The Russell Hobbs Easy steam generator arrived in a beautiful packaging. Unwrapped has a nearly 5 kg purple / white unit standing before him, at the sight, I thought first, whether there on my ironing board has space. On the ironing board provided, I looked at the device more closely. Practically, I found the water tank, the orderly has volume of 1.2 l, and the hidden compartment for the power cord. The transport lock is a very good idea, this is achieved by pressing the black button on both sides and fixed by the purple button. However, I am curious to see how long they stay, because these keys are, like the entire device, made of plastic. The ceramic soleplate is just a perfect finish and the iron itself really nice and light. A Kalkfilterkartusche was the delivery here, which should be replaced but after ten hours of ironing. Now that is not very customer-oriented, because I have achieved in my six-person household this number of hours super fast. Which would mean I'd have to change them every three weeks and the cartridge is really over time into money. So I used from the outset equal to distilled water. Turned it on the rear side of the main unit by means of an on-button. After that, it is briefly a little louder, but it lies down, as soon as all hoses are filled. You can iron with continuous steam or vapor selbstgeregeltem, I use rather the latter. My husband's T-Shirts Shirts and were never ironed as soon as this steam generator. Because it makes almost fun to iron. This is my first steam iron and I'm really pleased with it. However, the basis of which the comparison is missing to me to higher-priced devices.