 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi Everyone, can someone please suggest a cheap alternative to a wax iron (or let me know if a similar thread exists)?. Pennies must be saved for new jacket and EoSB 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sharkymark, i use a travel iron. Cheap and chearful and seems fine to me. Has a temp setting so i can find the lowest temp the wax melts at. I don't find the holes get clogged up but i wouldn't use to iron my shirts again  I'm new to the waxing game but i can't really see what spending £50+ on a "waxing" iron will do much better...........what about everyone else?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You can buy non-steam electric irons on Amazon.
Proper wax irons are 100% better and easier to use though.
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Marc,
What exactly is 100% better and easier about "proper" wax irons?
I have an old non steam iron, I heat it, drip wax onto base in an S pattern, then rub it in with iron.
I fail to see what can be easier and better
regards,
Greg
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thanks for that. As long as I spend a little time getting the temperature right it should be fine, surely? Will go travel iron hunting in the next day or two...
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gregh, it's like everything else. You can ski, cycle or whatever in your jeans, T-shirt and anorak on rented gear and enjoy yourself. Then one day you try the right kit and realise you were making it harder than you had to.
It's just smoother whilst ironing, the wax melts evenly without leaving gaps on the base that you have to rub a bit to cover, you can't feel the ski egdges grate on the base of the iron and the wax seems to stay in the base longer.
It's just, well, better. 
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hmm, I'll have to borrow yours and try it then............especially if the last comment is true!
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As Marc says It's just, well, better. Having started with an old electric iron, then a cheap wax iron and now a proper job there is no doubt that if you are reguarly waxing more than one pair they do a better quicker job. I believe the main reason being the waxing iron will keep its selected temperature within a few degrees while a basic iron will fluctuate much more.
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ok, any recommended decent irons and at what cost???
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I bought a toko iron last year in a sale at S&R just over £50. I am glad I did, but don't know if I would have paid full price of over £70
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Rowenta big flat based irons from currys/argos/comet etc for £15.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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i would go for the full size flat iron, travel irons have a very thin sole plate and do not hold enough heat. the heat is absorbed into the base of the ski and they struggle to melt the wax until it has warmed up again, if you do not want to spend the money on an official wax iron then something like the rowenta in the previous post is the best thing.
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gregh, I'll lend you mine to try. It's the Toko wax iron and the one sat in my cellar at the moment is brand new and never used. My old one stopped working in February and Toko gave me this new one.
Having been forced down this Rowenta-Toko-Rowenta path has confirmed that Toko is better.
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You know it makes sense.
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gregh, I'll lend you mine to try. It's the Toko wax iron and the one sat in my cellar at the moment is brand new and never used. My old one stopped working in February and Toko gave me this new one.
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What happened to the old one? Mine stopped as well, out of the warranty period so I took it apart, couldn't find a fault and went back to using an old iron. I'm a bit p*ssed off with it so I'm not keen to replace it if it's so unreliable.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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ise, mine was pretty new anyway, so I went back to Ellis Brigham. They sent it off to Toko and Toko credited the cost of a new one to EB so they could just give me another.
I was told, via the bloke at EB, that Toko thought an internal fuse had blown. But they still figured it cheaper to replace rather than repair 
But if they're correct you could try stripping it down to see.
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Poster: A snowHead
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marc gledhill, I thought an internal fuse had gone as well, I didn't find one though and they're a b*gger to get apart
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My travel iron takes ages as it is either full on or going cold. But take your time and they will do the job. Just takes 5 times as long.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I spotted a Rowenta one this afternoon but the bl*ody shop had shut once I'd returned from a fruitless travel-iron shopping expedition. Thanks for the suggestions, now I'll actually be able to slide properly
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hmm, Tokyo don't sound that reliable then.....
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I tried a travel iron for waxing but gave up on it for the same reasons as Scarpa stated. Later I found a proper iron at a car-boot sale. It has a good heater and enough mass in its sole to not go cold when placed on a ski.
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