Edited to Add:  I did call the company before posting this.  They say “It’s out of warranty!”   They’re pretty sure it’s a circuit board and with shipping, it will cost me about $40.  Vince can change the circuit board.  That may or may not be the problem and I cannot return the circuit board if that isn’t the problem.  So . . my review below is based on my overall experience with this iron.

When I bought my Digital Velocity Steam Iron in September, 2010, I wrote this review and promised followups.  I loved this iron.  It steams like crazy and while I know some don’t use steam, I do and I love lots of it.

Today when I went to the sewing room to turn it on, the switch appears dead and it does nothing!  I tried unplugging it and plugging it into another socket that I knew had working things plugged into it, and still nothing.  Dead!  Considering that for about 6 months or longer during this time, I wasn’t sewing at all and this iron only gets used for sewing, that leaves me not liking this iron a whole lot right now.

I will pull out one of my older irons and use it while I stew about whether or not to order another of the Digital Velocity irons.  In the long run, as much as I liked it, if I have to replace it every 12 – 18 months, maybe that’s still better than using an iron that lasts longer but I only halfway like.  But, I expected more.

When things slow down for Vince, I’ll see if he’ll take it apart and see if he can fix the switch but if I ask him to do one more thing right now, well . . I’m just not going to do that!