Panasonic Mini Cordless Iron review…sort of

 I am not one who does reviews of items at all, but I felt I should say a few words about this little cordless wonder I just purchased recently. I have no affiliation or sponsorship regarding this item. I just wish to share my opinion about it.

I am talking about this litle Panasonic iron that purchased online (at $20 less actually) during Boxing week sales. It’s model name is Panasonic Cordless NIQL300G if anyone is interested in the particulars. There is one on Amazon that is in the red colour as well.

At first I wasn’t too sure about the cordless idea, because these are in no way a battery operated iron. It has a ceramic plate which holds the heat surprisingly well. When it sits in it’s cradle, it reheats quite quickly I might add. When you first turn on the switch, it heats up within a couple minutes, even to the highest setting which is for cotton.

I generally never use an iron in steam mode. I am a bit old school that way. I just keep a spray bottle of water handy in case I need it. The iron has settings for both steam and dry. The settings are easy to use; it is kept simple which is great for people like me who don’t need a lot of complication with things.

Upon trying it out, I was happily shocked as to how well it fused my heavy weight interfacing to my cotton fabric. Usually it is a fight to get it to stick even with my heavier regular size iron.

The down sides are few in my eyes. I would say the one complaint I would have is that it is not easy to set it upright for a second, if you are needing to adjust your fabric before continuing to iron. It is clearly meant to just be sat into it’s cradle. However, the reality is, when I’m ironing, I like to sit it up for a sec, then adjust, then go on ironing. Then sit it back on the cradle to reheat.

The work around I have been doing for this is using my antique cast iron tray (if that’s what it’s called). In the old days, irons were heating on the fire then the lady of the house would sit it on the tray in between moving the garment or fabric around on the ironing board. The tray kept the iron from touching the surface below. It also so happens that the little iron fits perfect on the tray as well.

All in all, I do highly recomend this iron. I sew in a very tight space and was tired of getting caught up in the cord from my regular iron. With this, I can hide away the cord and just keep the cradle base close by for reheating.