alaTest has collected and analyzed 75 user reviews of Philips GC8651 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. People are impressed by the reliability and design. The size and usability are also mentioned favorably, but many are critical about the price.

Before buying check your ironing board will hold steam generator as the size (from picture) can be deceiving as I have found out. Overall the steam generator is very good. Took few uses before I felt and saw the difference in my ironing and the time...

Looks great and works great too, best iron I've ever had.

"This was a replacement for an old Philips steam generator iron! It's fantastic- much lighter than the old one- I actually now enjoy ironing. I would recommend this iron it's a joy to use."

My first GC8651 steam generator iron i ordered I had to return, no steam coming out of it. So i reordered another. Used this one for the first time today, great job great steam output. Very light weight iron which is good because I have problems with...

"This is a very good steam generator iron. One of its features is that the steam flow is quieter than many other steam generator irons. However, the feed pump is no quieter than any other iron I have tried. I like the fact that there is no thermostat...

"It is great, everything that has been written in reviews are true ! Brilliant that you don't have to keep changing the temperature,water tank is so much bigger but the whole unit and iron is lighter, definitely recommend if you are looking for a steam...

"We were sceptical of how an iron with no dial to twiddle could possibly work on a wide range of fabrics - but it does!! It's a bit different to our previous iron ( e.g. It has a slight tendency to drip water early on) but we have now got to understand...

I wouldn't go back to normal iron now I have a steam generator. It's so light and you don't have to worry about changing the tempretaue and the water tank lasts through a huge ironing pile.

Lightweight ..great shape plate ..quiet ..creases come out superfast . Best iron I have ever bought ..well worth the extra cost love it !!

Hello Philips, I purchased this iron 2 1/2 months ago. I used for 1 hr and turned off. The next day when I returned the cord (from water tank) was dripping wet. I returned to store and got a replacement. I turned on the replacement iron and waited for...