Remanufactured Rowena

"Kate T." <wrote> Do any of you buy kitchen stuff from Kitchen Collection.
> I am just a customer and have no connection with the company at all.
> I buy add ons for my Kitchen Aid mixer from them as they are the sole
> source in this area.
> Anyway their latest ad has them selling remanufactured Rowena irons.
> Would you invest in an iron that was remanufactured. I need a steam
> iron BUT....one that won't act like a newborn. Namely spit and
> dribble all over the place.
> Kate T. South Mississippi

> Do any of you buy kitchen stuff from Kitchen Collection.
> I am just a customer and have no connection with the company at all.
> I buy add ons for my Kitchen Aid mixer from them as they are the sole
> source in this area.
> Anyway their latest ad has them selling remanufactured Rowena irons.
> Would you invest in an iron that was remanufactured. =A0I need a steam
> iron BUT....one that won't act like a newborn. =A0Namely spit and
> dribble all over the place.
> Kate T. =A0South Mississippi

>> Do any of you buy kitchen stuff from Kitchen Collection.
>> I am just a customer and have no connection with the company at all.
>> I buy add ons for my Kitchen Aid mixer from them as they are the sole
>> source in this area.
>> Anyway their latest ad has them selling remanufactured Rowena irons.
>> Would you invest in an iron that was remanufactured.  I need a steam
>> iron BUT....one that won't act like a newborn.  Namely spit and
>> dribble all over the place.
>> Kate T.  South Mississippi
>In a fit of passion and fury I tore apart 2 rowenta irons, that were
>new irons that had failed. I disassembled them down to the last nut
>and screw, to all of it's component parts. They were both of the
>Professional series, one with auto shut off and one without. Both had
>been returned to the factory for repair, and then returned to me They
>still exhibited the same symptoms that initially caused the return.
>What I found out is that the attachment points of the water reservoir
>is accomplished with metal screws being driven into plastic. This is
>in direct opposition to the earlier method of attachment by metal
>screws being driven into the metal of the Iron base. My conclusion:
>for what it is worth, modern rowenta's are manufactured to a lesser
>quality than was previously used, and by which they gained their fame.
>They also are manufactured off shore from Germany. Best practices
>dictate that you don't screw something that needs to be water
>retentive into a plastic base, and subject it to any sort of shock or
>impact, and expect it to remain drip free. The screws shear off the
>engagement threads of the plastic anchor point with the least amount
>of shock to the unit, like being dropped or something of that nature.
>I wouldn't own a modern rowenta of any kind, based on my admittedly
>fury inspired inspection, but I learned enough to explain why a lot of
>people who have older rowenta's love them and those that own newer
>ones curse them mightily, as overpriced leaking doorstops, that are
>not worth the name on the box. Your opinions may vary, but mine are
>based on a detailed evaluation of the mechanical innards of the 2
>offending irons. Good luck.
>John