Philips GC181 Heavy Weight 1000-Watt Dry Iron

Philips dry iron GC181-80

A dry iron, as the name implies, doesn't produce any steam of its own. It relies on the cloth underneath being damp to produce the steam. That means you have to hold the iron in place for far longer, and it is a lot heavier than the modern steam irons.

A clothes iron is a roughly triangular surface that, when heated, is used to press clothes to remove creases. It is named for the metal of which the device was historically commonly made, and the use of it is generally called ironing. Ironing works by loosening the ties between the long chains of molecules that exist in polymer fiber materials. With the heat and the weight of the ironing plate, the fibers are stretched and the fabric maintains its new shape when cool.