Andy...You can't rely on new stuff....this is well know
Is well known that today's stuff is what it is.....
Regarding fryers I owned 5 newer ones in my 23 years and throwed all of them in the garbage after few months of use, actually every time I hoped it was the good one to get a decent fryer, that never happened..... there is nothing more true and well known they just does not heat up enough, infact I always ended frying with my frying pan on the stove, chicken and fries just got too dry getting finally cripsy after years but resulting in wood sticks rather than fries and chickens like stones, onion rings, calamari, wings and such always lost their batter and breading due to fat not being enough hot, I couldn't fry with those things....
Same way for steam irons, modern steam irons just does not get enough hot, most of them would actually drop water from holes instead of steaming also......
Now I got a new iron with a separate boiler which is replacing for the moment or till it last (and I think not so long) my 70s Hamilton beach steam iron that developped a leak just under the filling hole waiting to be fixed.....
I'm anyway already looking on ebay for a VTG GE or Sunbeam or whatever looks good NIB iron.....that in the case I'll succeed to to fix the hamilton beach will be stored away waiting for it to definitely die and so replace, otherwise replacing my actual separate boiler one....I just went with a separate boiler one because it is the most modern iron that goes near being a true steam iron....
I of course always go with VTG when I can, and of course you never go wrong with it....
Thank you for posting pics then, and also do not worry, if it has not been dropped but used once or twice and stored away there should be no probs and of course should work....
Congrats!
