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Shark Professional Steam Power Iron GI405

Last Updated: November 25, 2018 (Refresh Now)
7.7
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
956
Old Reviews
312
Unverified
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Review Analysis - 455 recent, verified reviews

Detailed Mode
Drying
 157
ironing, shark, steam, love this iron, clothes
+85%
-15%
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" ...  Next, this is definitely not a “lightweight” iron and just as heavy as all the other irons I have used over my quite long lifetime. ... This continues throughout the ironing process.  ...  "
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" ...  Top quality iron. ... The heavy duty iron produces heat and steam to make ironing clothes a tad bit better.  ...  "
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" ...  Excellent and reliable iron.  ...  "
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" ...  Nice basic iron.  ...  "
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" ...  Used it to take wrinkles out of tablecloth (hanging on a line) and it removed the wrinkles easily.  ...  "
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" ...  My ironing becoming much easier with that iron.  ...  "
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" ...  A really good iron.  ...  "
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" ...  Purchased this to replace my 10 year old iron. ... I love this iron, steam function gets wrinkles out quickly.  ...  "
Product Reliability
 37
irons, started leaking, scorch, returned, leaking and leaking
+22%
-78%
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" ...  Third and last observation is not a problem per se, but just annoying.  ...  "
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" ...  Steam function stopped working on 3rd use.  ...  "
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" ...  Broke in less than 6 months.  ...  "
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" ...  no where to send it back and Amazon is not user friendly when it comes to returns of defective products.  ...  "
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" ...  owned it for two months and already broken!  ...  "
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" ...  owned it for two months and already broken!  ...  "
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" ...  I purchased this in late October- Its November.  ...  "
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" ...  I purchased this in July. ... As of today it no longer works. ... No way should this have malfunctioned after only 3 months.  ...  "
Price
 29
worth the money, worth every penny, worth, price great product, paid
+100%
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" ...  Competitively priced, too.  ...  "
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" ...  Can't beat the price.  ...  "
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" ...  Best we have found regardless of price.  ...  "
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" ...  Best we have found regardless of price.  ...  "
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" ...  does a professional job, a little heavy but worth the money, love it  ...  "
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" ...  does a professional job, a little heavy but worth the money, love it  ...  "
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" ...  This is a great iron for the price.  ...  "
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" ...  This is a great iron for the price.  ...  "
Overall performance
 22
smoothly, job done, hot, gets the job, warms
+100%
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" ...  Does the job.  ...  "
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" ...  I guess I was accustomed to my older one which started steaming faster  ...  "
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" ...  I guess I was accustomed to my older one which started steaming faster  ...  "
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" ...  It really gets hot fast.  ...  "
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" ...  It really gets hot fast.  ...  "
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" ...  Handles very well'  ...  "
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" ...  Overall very good performance!  ...  "
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" ...  Does a great job.  ...  "
Marketplace
 21
seller, amazon prime, stores, return, reps
+38%
-62%
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" ...  This I did not read in the description.  ...  "
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" ...  Would get again just not from Amazon.  ...  "
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" ...  I ordered this on Oct 20th.  ...  "
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" ...  I ordered this on Oct 20th.  ...  "
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" ...  Amazon reps tried to help me out to no avail.  ...  "
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" ...  Amazon reps tried to help me out to no avail.  ...  "
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" ...  I would not buy this item!  ...  "
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" ...  I would not buy this item!  ...  "
Returns
 20
return, returning, seller, iron, fluke
-100%
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" ...  i am returning it  ...  "
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" ...  I should’ve returned it but was something I could live with.  ...  "
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" ...  I should’ve returned it but was something I could live with.  ...  "
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" ...  Should have returned it upon 1 use!  ...  "
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" ...  Should have returned it upon 1 use!  ...  "
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" ...  I returned it and ordered it again thinking it was a fluke.  ...  "
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" ...  I returned it and ordered it again thinking it was a fluke.  ...  "
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" ...  I am going to return the iron to seller  ...  "
Washer Dryer
 19
ironing, steam, shark, clothes, wrinkles
+95%
-5%
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" ...  The heavy duty iron produces heat and steam to make ironing clothes a tad bit better.  ...  "
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" ...  My ironing becoming much easier with that iron.  ...  "
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" ...  This iron is so smooth and so accurate with its heat setting.  ...  "
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" ...  No need to continuously iron to get rid of wrinkles!  ...  "
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" ...  No need to continuously iron to get rid of wrinkles!  ...  "
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" ...  This one really makes a difference when ironing.  ...  "
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" ...  This one really makes a difference when ironing.  ...  "
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" ...  It heats quickly and runs smoothly against my fabrics.  ...  "
Heating
 17
gets, iron, heats up quickly, heating, heat
+53%
-47%
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" ...  heats up fast  ...  "
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" ...  Heats up quickly.  ...  "
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" ...  Heats up quickly.  ...  "
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" ...  It really gets hot fast.  ...  "
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" ...  It really gets hot fast.  ...  "
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" ...  I love the "ready" feature that lights up green when the iron is hot and ready to use!  ...  "
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" ...  I love the "ready" feature that lights up green when the iron is hot and ready to use!  ...  "
Water Usage
 16
leaks, leaked, clothes, steam, spits
+6%
-94%
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" ...  When you pushed the button it just leaked water everywhere  ...  "
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" ...  It leaks water all over the clothes .  ...  "
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" ...  Water leaked from Iron at random areas.  ...  "
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" ...  Water leaked from Iron at random areas.  ...  "
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" ...  Bought in September, 2017 and by November, it's pouring water from the bottom.  ...  "
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" ...  Bought in September, 2017 and by November, it's pouring water from the bottom.  ...  "
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" ...  I've been using distilled water and bottled water for this.  ...  "
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" ...  Also it didn't come with a cup or something to fill the water reservoir, which is sort of awkward to fill, but all that being said I still give it marks.  ...  "
Cleaning
 14
shark, shark products, self cleaning, scorch, love all shark
+86%
-14%
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" ...  I love all shark professional irons  ...  "
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" ...  I love all shark professional irons  ...  "
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" ...  I like the self cleaning abilities the iron has.  ...  "
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" ...  I like the self cleaning abilities the iron has.  ...  "
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" ...  So love using my Shark appliances.  ...  "
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" ...  So love using my Shark appliances.  ...  "
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" ...  I replaced that one with a Shark and will always use Shark.  ...  "
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" ...  I replaced that one with a Shark and will always use Shark.  ...  "
Ease of Use
 13
easy, operate, nice, iron, heavy
+85%
-15%
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" ...  Easy to use ... good weight, and easy to store.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to operate and nice heavy base.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to operate and nice heavy base.  ...  "
Water Resistance
 11
leaks, clothes, leaked, reservoir, iron
+9%
-91%
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" ...  When you pushed the button it just leaked water everywhere  ...  "
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" ...  I've been using distilled water and bottled water for this.  ...  "
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" ...  Also it didn't come with a cup or something to fill the water reservoir, which is sort of awkward to fill, but all that being said I still give it marks.  ...  "
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" ...  Also it didn't come with a cup or something to fill the water reservoir, which is sort of awkward to fill, but all that being said I still give it marks.  ...  "
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" ...  It leaks water for no reason! ... That's my only flip up with this iron is it leaks water all over my clothes and I hate it.  ...  "
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" ...  It leaks water for no reason! ... That's my only flip up with this iron is it leaks water all over my clothes and I hate it.  ...  "
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" ...  The first time using it, I put water in well below the max line and it leaks water all over the clothes.  ...  "
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" ...  The first time using it, I put water in well below the max line and it leaks water all over the clothes.  ...  "
Build Quality
 11
iron, unlodged, steel, stainless, smoke
+45%
-55%
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" ...  Silver plastic Piece fell off side of iron.  ...  "
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" ...  Silver plastic Piece fell off side of iron.  ...  "
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" ...  The smoke was heavy and smelled.  ...  "
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" ...  The smoke was heavy and smelled.  ...  "
Washing
 10
clothes, 50 years, wrinkles, steam, stains
+90%
-10%
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" ...  I have been ironing for over 50 years - by far the best I have ever owned.  ...  "
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" ...  No need to continuously iron to get rid of wrinkles!  ...  "
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" ...  No need to continuously iron to get rid of wrinkles!  ...  "
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" ...  This one really makes a difference when ironing.  ...  "
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" ...  This one really makes a difference when ironing.  ...  "
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" ...  Steam is good and it doesn't soak the clothes like some other irons do.  ...  "
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" ...  Steam is good and it doesn't soak the clothes like some other irons do.  ...  "
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" ...  Works great on cotton fabrics.  ...  "

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