Tefal Steam Iron UK Reviews 2023 

Tefal Ranges of Steam Irons

Tefal do various ranges of steam irons which are:

• Professional Range - There are currently 4 models with average prices of between £69-120. These are classed as professional models and are the most expensive as they include slightly larger water tanks, high grade soleplates and a range of other features.
• Fast and Easy - 10 models - £40-50 - these sit in the Tefal mid-price range so more affordable for buyers. The tanks are slightly smaller, and they don't generate as much steam as the Ultimate branded irons.
• Essential Irons - 7 models - around £35 - really suited for people who don't do a lot of ironing. You can't vertical steam with these, they have small tanks and shorter cords. They have an anti-scale setting but no scale collector.
  

Tefal Professional Range of Steam Irons

There are currently 4 models with average prices of between £69-120. These are classed as professional models and are the most expensive as they include slightly larger water tanks, high grade soleplates, an anti-scale filter, precision point on the soleplate, high steam outputs:

1. Tefal Ultimate Pure FV9845 Steam Iron
2. Tefal Ultimate Pure FV9830 Steam Iron
3. Tefal Ultimate Turbo Pro FV5696
4. Tefal Puregliss FV8066

1. Tefal Ultimate Pure FV9845 Steam Iron

Our Opinion: One of the most expensive choices but has many great features for fast professional style ironing. With over 1,700 reviews, there are plenty of buyers in the UK, who rate this overall with a high 90% buyer satisfaction rating. 72% of those buyers give it a 5 star rating and 5% give it a low rating. The micro scale filter ensures that the steam is pure so no need to worry about water marks or stains of any kind. It has a powerful quick heat up with good steam output and a strong steam shot. On the downside it is expensive and a few buyers say it is too heavy.

2. Tefal Ultimate Pure FV9830 Steam Iron

Our Opinion: This is also an expensive iron but not as expensive as the one above. With over 1,700 reviews, there are lots of buyers in the UK, who rate this overall with a 90% buyer satisfaction rating. 72% of those buyers give it a 5 star rating and 5% give it a low rating. The scale collector collects any limescale and is easy to remove, clean and put back in. It has a powerful quick heat up with good steam output and a strong steam shot. On the downside it is still expensive and a few buyers say it is very heavy to use.

3.Tefal Ultimate Turbo Pro Anti-Scale FV5696 Steam Iron

Our Opinion: This is an expensive iron but not as expensive as the one above. With over 1,000 reviews, there are some buyers in the UK, who rate this overall with an 86% buyer satisfaction rating. 63% of those buyers give it a 5 star rating and 7% give it a low rating. The scale collector collects any limescale and is easy to remove, clean and put back in. It has a powerful quick heat up with good steam output and a strong steam shot. On the downside it is still expensive and a few buyers say it is very heavy to use.

4.Tefal Puregliss FV8066 Steam Iron

Our Opinion: This model is only available through John Lewis stores in the UK. Buyers there who have left reviews (50+) rate it with a 4.8/5 rating. Buyers say that it heats up quickly, is powerful and easy to use. The negative comments said the cord was too short, and the water tank was hard to see.

1. Tefal Smart Protect Plus FV6872

No stock available from any UK Retailers and not available at the Tefal website.

Key Features

• Comes in a Dress Blue/Premium Silver colour
• The wattage is 2800 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 40g/min and a steam boost of 260g/min
• The soleplate is a Durilium Airglide soleplate with more active steam holes
• Easy-to-fill water tank and water level indicator
• One temperature setting
• Useful anti-drip feature
• Express Steam turns itself off if left unattended.

2. Tefal Ultragliss Anti-Calc Plus FV6848

No stock available from any UK Retailers and not available at the Tefal website.

Key Features

• Comes in a Black/Turquoise colour
• The wattage is 2800 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 50g/min and a steam boost of 260g/min
• The soleplate is a Durilium Airglide soleplate with more active steam holes
• Easy-to-fill water tank and water level indicator
• One temperature setting
• Useful anti-drip feature
• Express Steam turns itself off if left unattended.

3. Tefal Ultraglide Anti-Scale Plus FV5874

This is available from Currys

Key Features

• Comes in a Blue/Silver colour
• The wattage is 2800 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 50g/min and a steam boost of 250g/min
• The soleplate is a Durilium Airglide soleplate with more active steam holes
• Easy-to-fill water tank and water level indicator
• Eco mode
• Useful anti-drip feature
• Turns itself off if left unattended.

4. Tefal FV5872 Ultraglide Anti-scale Steam Iron

Our Opinion: With over 1,000 reviews, there are lots of buyers in the UK, who rate this overall with an 86% buyer satisfaction rating. 63% of those buyers give it a 5 star rating and 7% give it a low rating. This is a heavy iron which some buyers like. It heats up quickly and is easy to clean and descale.

Also available at John Lewis and Argos

5. Tefal Ultimate Turbo Pro FV5670

No stock available from any UK Retailers and not available at the Tefal website.

Key Features

• Comes in a dark blue colour
• The wattage is 2800 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 50g/min and a steam boost of 210g/min
• The soleplate is a 1 in glide soleplate
• Easy-to-fill water 300 ml tank and water level indicator
• Eco mode
• Useful anti-drip feature
• Turns itself off if left unattended.

6. Tefal Ultimate Turbo Pro FV5675

7. Tefal Freemove Air FV6550

Also available at John Lewis

8. Tefal Freemove Air FV6551

No stock available from any UK Retailers and not available at the Tefal website.

Key Features

• Comes in a Blue/Silver colour
• The wattage is 2800 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 35g/min and a steam boost of 190g/min
• The soleplate is a ceramic soleplate with more active steam holes
• Easy-to-fill 250 ml water tank and water level indicator
• Recharges in 11 seconds for 25 seconds of cordless ironing

9. Tefal Freemove Air FV6520

Available from Currys
Key Features

• Comes in a Blue/Silver colour
• The wattage is 2800 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 25g/min and a steam boost of 115g/min
• The soleplate is a ceramic soleplate with more active steam holes
• Easy-to-fill 250mm water tank and water level indicator
• Eco mode
• Useful anti-drip feature
• Turns itself off if left unattended.

10. Tefal Easygliss Eco FV5781

No stock available from any UK Retailers and not available at the Tefal website.
Key Features

• Comes in a White/Green colour
• The wattage is 2800 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 50g/min and a steam boost of 260g/min
• The soleplate is a Durilium Airglide soleplate with more active steam holes
• Easygliss Eco is made from up to 35% recycled materials and it’s 88% recyclable.

1. Tefal Express Steam FV2885

No stock available from any UK Retailers and not available at the Tefal website.

Key Features

• Comes in a Black/Burgundy colour
• The wattage is 2600 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 45g/min and a steam boost of 210g/min
• The soleplate is a Durilium Airglide soleplate with more active steam holes
• Easy-to-fill water tank and water level indicator
• It has a spray function to dampen fabrics
• Useful anti-drip feature
• Express Steam turns itself off if left unattended.

2. Tefal Express Steam FV2882 Steam Iron

Our Opinion: With over 100 reviews, this is not a big seller. The buyers rate this overall with a 92% buyer satisfaction rating. 66% of those buyers give it a 5 star rating and 6% give it a low rating. Buyers like that it is light and has a large opening for the water to go in. There are not a lot of complaints other than the instructions being poor and a few buyers complained about the cord length.

Only available at Amazon UK

3. Tefal Express Steam FV2869 Steam Iron

Our Opinion: With so little reviews, it is very difficult to be decisive about this model. The buyers rate this overall with a 60% buyer satisfaction rating. 25% of those buyers give it a 5 star rating and 25% give it a low rating. Buyers like that it is light and has a large opening for the water to go in. There are just not enough buyer reviews to determine how this will perform over time. We will update this section when there are.

Also available at Argos, John Lewis and Currys.

4. Tefal Express Steam FV2841

No stock available from any UK Retailers and not available at the Tefal website.

Key Features

• Comes in a White/Blue colour
• The wattage is 2600 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 40g/min and a steam boost of 190g/min
• The soleplate is a Durilium Airglide soleplate with more active steam holes
• Easy-to-fill water tank and water level indicator
• It has a spray function to dampen fabrics
• Useful anti-drip feature
• Express Steam turns itself off if left unattended.

5. Tefal Express Steam FV2840

No stock available from any UK Retailers and not available at the Tefal website.

Key Features

• Comes in a White/Blue colour
• The wattage is 2600 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 40g/min and a steam boost of 160g/min
• The soleplate is a Durilium Airglide soleplate with more active steam holes
• Easy-to-fill water tank and water level indicator
• It has a spray function to dampen fabrics
• Useful anti-drip feature
• Express Steam turns itself off if left unattended.

6. Tefal Virtuo FV1713 Steam Iron

Our Opinion: This is one of their better selling steam irons. The buyers rate this overall with an 84% buyer satisfaction rating. 61% of those buyers give it a 5 star rating and 7% give it a low rating. This is a very small lightweight iron with a small water tank and OK for occasional ironing. This is about as basic as an iron can be and takes a while to heat up.

7. Tefal Access Protect FV1611

No stock available from any UK Retailers and not available at the Tefal website.

Key Features

• Comes in a Black/Bewitched Blue colour
• The wattage is 2100 watts for fast heat up
• It has a continuous steam output of up to 25g/min and a steam boost of 100g/min
• The soleplate is a ceramic soleplate 
• Easy-to-fill water tank and water level indicator
• It has a spray function to dampen fabrics
• Useful anti-drip feature
• Turns itself off if left unattended.

Tefal Virtuo FV1710 Steam Iron

Our Opinion: With so little reviews, it is very difficult to be decisive about this model. The buyers rate this overall with an 84% buyer satisfaction rating. 60% of those buyers give it a 5 star rating and 8% give it a low rating. This is a very small lightweight iron with a small water tank and OK for occasional ironing.

Tefal Maestro 63 2300W Steam Iron

Our Opinion: With so little reviews, it is very difficult to be decisive about this model. The buyers rate this overall with a 72% buyer satisfaction rating. 40% of those buyers give it a 5 star rating and 18% give it a low rating. With so few reviews ratings can be misleading. It is a fairly basic iron and we think there are just better choices for the same money on the market. We are not particularly fond of the black/white colour.

The average size of a steam iron water tank size is 300 ml (0.3 litres). These can get as small as 200 ml and as large as 400ml, and that will vary from model to model. A typical 300ml water tank will last for about 15 minutes of ironing. Then it will need to be filled again and left for 2 minutes for the water to be turned to steam. Smaller tanks will not last as long and a larger tank, 400 ml, will give you around 20 minutes of ironing.

When you add water to your iron, it makes it heavier. 1ml of water weighs 1 gram. So with a 300ml water tank when filled adds 300 grams of weight to your iron.

Tefal steam iron water tanks vary in size from 200ml to 350ml water tanks.

Power (Wattage) in a Steam Iron

Every steam iron has a power rating and will be shown as "2400W" as an example. These can be as small as 100W and up to 3200W. So what's the difference. The "W" refers to watts which is a measurement of power. Steam irons work on the basis of producing steam. To do that the iron has to convert cold water to steam, which means boiling it to 100 Degrees Celsius.

This happens inside the small boiler inside your iron. The wattage is simple how quick your iron can do this. Assuming the water tank is the same size a 3200W iron will do that a great deal faster than a 2000W iron. There isn't a huge difference in the time it takes. A 3200W takes about 90 seconds whereas a 2000W iron would take around 3 minutes.

So steam irons with bigger wattages heat up faster and also heat the water faster when you have to refill the tanks and that saves you a little time. The same applies to how quickly the soleplate of your iron gets heated.

Constant Steam

This is the rate at which steam comes out of your iron and is measured in grams/minute which is usually shortened to g/min. The bigger this number is the more steam will be produced regularly and more steam means you can get your ironing completed faster.

In steam irons these can range from as low as 20g/min and go up to 60g/min. It makes a huge difference when ironing. The higher steam settings remove wrinkles much faster as one pass with the iron will do the job. With a weaker steam rate you may have to do 2-3 passes of the iron to get the wrinkles out.

You will always notice that steam irons with a higher output are always more expensive that those with a low output and that is because they need better component parts and a better design.

Steam Shot

Just like the constant steam, a steam shot is measured in grams/minute (g/min.) The bigger this number is the more steam will be produced for your shot of steam. This is used when you encounter a really bad crease and extra steam will help deal with that.

In steam irons these can range from as low as 80g/min and go up to 310g/min. That is a noticeable difference and it simply makes your ironing faster.

Electrical Cords

The length of the electrical cord is the single biggest complaint with steam irons. Usually that is because the manufacturer makes the lead that plugs into the wall too short. There are slightly different reasons given for this. The main one from iron manufacturers is that long cords are a safety hazard as people can trip over them. On the other side of that argument is that many consumers suggest they are just cost cutting.

In reality it really depends where you iron and how close the iron is to the socket that you are plugging it into. Most electrical sockets are fitted low in the wall. That is because of electrical building regulations. UK Building Regulations now require that power sockets must be positioned no lower than 450mm above the floor.

You should be aware that the length of cord varies a lot depending on the model of the iron. This can be anything between 1.9 metres (6 feet) to 3 metres (10 feet) It is worth checking the distance from the socket you use to where your ironing board is normally sitting. Otherwise you may have to use an extension lead which is just a pain.