Laurastar GO Red

You are in for a very nice surprise, this item was bought to replace a LAURASTAR vintage product which everybody loved. And Wow, what a splendid replacement it is too, just as easy to use but everything is soo much better. Only thing we are not keen on is the board cover Marine grey and no nice logos. You will not be disappointed. GH

Works fine, as long you don’t have to move it

This is my second Laurastar iron. The first lasted 18+ years without any problems. It was a quick decision for me to automatically buy aanother Laurastar. I like the fact the iron is attached to the board, taking up less storage of a separate board and iron. The product is very well made. It makes ironing so simple and quick, even linen!! You get a good blast of steam from the iron making the task effortless. I don’t thinks theirs a competitor who can match this product.

Is this thing for real? Do they really make ironing boards with a suction/blower motor built into the board? Well it turns out that they do, and this “Laurastar Go” is my first ever dealings with such a device, so needless to say I was excited to see what could possibly make this thing worth the £695 price tag (at time of review). I’m ignoring the slightly patronising subtitle of “Your First All-in-One Ironing System”, as it reminds me of a Tomy My First Train Set… And having watched the short promotional video with the horrendous Euro-dance soundtrack, I suspect the marketing team need to take a step back. Size-wise, despite its functionality, it is actually fairly self-contained. I won’t say it’s featherweight because it isn’t. You wouldn’t really want to be lugging it around all day. At the end of the day, it is a decent-sized board with the iron attached, including an integrated steam generator and the motor for the suction/blower function, so it’s got a fair amount of stuff to build into the frame. In all honesty, you’re probably best making sure you have somewhere to store this that’s almost right next to where you deploy it, as it becomes too much of a faff to hulk it about. I rather like the styling of the iron itself, as it is akin to old dry-irons. I like this approach as it makes the iron itself nicely balanced and well weighted. It allows you to be quite nimble with it. The top handle is flat and the rear cord doesn’t get too in the way of your wrist or forearm, like some other irons I have used in the past. One curious thing about this iron, is that the power consumption at 1800W compared to fairly high-end irons, is actually quite low. Fortunately, it didn’t impact on its ability to turn in great ironing performance helped by the “active table”, but what I will say, is that it takes an age to heat up. In these days of impatience, people tend to think that in the flick of a switch, something will be ready for action. Not so with this Laurastar Go - which perhaps should be called the Laurastar “Pause” or the Laurastar “Please wait a minute". The clear selling point of this device is the “Active Board”, and how much you envisage that as making the difference in your ironing life is the big question here. In my own experience of ironing mostly clothes, pillowcases, and the odd sheet here-and-there, I’m struggling to justify it as I haven’t found a dramatic difference in performance between it and my regular ironing combo. In actual day-to-day use, this iron actually takes a bit of getting used to, and you can't just whip it out to spruce up a shirt before going on a night out. You have to planning on doing a lot of ironing to make it worthwhile. And even then, I haven't found the active board to make as dramatic a difference as the price might have suggested. If you are in any doubt as to whether this one feature is going to do it for you, then save yourself the money and get yourself a decent board for around £100 and a good quality Steam Generator iron for about £250-300, then spend the difference on a few nights out and forget about the ironing!

I purchased my Laurastar system after seeing a friends in Switzerland and seeing how easy it was to use. I love it, everything is quickly crease free and in very little time, I like the fact that the board fan is changeable from blow to suck as some fabrics are easier to iron when they are not flying off the ironing board! Yes it's heavy, yes it's a little difficult to set up due to its weight, and yes I wish it held more water than it does as the delay in refilling and restoring temperature to use again is somewhat frustrating. But , it's fabulous and zooms through my ironing in no time at all. From my point of view it is well worth the money and I recommend it highly !

My first Laura Star lasted 19 years. I replaced it straight away with another. Fabulous Fabulous !!!!! Turn ironi g into a hobby. Excellent ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

The first time I folded up this board, I'm pretty sure I was close to losing several fingers. The weight of the attached steam unit means it swings closed easily, but watch where you place your fingers during this process. I should also mention the weight of this item. To put it plainly it's heavy and unwieldy to move around. If I had the space I'd leave it permanently upright. The very idea of packing it away and moving it whilst the steam generator is still full of water (as you don't have to empty it after each use) is unlikely to ever happen as this ironing system already offers a full work-out when the steam generator is empty. The cable holder was completely useless. It didn't appear particularly stable when attached to the board, and whilst a good idea to keep the steam hose away from the clothing you are ironing on the board, it made wielding the iron more difficult. The iron is permanently attached to the aforementioned fairly chunky steam hose, but felt connected to a somewhat uncooperative tentacle when using it on the board. The instruction manual is useful and easy to follow and I was set up quickly (disregarding the warm up time). The steam is very powerful (I'm a glasses wearer and this did prove inconvenient at times) but the results are impressive. I iron everything on the number 2 setting (only 2 settings so you can't go wrong) and apply the steam as and when to achieve a pristine finish; however I can't say the vacuum/blower button was impactful. I've ironed a variety of materials both on the board and using the vertical steam option and everything has a nice crisp sharpness not achieved so easily with my normal steam iron. I was initially disappointed with the amount of time the steam lasted though. During my first use I only ironed 6 items before I had to refill the steam generator, but this may have been a start-up glitch. I now average about 10-12 items before I run out of steam (both figuratively and literally). This ironing system makes a tiresome chore far more time consuming (especially considering the 8-10 mins warming up time and the 2 hours it needs to cool before you can safely store the iron away). That said, if you want a piece of clothing to look sharp and completely crease free or with the perfect pleat then you'll definitely feel this extra time warrants the results. Pros: a marvellous steam action, the compact size when folded away, easy to use. Cons: time consuming, heavy and the iron is a little unwieldy to use on the board.