The steam iron is held in a friendly blue / white. At first glance, the iron affects small and light. But I had to realize that it was unusually heavy. Not really bad, but I was surprised. So I let loose. My first test subject was a crumpled jeans. The Dampfbums is before class! A whole lot of steam and heat which has barely lasted a few minutes! And what should I say? The jeans was ironed quickly. Without changing the settings (which is not going well in this iron) I ventured to connect with a silk blouse. The sweat was easy for me on the forehead because it was not my blouse, but my mother's. So I put on carefully and everything was perfect! Then we went directly through to a T-shirt, men's shirt, ladies blouse everything is quick and handy ironing. And with fast, I mean fast. The iron glides beautifully and effectively on any fabric! When changing the clothes I noticed that I can not leave the iron! It is designed so that one simply must put on the board! Yes, with the hot bottom! Since I still have a replacement cover for the board, I have let myself in on this experiment and here again, everything was great! The iron is really a completely even. The only 2 negative points that I noticed is that the water tank can not be removed and that this holds only 1.5 liters. This is of course very little, if like me has a 6-person household and is therefore much to iron clothes. These 2 points are but absolutely to get over. My conclusion is that I can recommend this station absolutely! The price, approximately 160, - it is all worth it! My previous ironing station has cost almost double and is not nearly as good! However, one must let's see how many times the descaler cartridge needs to be replaced, because naturally come later even further costs to too!