A steam iron includes a base provided with a vaporization chamber for generating steam, the vaporization chamber being heated by a heater; a water tank for storing therein water to be supplied to the vaporization chamber; and a soleplate having a plurality of steam holes and a multiplicity of depressions, the soleplate being provided on a bottom surface of the base and the steam holes being communicated with the vaporization chamber. At least a part of the steam holes is consecutively arranged in a line and, further, at least a part of the depressions is arranged in multiple lines along the steam holes consecutively arranged in the line.

This invention relates to a kind of electric iron for eliminating wrinkles from clothes and other materials. The electric iron has an ironing seat, which is composed of a soleplate, an ironing surface on the soleplate, and a heater that heats the soleplate. There are heater-shaped dented portions on the ironing surface where the heater is installed. This invention, with this structure, reduces a contacting area between the ironing surface close to the heater and clothes or other materials to be ironed, thus changing an uneven distribution of temperature on the ironing surface. Further, for a steam electric iron, steam sprayed out of steam outlets in a soleplate spreads to areas away from a heater through dented portions, thereby resulting in an effect of wrinkle elimination.