrinkles with plain water. Prior to trying this out, I have been using the Rowenta DX8900 Professional Iron with No Auto Shut-Off. As other reviewers have mentioned, this iron is fairly heavy. That is one quality that I liked a lot. I always have a problem with cheap irons because it feels like I am wasting energy pressing down on the iron to try to flatten out my clothes. With the D6000, I can just let the weight of the iron do the pressing, and glide it across the clothes to get rid of wrinkles. The second think I liked about it is the surface of actual iron press (the bottom). Cheaper irons usually don't have as smooth a surface as this model, and the iron doesn't glide across clothes as smoothly and "sticks," which actually forms more wrinkles that weren't there before. This is a quality my Rowenta iron has as well and one of the reasons I like it so much.
Unfortunately, those two are about the only really great qualities about the D6000. This iron is trumpeted as "digital" and comes with a bright LCD display. Why? I don't know when we are going to get out of the age of manufacturers throwing LCD displays on every product they make (my toothbrush even has one), but it's not always necessary, and it adds to the cost of the product. I really think they could have gotten rid of the LCD and just added the indicators to the actual iron. The next problem I had with the iron is that it has to be filled horizontally. This wouldn't really be that big of a deal, except the weight of the iron hurts it in this regard, since you have to hold the iron horizontally in the air while you fill it (unless you want to burn up your ironing board). It takes me about 30 seconds to fill this iron (if I am careful not to spill), and as incredibly ripped and muscular as I am, that can become fatiguing to hold the iron for so long. Not to mention that this iron doesn't even come with a funnel, so trying to fill it up is going to almost certainly result in spilling.
The auto shutoff feature of the iron seems to kick on after about 5 minutes. While this can be a plus, it's almost an annoyance to me because I will sometimes take a break while ironing a lot, and then like to come back to a hot iron without having to move it around and wait for it to warm up again. It does warm up fairly quickly though, so overall, that is probably a plus.
Another main feature marketed on the iron is the vertical steam option. I've never really had success with this feature on any iron and the D6000 is no exception. Maybe it works better on certain types of clothes, but on my 100% cotton shirts and pants, it isn't very effective in removing wrinkles, and only results in wasting a ton of water. I prefer to just iron them out the regular way.
The Black & Decker D6000 isn't a bad iron, but I think the actual iron rates a little more on the cheaper side of things, and they likely added the digital read out to jack up the price. For what it is currently selling for, I would suggest consumers look toward something like the Black & Decker D2030 Auto-Off Digital Advantage Iron.
Customer Review: Big Disappointment!
Summary: 1 Stars
When I first purchased this iron I really liked it. But less than 6 months after purchasing it, the steam button is no longer working. When I push it down for steam, it stays down and will not pop back up. For the amount of money I paid, I got ripped off in a big way.Customer Review: Black & Decker D6000 iron
Summary: 5 Stars
We were very impressed at the extremely fast warm up time with this iron, especially compared to our last B&D iron. Very happy with this purchase. Would recommend this model very highly to others.