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Most reliable iron brands

Ranked by how often they get fixed, from real repair data.

Data from openrepair.org · 4,909 repairs · 10 brands · Last updated: · Fix rates refresh when openrepair.org publishes new data, about once a year

Rowenta's your best bet for getting an iron fixed. 53.9% success rate. Philips (48.4%) and Tefal (47.7%) come next, but there's a real gap.

Easiest to Fix

Rowenta

53.9% fix rate

Oldest at Repair

Rowenta

typically 7 years old

Most Common Issue

Electrical

Brands Tracked

10

Iron Brand Rankings

1

Rowenta

243 repair records · typically 7 years old at repair

Fix rate

53.9%

Most common issues

Electrical (22.2%)Physical Damage (14.8%)Heating (7.8%)Motor (1.6%)Won't Turn On (0.8%)

Repair outcomes

Fixed 54%Repairable 21%End of life 25%

Top repair regions

BEL (43%)DEU (18%)FRA (17%)GBR (16%)NLD (7%)
2

Philips

1,813 repair records · typically 6 years old at repair

Fix rate

48.4%

Most common issues

Electrical (22.4%)Heating (11.5%)Physical Damage (7.8%)Motor (5.4%)Mechanical (2.4%)

Repair outcomes

Fixed 48%Repairable 20%End of life 32%

Top repair regions

NLD (43%)BEL (23%)GBR (16%)FRA (11%)DEU (7%)
3

Tefal

1,895 repair records · typically 6 years old at repair

Fix rate

47.7%

Most common issues

Electrical (18.2%)Heating (10%)Physical Damage (9.8%)Motor (4%)Mechanical (1.5%)

Repair outcomes

Fixed 48%Repairable 24%End of life 28%

Top repair regions

BEL (35%)NLD (29%)FRA (20%)GBR (12%)DEU (5%)
4

Morphy Richards

190 repair records

Fix rate

45.3%

Most common issues

Electrical (25.3%)Heating (17.9%)Physical Damage (7.4%)Motor (6.3%)Won't Turn On (3.7%)

Repair outcomes

Fixed 45%Repairable 21%End of life 34%

Top repair regions

GBR (97%)JEY (2%)BEL (1%)
5

Russell Hobbs

234 repair records · typically 5 years old at repair

Fix rate

43.2%

Most common issues

Electrical (29.5%)Heating (18.4%)Physical Damage (6%)Won't Turn On (2.1%)Mechanical (2.1%)

Repair outcomes

Fixed 43%Repairable 18%End of life 39%

Top repair regions

GBR (89%)NZL (5%)DEU (4%)NLD (1%)AUS (0%)

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