I have a Shark, not sure on model, have had it for a few years. I never use the steam, have well water and it would make a mess I am sure in the iron, keep a water bottle on my ironing board, if I need to use steam I use this. It is a heavy iron, took me awhile to like that, but I do now. It has automatic shut off, I like this as I do walk away at times from this area and forget it, no need to worry for me. It only takes a few minutes to heat back up. Just my opinion. After reading the above comments not sure what to think of the shark. I like mine.