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Morphy ‘Innovators’ review – Are We Nearly There Yet Mummy?, Shirtmaster ironing board and Configrip iron

By Tom Craik | 21.09.2011 | Posted in Garment Care, Ironing, Morphy 'Innovators', Product Reviews

Laura (Are We Nearly There Yet Mummy?) has been testing out our Shirtmaster ironing board and Comfigrip iron on her HUGE post holiday ironing pile. After eventually working out which way it’s supposed to be used, she found it a massive timesaver. You can read her thoughts below or click here to read it on her blog.

(note: We would not recommend using the shirtmaster or comfigrip while under the influence of gin, or any other drink for that matter)

Some people are hardcore ironers. They iron pants, pyjamas and sheets. They enjoy ironing. Then, there are those who don’t iron at all.

I fall between these two categories. I spend about two to three hours a week trying to get it all done only to find the pile has grown again, It is like The Magic Porridge Pot.

We went on holiday in August and when we came back the ironing pile was as big as my youngest child. Obviously sensing my horror Morphy Richards sent me THE biggest ironing board I have ever seen.

For two weeks I used it the wrong way round and wondered what all the fuss was about. The Husband even pointed out that he thought I had it the wrong way around. Being slightly stubborn I told him I knew what I was doing. One night when he was out I swapped it round and found that in fact I had been doing it wrong all along. I have yet to tell him cough.

It turns out though that it serves a purpose. The Morphy Richards Shirtmaster is an awesome beast. Due to it’s shape it makes ironing just that bit quicker and ironing shirts and tops has never been easier. It also has an extra tall person setting on it which is good for my back.

Most importantly it comes with a place to stand your gin. Everyone should drink gin … especially when the pile of ironing is higher than your youngest offspring. Aaaaaargh.

The Comfigrip Iron is a fine compliment to the Shirtmaster. It glides beautifully and it really is comfortable to hold. A really good feature is ‘the bit where you pour the water’ (which is a technical term) … it’s extra wide which stops any spillage in the village.

The lovely people at Morphy Richards have given me an offer for all you excited ironing fans out there;

If you purchase a Shirtmaster ironing board (42515) from the Morphy Richards website for £79.99 (www.morphyrichards.co.uk/Shirtmaster) you’ll get a Comfigrip iron (40854) for free by quoting voucher code HPI1554 at the checkout stage.

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Shirtmaster ironing board review – A Mother’s Ramblings (Innovator Review)

By Janelle Hardacre | 09.08.2011 | Posted in Ironing, Morphy 'Innovators', Product Reviews

Check out the latest review from one of our ‘House Proud Innovators’, Pippa from A Mother’s Ramblings. This month our crack team of mummy blogger reviewers have been putting the Morphy Richards Shirtmaster ironing board through its paces. You can read the original review here.

If fancy purchasing your own Shirtmaster Ironing Board quote the code HPI1554 on the Morphy Richards website and you get a 40854 Comfigrip iron worth £59.99 free!

My Sister and I are like Chalk and Cheese. Growing up I was blonde and she was a brunette, she is slender and apart from a brief period in 1996 I wasn’t, I liked school and she didn’t, she would have to wear dresses and the latest fashions and I would wear what I liked, I hate ironing and my sister doesn’t…
When Morphy Richards let me know that this month, as part of the Morphy Richards House Proud Innovator scheme, that they were sending a Shirtmaster Ironing Board out I panicked a little I mean I really hate ironing and it really isn’t something that I could really review properly unless I were to review it as a fake surfboard, or a high coffee table. And even though it was excellent as both and made a really cool padded shop counter in a game of shop with Top Ender and Big Boy I thought a proper review of the actual ironing benefits would be needed. Luckily my crazy sister (crazy because she likes ironing) told me that her ironing board was on it’s way out and so I was able to make a deal with her that she could have the new Shirtmaster Ironing Board in return for a review!

The Shirtmaster is bigger than the average ironing board (well mine and my sisters old one) and this is apparently really good as my sister started to jabber on about how it would mean she could iron the whole of a T-shirt in one go and went upstairs to get one of hers to demonstrate. She was still harping on about the benefits of the Shirtmaster when she came back downstairs, but by this point my eyes had glazed over and I just nodded a few times at her and started taking photos as she started preparing the T-shirt on the ironing board. As she is a skinny madam it was too narrow to fit on the square end so she put it up the other end.

My Sister explained how the less you had to move a garment on the ironing board the better, as it meant you would be able to cut down the time on ironing and seeing as she irons everything (tea-towels, underwear, bed sheets and of course clothes) and has three children (with a fourth on the way) this would be a great help. Kitty (that’s my sisters name) then went on to talk about how a “normal” ironing board isn’t really the right shape for ironing bed linen or clothes on, as the main part of the board isn’t really wide enough for lazy ironers (she looked at me rather pointedly then I don’t know why as I’m not a lazy ironer I just don’t iron ever) to just lay an item on flat as this one is. Apparently this is another benefit.

The narrower neck of the ironing board is good for children’s clothes (of which there are plenty at my Sisters house) and for waistbands and as I pointed out for her to stand closer to the ironing board with her pregnant belly. She gave me an odd looking grin and sighed “Yes Pippa that’s right” at this point so I don’t think that is a benefit.

My sister was obviously really excited about the Shirtmaster ironing board and kept smiling at me and the board and so I thought I had better ask some semi-serious questions about it. I asked Kitty to show me the other features of the Shirtmaster, she said it has a steel mesh which is good for when your using a steam iron as the mesh surface allows steam to pass easily through without creating a moist spot on the board’s surface. Apparently if I ironed ever I would know this could be an issue. The padded top which seemed thicker than other ironing board covers is from an underlay that gave a better surface to iron on and would stop the heat from her iron going through to the metal shirtmaster and would stop the mesh pattern from showing up on her ironing. This is one of those benefits she was harping on about when she went upstairs to get a top to iron.

***News just in***

If you buy a Shirtmaster Ironing Board (and face it even I quite like it and I hate ironing) from the Morphy Richards website and give the code HPI1554 you get a 40854 Comfigrip iron worth £59.99 free!

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’75 Days of Morphy’ – Day Four. Buy a Shirtmaster Ironing Board and Comfigrip Iron for ONLY £79.99

By Chris Bennett | 11.07.2011 | Posted in 75th Anniversary

Today is the 4th day of our ’75 Days of Morphy’ campaign - 75 days of competitions, promotions and EXCLUSIVE offers.

Today, we’ve got a treat for everybody looking for a new iron and/or ironing board – the chance to buy the Shirtmaster Ironing Board (42515) and Morphy Richards Comfigrip Iron (40852) for only £79.99. That’s a huge saving of £69.99.

To take advantage of this great offer, simply quote the promotional code: HBSM52 at the checkout stage on the Morphy Ricards website.

Shirtmaster Ironing Board

Whether you love or hate ironing, we have the perfect answer to speed up the whole process with the uniquely designed Shirtmaster ironing board. With Shirtmaster, larger garments such as shirts and blouses fit around the ergonomically designed wide contours of the ironing board perfectly. So when you are working through your weekly ironing basket, you’ll find it quicker and easier than ever before.

Comfigrip Iron

The extremely powerful new Comfigrip iron incorporates our unique TriZone Soleplate Technology, designed to effortlessly remove tough creases giving a pristine look every time. This model mode also has an Eco Steam Switch that allows up to 23% energy saving. The powerful steam tackles stubborn creases even on thicker fabrics such as jeans and the comfigrip handle and easy fill water features make ironing even easier. This particular model comes with a multitude of features including ceramic soleplate, auto-standby antiscale system, no drip system and 350ml clear view water tank.

Stay tuned over the next 71 days for more exclusive offers. Celebrate our birthday milestone with us!

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Can Ben break a World Ironing Record again?

By Janelle Hardacre | 05.07.2011 | Posted in 75th Anniversary, Garment Care, Ironing, Uncategorized

It’s a very exciting week here at Morphy HQ as we are about to celebrate our 75^th Anniversary! We couldn’t let this important occasion pass without a celebration and we have decided to do something a little different to mark our diamond birthday.

Ironing endurance record holder Ben Walton is going to help us celebrate by attempting to smash his current world record and complete an astonishing 75 hour ironing marathon. Afterall, Morphy Richards did all start with the manufacture and production of irons.

Ben’s mammoth record attempt all starts first thing on Wednesday morning at ASDA in Andover. Ben cannot run out of items to iron so he is calling on the people of Andover and beyond to bring their crumpled clothes and bedding along to be ironed.

Ben is also raising money for The Princess Royal Trust for Carers in Hampshire and is appealing for people to donate £1 for each item he irons.

Ironing enthusiast Ben has also ironed at the top of Ben Nevis, the top of The Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth and he was one of our official experts in our World Ironing Championships.

In order to steam through over a thousand items painlessly and easily, Ben will be using the Morphy Richards Comfigrip which is ergonomically designed to be comfortable for any user. Ben will also be using the Morphy Richards Shirtmaster a revolutionary and unique shaped ironing board which allows you to iron shirts in five quick and simple steps and larger items such as sheets and t-shirts with ease.

Ben needs to keep ironing until around 11am on Saturday 9^th July in order to reach the golden 75 hour mark – but he will have officially broken the record at about 8pm on Friday night.

To donate to Ben’s World Record fund visit www.justgiving.com/Ben-Walton2

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Morphy ‘Innovators’ Review, Mum in the Madhouse, Comfigrip iron and Shirtmaster ironing board

By Tom Craik | 16.06.2011 | Posted in Garment Care, Ironing, Morphy 'Innovators', Product Reviews

Jen at Mum in the Madhouse has been testing out our Comfigrip iron and Shirtmaster ironing board. She’s even gone to the effort to share her thoughts through the medium of video. We’ve posted it below but you can click through to her original post here.

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Morphy Innovators Review – Rosie Scribble, Comfigrip Iron and Shirtmaster Ironing Board

By Tom Craik | 23.05.2011 | Posted in Garment Care, Ironing, Morphy 'Innovators', Product Reviews

As part of our innovators scheme, we sent mummy blogger Rosie Scribble a Comfigrip iron and top of the range Shirtmaster ironing board to see if we could turn her into an ironing pro. She’s not quite there yet, but you can read her thoughts below (or click here for her original post).

The one where we wear our shirts with pride

On my Future Husband Checklist (don’t laugh) there’s a little box that says: capable of ironing own shirts.

It’s not a deal-breaker and admittedly it isn’t at the very top of my list, but as we are an only-iron-the-bits-you-can-see kind of a household an ironing ability is more of a necessity than anything feminist directive on my part.

But then again.

I’m setting out my stall now as the presence of the new Morphy Richards Shirtmaster ironing board in my house might give any future visitors the impression that I take my ironing incredibly seriously or that I am in fact a professional ironer.

Which would be a gross misrepresentation.

This is a serious ironing board for serious ironers designed to let you iron your shirt in five easy steps due to its extra wide base. It means you can iron the back of a shirt in one go without having to move the garment.

It does the job extremely well and definitely speeds up the whole ironing process. We are now wearing our shirts with pride. But it is also larger than a nearly eight-year-old, so we might have to build a small extension to house it, or at least some sort of storage cupboard.

This is a seriously large ironing board and at RRP £79.99 it isn’t cheap either.

We’re awarding it 8 out of 10. If it was smaller and lighter we’d give it a more generous 10.

Also helping with our new crease-free look is the slightly more compact Comfigrip steam iron.

Compared to my previous iron (on the right!) which would have failed the bare minimum health and safety checks, this one is great and a million times easier to use. The last steam iron I owned spilt water everywhere but this one is easy to fill and doesn’t leak at all.

At RRP £69.99 you would expect it to be excellent, and it is. It removes tough creases quicker than you can say I-haven’t-got-time-to-iron-a-shirt, and it has even got me a little bit excited about ironing.

But keep that to yourself.

We’re awarding it 10 out of 10 although compared to my previous relic it was always going to outshine it.

Disclosure: We received the Shirtmaster and the Comfigrip iron free of charge to review as members of the Morphy Richards Innovators Scheme.

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Morphy ‘Innovators Review’, Not Supermum, Comfigrip iron and Shirtmaster ironing board

By Tom Craik | 17.05.2011 | Posted in Garment Care, Ironing, Morphy 'Innovators', Product Reviews

Not Supermum isn’t the most enthusiastic of ironers, so we decided to make life as easy as possible for her by sending her a brand new Comfigrip iron and top-of-the range Shirtmaster ironing board to try out as part of our Morphy Innovators scheme.

She was really impressed with both – you can read her thoughts below, or click here to read the post on her blog.

It’s fair to say that there are two man-made objects visible from space. One is the Great Wall of China and the other is my ironing pile. So, as you may have guessed, ironing is not my favourite past time. But, for most people ironing is a necessary evil so I’m all for making it as painless as possible.

I’ve been using a Morphy Richards iron for over 10 years, and it’s served me well but was starting to show signs of wear and tear. So when I was asked to review the new Comfi Grip Iron by Morphy Richards I was, how shall we say this, intrigued. Not only that but I was also sent the Shirtmaster ironing board to try out too.

Not one to shirk my responsibilities I bit the bullet one day recently and tried them both out.

The ComfiGrip Eco Steam Iron RRP £79.99
What I liked:

It has a longer than average cable (3 metres) which allowed me to use the iron without the usual extension lead;

The large, easy to fill water tank meant I wasn’t refilling every 5 minutes;

the iron has an automatic cut-off if it’s left unattended for 1 minute lying flat on the sole plate, or 8 minutes standing on its heel. Very reassuring if you leave it unattended;

there is an Eco Steam switch option which allows you to iron and save 23% less electricity;

there is some fancy-pants technology in this iron which I could into detail about, as well as some very well thought out extras which make life easier, but I’ll just cut to the chase and tell you this: it irons beautifully. That’s pretty much all we want from an iron right?

What I didn’t like:

I was ironing. Enough said.

Shirtmaster Ironing Board RRP £79.99

The Shirtmaster Ironing Board is huge. I mean, just have a look at it in comparison to my old ironing board! It’s unusual shape and size means it’s easier to iron larger items, and also means less time moving items around to fit them on the board. The narrow end is designed for ironing collars, waistbands and smaller items of clothes, while the larger end is designed for shirts, duvets, tablecloths, etc. An added bonus for me is that the board was height adjustable to suit my height (5′ 9″). Most ironing boards are too low for me to use comfortably, but this one was fine.

What I liked:

the large work area on the board made it much easier to iron larger items – less faffing around;

it was more suitable for my height;

I like the red spotty cover!;

What I didn’t like:

it is much bigger than a standard ironing board, and takes us more room in my kitchen. When it first arrived I didn’t think I would keep it because of its size, but after using it I’ve decided it’s staying!

Perhaps you actually like ironing! I can’t understand why, but there’s actually a World Ironing Championships . Really, take a look here.

The Home of the House Proud website has lots more reviews, competitions, recipes and news from Morphy Richards.