Side by Side Comparison of: Household Essentials vs Dritz

Small size, great for travel and works great too!

Protects my dining room table. I use it when I'm ironing perler beads.

Now I can iron just one item as I need rather than stand for hours ironing my clothes. There are just those times when something gets a little smooshed in the closet and needs a touch up before wearing. This is perfect. No need to set up and no need to take down.

I was just so tired of pulling an iron board out to press simple creases in tops or skirts. Thought I would give this a try. I lay it on the bed or floor and it works just fine for all the more I need it. I recommend this pad for those that do lite ironing.

This little iron does the job and is very concise. I suggest you not use the steam attribute and spray or sprinkle your clothes. Distilled water is still required as in all steam irons, but most of us are not willing to pack even small containers of distilled water on a trip. The pad that's recommended with it is ideal and can be places on any counter top without fear of damage. Of course, this iron must not be allowed to just sit with the hot side down, It tilt props just fine and is stable.

I absolutely love these ironing mats. This is the second one I buy. Although they're a little bulky when folded, I take one with me when I travel... perfect to use for ironing touch-ups, but I've used mine laid on top of my granite kitchen counter to iron both blouses and pants and I've never had a problem. Love the ease of use... no big ironing board to set up! I wouldn't recommend for very large items or trying to iron draperies, etc.

This iron blanket is a little lighter-weight than I was hoping. It feels a little flimsy, that being said, it really does grip on the bottomland is pretty good about not sliding around. I bought it to use for quilting so i don't have to lug my ironing board when I go places. Overall, I'm very pleased.

Works really well on my table. Easy to store. Quick to set up. My health limits the weight I can carry and this solves the problem. Had to purchase a second one because I mistakenly burned the first. Not the product's fault but be careful.

There's no space for a ironing board in my NYC apartment so I bought this as an alternative and it works alright. I used it on my bed but I think it would work better on a harder surface like a counter top. If you need to press something then I'd probably suggest getting an actual ironing board but for the light ironing I do this works fine.

just what I wanted. We have a narrow laundry room, so I do most of my ironing on top of the washer and dryer rather than opening the board. This sits on top of the ironing basket. The foam back keeps it from moving. and the metallic front doesn't wrinkle. so much better than the towel!

I live in a condo and I'm always looking for space saving items. This fits the bill.I don't have to drag out a big, bulky ironing board, instead I just throw this on either my washer or my dining room table and ta-da... works as I need it to. I don't use this to iron clothes, I steam those. I use this for crafts, like making onesies with iron on decals, quilting, etc... so I can't give it a review to how it works with pants, dress shirts, etc.

I was a little leery about getting this based on some of the reviews. However, I'm glad I bought it. Mine also came with lots of wrinkles from being packaged. The first time I used it, I put in on a table and steam pressed my items. Voila! -- wrinkles gone. It's perfect for using in my crafting area. I can keep it out of the way and very quickly grab it when I need to. The only thing I don't like it is that it's a bit thick and spongy. But I think after several uses, it will probably compress a bit.

The ironing blanket works as advertised, but it's somewhat an exercise in futility to try to properly iron anything on it.

It works, but their are winks stocked into it. Just doesn't lau flat which is annoying

haven't used it yet but needed this for my RV. will let you know if I melt anything i am not supposed to when I do. 3 stars cause it OK, its a ironing blanket. five stars if it would iron for me but its just a blanket.

This item is useful in that it does protect surfaces from the heat of an iron, but the upper and lower layers are only attached at the edges, so the layers are free to move relative to one another, which creates bulges and wrinkles, and it doesn't lie perfectly flat.

It looks and feels of lower quality than I was expecting, but so far it works as a surface protector. I'm a little concerned that if I need the iron hotter in the future the foam on the back will melt. We'll see.

The top fabric of the ironing mat does move around and wrinkle when in use, but for my purposes this works okay. I live in a small apartment with no room to store an ironing board that gets used maybe once a month. This ironing mat is great for last minute ironing needs and works alright with a little patience, but for anything that I need to be perfectly ironed I prefer to take the the cleaners to be pressed. So, I wouldn't recommend this for people who have the space for a real ironing board.

Not as useful as I thought

I bought this to take away on vacation. I did not really care for it. It was puffy, slippery and did not stay in place on the table when I ironed.. I actually ended up using a towel to iron on which worked better

Does not lay flat, always having to try to straighten out to iron. Not worth the money

very cheaply made, lightweight, insubstantial, and badly made (doesn't lie completely flat). It has a cheap foam backing that looks like it will fall apart soon.

Cheap and bubbly and very hard to iron on. I should have spent $1 more to get a better one with magnets in the corners. I doubt this will last more than a few weeks since the iron catches on the loose top of this pad. Very cheap, should have returned it.

I found this very hard to use - right out of the box it was very wrinkled - I don't think its good to have to iron an ironing blanket, There was a lot of air in between the two layers and frankly caused as many wrinkles as I got out. I may sew the fabrics together to try to keep them together but this isn't something I should have to do

This ironing blanket was lumpy and loose. It was difficult to iron on. I threw it away.

Terrible for ironing. The foam is so thick and lumpy you have no chance of ironing any wrinkles out of anything. A folded towel works better than this junk.

supper cheap materials. can't put it on the bed since it's too soft. it moves on soft surfaces like counter top. the last option we had to put it on.. totally a waist of money and time.

This is very flimsy: the "non slip" backing material is a very thin delicate sheet of foam that ripped the first time I used it. The loose unquilted foam caught on the corner of my table, and tore all the way across with no force applied. The pad does not lie flat, so even if you wanted to add your own backing I would still not recommend it! A couple of thick dampened towels might work better.

Cannot get this crazy thing flat - the folds from being packaged are still prominent and makes it impossible to use. I think I've tried just about everything. Wanted to use it beside my sewing machine to press quilt pieces as I make them, but instead it was just a waste of money.

The idea was to have a larger area to iron e.g. iron napkins in one "strike".The ironing blanket is not staying in place (sliding) and on top of it it is wrinkly. How can you iron=flatten anything on a wrinkly surface?The product is a great idea but it needs lots of improvements!