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Rowenta DZ5080 Focus Stainless-Steel 1700-Watt Iron | 
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| Brand: Rowenta
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $100.00
Buy New: $68.44
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Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 336
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 5 x 6
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MPN: DZ5080
Model: DZ5080
UPC: 014501155411
EAN: 0014501155411
ASIN: B000FHQMEG
Release Date: July 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1700-watt iron with stainless-steel nonstick soleplate | | • | Electronic temperature control; LED lights; precision dial | | • | High-precision tip; 10-ounce water tank; self-cleaning system | | • | Burst, variable, and vertical steam; 3-way auto shutoff for safety | | • | Measures 10-1/2 by 3-1/2 by 5 inches; 1-year limited warranty |
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Product Description
Breakthrough technology and an advanced design combine to provide unsurpassed ironing performance for home use. Rowenta Focus makes ironing clothes easier and manages to meet the demands of a tight household budget. HIgh Precision Tip with Extended Stainless Steel Guard - Reaches into seams, collars, cuffs and narrow edges with ease Self Clean - Removes loose mineral deposits and flushes out impurities for clean steam performance 3-Way Auto Shut-Off - Turns the iron off in 8 minutes if vertical and 30 seconds if horizontal or tipped over Comfort Handle - Soft-touch grip for superior control Soft-Touch Rear - Provides extra stability when iron is on its heel Covered Filling Inlet - Helps prevent spilling of water and spotting clothes, providing peace of mind and added security Extra Large Water Tank - 12.7 oz capacity allows for fewer refills, uses tap water Weight - 3 lbs. 6 oz. 1700 Watts 110 Volt AC Powered
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 Just bought it and impressed.. August 26, 2008
I just bought this one after filtering out many Rowenta & BD irons. Nice one and the narrow tip helps to reach small areas.
 Rowenta Focus Dz5080 August 18, 2008
Love the even heat and steam of the Rowental Focus DZ5080. Do not like the automatic shut off feature which shuts the iron heat off; but, does not turn the iron off. The iron must be unplugged to turn off. This is not convenient. Also, there is a clicking sound when ironing that is very anoying. Overall the iron is very good.
Rowenta Focus Iron August 14, 2008
I am sharing this review from my wife's perspective as I don't do the ironing. She is very pleased with her new Rowenta Focus iron. It maintains its temperature well and is quick to return to the indicated temperature. The steam feature is strong, allowing wrinkles to disappear with little effort. This new iron has cut her ironing time almost in half.
Love this iron August 6, 2008
Wow, what a great iron. I finally used it for the first time and was really impressed with the auto steam feature. It was by far the best ironing job I have ever done. The bottle nose end is fantastic for getting into tight places on the sleeves and between buttons and snaps. A minor flaw is the stability of the iron when you set it on end. It didn't tip over, but I was worried that it might and really kept an eye on it.
Good ironing with a few issues August 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In the last 13 years I have bought 2 irons - a low-end Proctor Silex and a middle-of-the-road Panasonic (NI-551R) comparable to the Panasonic NI-A56NR Steam/Dry Iron w/Non-stick Soleplate w/Vertical Steam. For approx. 9 years I have ironed with it every single week day and 6 weeks ago it decided it had just too much and quit.
Now this was an awesome opportunity for me....being a starving student (Yes Dude! Students need to iron clothes too :o) ), I had bought the cheapest iron I could afford - but now I could finally choose what I wanted!
My major requirements were that my iron:
* Get sufficiently hot
* Have plenty of steam - as I only wear 100% cotton shirts and slacks
* Have sufficient steam-on-demand - steam jet should not cool down the iron too quickly
* Should glide well, and,
* Have no leaks.
Doing my research, I found that Rowenta irons were on top, and people loved the Focus as much as the Rowenta DZ9080 Advancer Iron.
At the lower price-point I bought the Focus and the Rowenta DX-8800 1750-Watt Professional Iron, thinking one of these were it.
I was leaning towards the Focus and so opened that first. It is a great iron, plenty of powerful steam - I only needed the jet for stubborn wrinkles. The heat-up time was good and the ironing was smooth. But there were also some cons.
The iron is significantly larger and heavier than anything I have used. There is a fatigue factor to using this iron for ironing a weeks worth of clothes. I'm sure one can get used to it, but I didn't - I do workout but not in the same motion as ironing!
Second the iron will not fit in my ironing board stand. My ironing board is slightly smaller than the large pro-boards you see around. This is inconvenient as I am a little concerned walking away from a hot, heavy vertical iron. I have tried the larger boards and I prefer the size of my board.
The biggest inconvenience, and this may be for ALL stainless steel plate irons is that a residue builds up on the surface (I do not use any starch on my clothes!) and adds drag to the ironing. About 2 weeks into the ironing, the iron would not glide. I took a large, multi-folded cloth napkin and cleaned out the hot iron. I never encountered this in the past as the Panasonic has a titanium non-stick coating which had super smooth gliding all of those years.
Also for such a large iron, I would have expected better placement of the dial....I did change the setting accidentally.
So the verdict is that I really like this iron for what it can do, but I realized that my old Panasonic was lighter, just as smooth and removed wrinkles nearly as well. I decided that I would try the Panasonic 56NR which has a little more wattage than my old iron.
The DX8800 also raised doubts on the quality and reliability of this iron. It was DOA as far as the steam goes - no steam at all! (Yah! I did fill it with water)
A few other observations:
All irons seem to have sufficient water capacity for 2-3 cotton clothes - whether this comes out as auto-steam or the manual jet steam. And I think this is a good thing if you have to refill often as then you don't have water left over to leak.
And leaking while ironing....people need to ensure that they do not switch on steam options when they are ironing outside the steam zone...I did accidentally move the dial to a lower setting and sure enough, I got a few drops on my clothes. I realized my mistake, dialed up and everything was fine.
Contrary to what the women reading this think, I am a man and I DO read instructions - just never follow them!! ;o) I used distilled water instead of tap water (for 9 years!!) in my old Panasonic as I did not want to deal with cleaning the calc build up and it never leaked - NEVER! What you might not realize is that after cleaning your iron the calc will smear your next few clothes. It's just unnecessary overhead....I'd rather remove the water daily than use non-distilled water.
One last thing....I think most of the high-end irons use stainless steel as it is a good conductor of heat, it heats more effectively, maybe to higher temperatures and retains that heat....but even the top-of-the-line Rowenta Advancer has a Titanium non-stick coating - which leads me to believe that a non-stick coating is more desirable than a stainless steel finish.
I will be reviewing the Panasonic 56NR at a later date.
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