I don't actually iron at all any more Katrina but I always followed my mother's advice when it came to ironing trousers. She told me (in a joke, of course) to iron pristine, crisp creases down the legs at the seams instead of the middle of the legs, that way DH would never let me near a pair of trousers again with a steam iron.
She was right.

Edna

PS it's not that I'm lazy, I just can't stand long enough to iron or hold the heavy iron for long before my upper back seizes up. Sometimes this fibro comes in handy.