I HATE MY ROWENTA!!! It doesn't do any better job then my low priced Black and Decker and it alarms before I am ready to use it. I apperantly am much slower to iron between peices then Rowenta thinks I should be and it simply Irritates me to the point of pulling the plug and fighting the urge to throw it across the room. Needless to say I don't use it much. On the other hand My Black and Decker 1950's styled reproduction iron bubbles over quite often when filling it with water. I will deal with that since it is so much less irritating then the ROWENTA FROM HELL!!!!!