![Three steam irons on a purple colour-blocked banner — a teal Bajaj, a black Bajaj MX-series iron and a white and purple Havells Flare, the models compared in this Flipkart against Vijay Sales steam iron price read]()
Two retailers, two Bajaj irons that both of them stock, and a Rs. 248 gap. What makes this pair worth reading is the second one, where the cheaper listing is the one wearing the smaller discount badge.
📅 Update log:
8 November 2026: first published. Flipkart figures read from its own search page for "steam iron" (68 results); Vijay Sales figures read from its own /c/irons and /c/garment-steamers category pages (33 results). Both read logged out, from India, with nothing bought and no coupon or card offer applied.
If you are buying a steam iron this week, the two places most people check are Flipkart and Vijay Sales. We read both on 8 November 2026 and matched every model we could identify by the model code printed in each retailer's own product title.
Two models came back on both: the Bajaj MX 45 and the Bajaj MX 3 Neo. Vijay Sales is cheaper on both. On one of them it is cheaper while also displaying the shallower discount badge — which is the clearest demonstration you will find of why the percentage is not the number to shop on.
Everything below is read from the two retailers' own pages, logged out, from India, with nothing bought and no coupon applied.
Only two models could be matched. Flipkart's 68 results and Vijay Sales' 33 overlap on exactly two product codes. The rest of this page compares the two shelves rather than individual products, because matching a "1600 W steam iron" on one site to a "1600 W steam iron" on the other is not a comparison, it is a guess.
The two models both retailers sell
| Model | Flipkart price | Flipkart stated MRP | Flipkart badge | Vijay Sales price | Vijay Sales stated MRP | Vijay Sales badge | Cheaper |
|---|
| Bajaj MX 45, 2000 W | Rs. 2,047 | Rs. 3,800 | 46% | Rs. 1,799 | Rs. 3,800 | 53% | Vijay Sales, by Rs. 248 |
| Bajaj MX 3 Neo, 1250 W | Rs. 1,199 | Rs. 2,430 | 51% | Rs. 1,099 | Rs. 2,100 | 48% | Vijay Sales, by Rs. 100 |
The MX 45 is the straightforward one. Both retailers state the identical Rs. 3,800 reference price. Flipkart charges Rs. 2,047 and badges 46%; Vijay Sales charges Rs. 1,799 and badges 53%. Same claimed MRP, Rs. 248 — 12.1% — of real difference, and here the deeper badge and the lower price point the same way.
The MX 3 Neo is the one worth remembering. Flipkart charges Rs. 1,199 and badges 51%. Vijay Sales charges Rs. 1,099 and badges 48%. The listing with the deeper discount badge is the dearer one, by Rs. 100.
The reason is arithmetic rather than anything else: Flipkart states a Rs. 2,430 reference price where Vijay Sales states Rs. 2,100. A badge is the gap between a seller's own two numbers, and each seller picks both of them. Put the two 1250 W Bajaj listings side by side and the percentage ranks them backwards.
The check that takes ten seconds: find the model code in the title — MX 45, MX 3 Neo, GHGSIBDU125, SIFF16WBP — and search that string on the other retailer. If the code matches, you are comparing the same appliance and only the rupee figure matters. If it does not, you are comparing two different irons and the wattage alone will not tell you which is better.
Flipkart shows one rating count on three different Bajaj irons
| Flipkart listing | Price | Stated MRP | Badge | Ratings displayed |
|---|
| BAJAJ MX35N, 2000 W | Rs. 1,799 | Rs. 3,800 | 53% | 19,702 |
| BAJAJ MX 3 Neo, 1250 W | Rs. 1,199 | Rs. 2,430 | 51% | 19,702 |
| BAJAJ MX 45, 2000 W | Rs. 2,047 | Rs. 3,800 | 46% | 19,702 |
Three separate Bajaj models, three prices spanning Rs. 848, and the identical rating count of 19,702 on all of them. A count that repeats to the unit across listings is the clearest signal a marketplace gives that the tiles are drawing on one pooled review set.
That matters for the comparison above. Flipkart's MX 3 Neo listing shows 19,702 ratings; so does its MX 45 and so does its MX35N. If you chose the Flipkart MX 3 Neo over the Vijay Sales one because of the review depth beside it, the reviews you were reading are not specific to that model.
Vijay Sales publishes no star rating and no review count on any of its 33 listings — not on the Bajaj pair, not on anything. That is a real disadvantage of buying there, and it is worth weighing honestly: you are trading review evidence for Rs. 100 to Rs. 248. What this page can say is that the review evidence Flipkart offers on these two models is pooled across three of them.
A fifth of Flipkart's "steam iron" results are not steam irons
21 of the 68 tiles Flipkart returned for "steam iron" are accessories — replacement Teflon soleplate shoes, gravity-feed water pipe sets, silicone rest pads, a sewing-machine shoe, a thermostat for a bottle steamer. They are legitimate products and several are well rated. They are not irons, and they sit at the cheap end of the results.
| Flipkart tile returned for "steam iron" | Price | Badge |
|---|
| Cortex Universal Teflon Steam Iron Shoe | Rs. 207 | 77% |
| CBS Water Pipe Set for gravity-feed industrial steam iron | Rs. 220 | 76% |
| TEQZIA Silicone Iron Rest Pads | Rs. 226 | 68% |
| TEQZIA Teflon Iron Shoe for sewing machine | Rs. 263 | 74% |
| ONUS Steam Press Teflon Shoe Cover | Rs. 270 | 61% |
| Tovito by Royaltech steam iron Teflon shoes | Rs. 353 | 65% |
| REGOLITH Steam Iron Thermostat for bottle steamer | Rs. 491 | 51% |
The effect is that Flipkart's shelf appears to start around Rs. 207 when its cheapest actual iron is Rs. 438. If you sort by price ascending and buy the first thing you see, you may be buying a soleplate cover.
Vijay Sales' two category pages returned 33 results and not one of them is an accessory — a consequence of browsing a curated category rather than a search box, and a genuine advantage of the format.
The two shelves, side by side
| Flipkart | Vijay Sales |
|---|
| Results returned | 68 | 33 |
| Of those, accessories not irons | 21 | 0 |
| Actual irons and garment steamers | 47 | 33 |
| Cheapest actual iron | Rs. 438 | Rs. 599 |
| Dearest listing | Rs. 3,999 | Rs. 9,649 |
| Median price of real irons | Rs. 1,359 | Rs. 2,747 |
| Listings publishing a star rating | 51 of 68 | 0 of 33 |
These are different catalogues, not two versions of one. Flipkart's real irons run Rs. 438 to Rs. 3,999 with a median of Rs. 1,359 and are weighted to Bajaj, Havells, Orient and a long tail of unbranded sellers. Vijay Sales runs Rs. 599 to Rs. 9,649 with a median of Rs. 2,747 and is weighted to Philips and Havells, including garment steamers up to Rs. 9,649 that have no Flipkart equivalent in this read.
So the honest summary is narrower than "Vijay Sales is cheaper". On the two models both of them stock, Vijay Sales is cheaper. Across the shelf as a whole it is the dearer of the two, because it is selling a different and more premium mix.
What this comparison does not claim
Two listings sharing a wattage are not treated here as the same product. Only the two Bajaj models whose model codes appear in both retailers' own titles are compared directly, and the rest of the page compares shelf-level figures that are computed over each retailer's full result set.
No wattage, steam-rate, soleplate-coating, water-tank or warranty claim on either site was tested. Nothing was handled, ordered or measured. Stated MRPs are each seller's own reference price and nothing here alleges that any of them is false — setting a reference price above a selling price is ordinary retail practice, and the point made above is only that the two retailers chose different ones for the same Bajaj iron.
Delivery charges, installation, card offers, coupon codes and store-pickup options are not included in any figure here; both reads were made logged out, so a signed-in basket may differ at either retailer.
What we would actually do
The short version
If you want a Bajaj MX 45 or an MX 3 Neo, buy it from Vijay Sales — Rs. 248 and Rs. 100 cheaper respectively, on 8 November 2026. Accept that you will see no review count there.
If you want review depth or a sub-Rs. 1,000 iron, Flipkart is the one with the catalogue — but filter the accessories out of the results first, and treat a 19,702-rating count as pooled across the brand's models rather than earned by the one in your basket.
Either way, ignore the badge. On the MX 3 Neo the deeper percentage is attached to the dearer iron, and that is not an anomaly — it is what happens whenever two sellers pick two different reference prices.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a steam iron cheaper on Flipkart or Vijay Sales?
On the two models both retailers stock, Vijay Sales is cheaper on both, read 8 November 2026. The Bajaj MX 45 is Rs. 1,799 at Vijay Sales against Rs. 2,047 on Flipkart, a Rs. 248 gap on an identical stated MRP of Rs. 3,800. The Bajaj MX 3 Neo is Rs. 1,099 against Rs. 1,199. Across the whole shelf Vijay Sales is the dearer of the two — median Rs. 2,747 against Rs. 1,359 — because it stocks a more premium Philips and Havells mix.
Why does the cheaper iron show a smaller discount?
Because the badge is calculated from each seller's own stated MRP, and the two sellers chose different ones. On the Bajaj MX 3 Neo, Flipkart states Rs. 2,430 and charges Rs. 1,199, giving 51%. Vijay Sales states Rs. 2,100 and charges Rs. 1,099, giving 48%. The Vijay Sales listing is Rs. 100 cheaper and badged three points shallower. The percentage measures the gap between two numbers the seller picked; only the rupee figure measures what you pay.
Why do three different Bajaj irons on Flipkart have the same number of reviews?
Because the listings are drawing on one pooled review set. Flipkart's MX35N at Rs. 1,799, MX 3 Neo at Rs. 1,199 and MX 45 at Rs. 2,047 all display exactly 19,702 ratings — three models, three prices, one count. Flipkart publishes nothing that says which listings share reviews, so treat a count that repeats to the unit as pooled across a brand's range rather than earned by the specific model you are looking at.
Why are Teflon shoes and pipe sets showing up in Flipkart's steam iron results?
Because they are sold as steam-iron accessories and the search matches them. 21 of the 68 results Flipkart returned for "steam iron" are accessories rather than irons — Teflon soleplate shoes at Rs. 207, a gravity-feed water pipe set at Rs. 220, silicone rest pads at Rs. 226. They sit at the cheap end, so the shelf looks like it starts at Rs. 207 when its cheapest real iron is Rs. 438. Vijay Sales' category pages returned no accessories at all.
Does Vijay Sales show customer ratings on irons?
No. Not one of its 33 listings in this read publishes a star average or a review count. That is a real cost of buying there and worth weighing against the Rs. 100 to Rs. 248 you save on the two Bajaj models. Flipkart does publish counts — but on these particular Bajaj listings that count is shared across three different models, so it is less model-specific than it looks.
Prices & codes last verified: November 8, 2026
Every price, stated MRP and discount badge on this page was read from Flipkart's and Vijay Sales' own pages on 8 November 2026, logged out, from India, with nothing bought and no coupon, bank offer or card discount applied. Only two products are compared directly — the Bajaj MX 45 and the Bajaj MX 3 Neo — because those are the only model codes that appear in both retailers' own product titles. Shelf-level figures such as medians and ranges are computed over each retailer's full result set, 68 on Flipkart and 33 on Vijay Sales. Nothing here alleges that any stated MRP is false; setting a reference price above a selling price is ordinary retail practice, and the observation made above is only that the two retailers chose different reference prices for the same Bajaj iron. No wattage, steam-rate, soleplate or warranty claim was tested and nothing was handled. Delivery charges, installation and store-pickup options are excluded. Retail prices change daily and this reflects one day's reading at each retailer.
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