Spent $400 on a high-end seam iron and it burned through my best carpet job last Tuesday

That expensive iron didn't distribute heat evenly and left a visible melt line across a 12-foot seam in a $3,000 living room install, so has anybody else had better luck with the cheap $80 models or am I just using it wrong?

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abby_black5d ago

Hmm, gotta push back a little here. The cheap ones can have hot spots that'll mess up seams just as bad, if not worse, because the heat isn't controlled at all. That $80 iron might work fine on small repairs but for a full room install like that you need even heat across the whole plate. Maybe check if your iron was defective or if you were pressing too hard or moving too slow - those high end irons melt fast if you linger.

paul3465d ago

Feel for you man. That's a brutal loss on a high end job. I had a similar thing happen with a top tier steamer that left water spots on a wool carpet. Sometimes the expensive stuff is just overengineered junk. My buddy swears by the cheap no name irons from the hardware store. Says they get hot enough and don't have all the fancy controls that break. Might be worth trying one before dropping that kind of cash again.