I have always used Sunbeam irons and decided to have a change with the Phillips Azur GC4855. I could not stand the heat up process which starts almost as soon as you use the iron, it takes some time then to come back to the set temperature.I put the iron in the cupboard and used the old one again, trying the Phillips again now and it will go back in the cupboard! Frustrating. Filling it is a pain and I have overfilled it twice, can't see when it is full. All in all I found it very disappointing.

I'm very pleased with the performance of this iron, except for one annoying problem. Every now and then the cut-out light starts flashing and the iron cools down, even though I'm still using it. Moving it about, as advised in the 'Problem' pages doesn't work and I have to switch the iron off and on again before I can continue. This is extremely annoying.

We have had a number of Philips irons since getting married almost 15 years ago. They always come highly recommended thru choice. We have had to replace 2 due to dropping them on the tiles (they aren't made of rubber lol), But the last 3 have slowly lost their heat after about 2 years and the one we have now has just stopped getting any heat at all and it would be barely 18 months old, the blue light comes on momentarily and then off, with no heat! For the price I am paying I expect a whole lot better and am thinking of another brand.
I really hope the 2 I bought at the same time as gifts for friends don't do the same thing.

We have had this iron for 12 months now and it irons our clothes really well. The ionic steam function is great, although it's a thirsty iron. Recently the temperature dial popped out and now the setting is stuck on high. We'll have to now arrange for the iron to be repaired.
The ionic steam function is great
The iron is a bit on the heavy side and the temperature dial broke off.

I purchased this iron after returning a Sunbeam Verve iron three times. I've now had this iron for five months and it sometimes heats up to high setting when dial is set to medium or low. Has burned several items of clothing. Now the shot of steam and mist functions no longer work. I will return under warrantee tomorrow but not sure where to go from here. I know they don't make appliances to last but 3-5 months is laughable...almost!
No positives if a product lasts 5 months
Dodgy thermostat, broken mist and steam settings

I picked this model over the bulky steam-reserve irons and it's heavy next-gen brother, but I have to say I'm a little bit disappointed. Compared to our 10-year-old previous iron, there's not that much more bang for your buck. For the steam to have any real added benefit, it needs to be on 4/5, which depletes the reservoir quite quickly (3 shirts/refill). The creases also don't fall out as well as I would expect for the price point and recommendations.
Price, weight, power steam
No off button, wrinkle-removing ability

Thought I was purchasing a great iron, but after trying to iron with it for more than 15 minutes, my arm starts to ache. The grooved sides of the iron which are supposed to help you get small spaces, keeps catching on the garment and creases it again. Always seem to be having to refill it. Dislike it immensly
NIce looking iron
Too heavy, having to refill more than normal, and catches on the clothes you are trying to iron.

We purchased this iron on sale at Target for about $90, it lasted 7 months before decided it will heat up only when it decides to if at all, and on occasions the handle heats up not the hot plate. It also spits water on clothes.
In a rush to dash out a buy a replacement I went looking at the a Brevile factory seconds shop, and noticed they were selling refurbished ones of this model for $79, I didn't buy one as I am not being caught out twice. But these irons are obviously defective seeing as how they have refurbished a pallet load of returned ones.

Do not waste your money
It looks good.
[censored word removed], doesn't work and expensive

Bought this iron based on all these great reviews because my old Sunbeam kept cutting out the power in the house. Yes the iron glides beautifully and makes lots of steam but it drips water on your clothes all the time while ironing and leaks water too. The lid for the water compartment doesn't close properly either. Returned it straight away and bought the Tefal Express Easy Control which was on sale for $299 at Myer and haven't looked back.
steam, easy glide
drips and leaks water, noisy, poor quality water lid

Bought this iron based on reviews here and wasn't disappointed. Glides effortlessly across shirts which for me is the litmus test and is reasonably priced. Steam power is great as it gets into the shirt removing creases easily. It is quite loud at times and on occasion makes a crackling sound but this doesn't bother me.
Steam power

Had a Philps iron previously and it always worked really well. When that one would no longer steam during ironing I replaced it with this model and unfortunately from the very first day it leaked from the handle. I've now taken that one back and replaced it with the same model so hopefully better luck this time!
Easy to use and light
Leaked from the handle and the cord is shorter than the previous model I had!

I bought mine (GC4855) at BingLee's online for $89 (with free postage&handling) and haven't a complain as of yet. It's absolutely marvellous taking creases out and isn't heavy. The cord is a decent length and the steam! Wow! Lots of steam to make my ironing chores much faster and easier. As a few people have already said though, it is quite loud when upright, although this is hardly a concern for me personally, as this iron does exactly what it's supposed to and isn't very expensive (like those iron station things). I'm glad to have done my research and ended up buying this instead of those ridiculously priced ironing stations.
Steam Power, Not So Heavy, Price, Quality!
A little noisy when upright