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That is so cool....it would make ironing pants so much easier

Looks like this flexible Arconas chair: http://www.arconas.com/?action=view_product&Join_ID=60967&show_product_children=1

Do you think you might get this iron man ironing board in by the holidays?

I do not recommend ironman. My wife paid a bundle for one last week as she thought it looked "smart". It seemed to have an intelligent design so I agreed to the price. My experience proves otherwise.
I've been ironing my own shirts for the better part of 50 years and this is the most cumbersome board I've ever used. The big problem is the damnable "head" that prevents the smooth layout of the shirt on the board. I have to reposition the shirt so many times to compensate for this and the fact that the "arms" are too short and 25% of the shirt hangs into the space below the "arm" that what is usually a 3-4 minute task takes twice as long. Since I am using at least 5-6 shirts a week, giving me about 250-300 ironings a year for shirts alone I have decided to cut the bloody head off.

When I saw the "legs" I thought -hey, that's sharp thinking but in fact it's not for ironing legs at all (too short) it's for the seat, crotch and fly area but each leg has to be rotated seperately so this also takes more than twice the movement of a standard ironing board with a narrow part at one end. I'm only 180cm/5'11" and when I iron the legs of my pants the whole pant doesnt fit on the board without covering the slot between the "legs" so I have to shift the pants several times to iron pant legs too.
One warning, I tend to stand on the opposite side of the board from the picture so the "head" is on my left (I'm right handed) and as a result I stand the iron on the "legs" or somewhere on the body and I've already had the iron fall off the board three times. I'm now more careful and this is not a major problem but this board is almost twice the price of a normal one and definitely more trouble than it's worth just to have a conversation piece in the closet.
-gordon, in Japan

I've regretted buying this overhyped up disaster of an ironing board. The 'hole' in the head is too small for a U.K. plug to pass through, so there is no secure area for the iron to rest. The body of the board is too short for ironing shirts, blouses, cardigans, sweaters - any garment made for adults in fact, and the legs which are supposed to make ironing trousers easy are too short. It's made ironing an absolute chore and takes me much longer. It's so heavy and cumbersome to position as well. I thought because it was so expensive I was buying something really special -it's only fit for the recycling yard. The people who passed this as fit for purpose should think shame on themselves, and whoever designed it can't ever have used it. I truly wish I'd never seen it and read the drivel stating how marvellous it was. Absolute waste of money. Please don't be suckered in to buying an ironman board. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to let other folk know. Marian, U.K.