I had a very good Rowenta steam iron that lasted for years. It finally went down. So then I went through two new rowentas, that did not last long at all, so them I went to a black and decker and a sunbeam and a Shark. Well those did not last long either and leaked and also did not get hot enough. So then I did some research, found an article that said Rowenta had moved it's manufacturing out of Germany and then had a lot of complaints, had then moved at least some production back to to Germany. So I ordered a "professional Rowenta" and I have been using that one for a few years. The steam works great, but I have not been using the steam, I just use the hot iron as I have heard comments, the using steam actually helps distort the fabric. I will use steam sometimes on the final pressing. My Iron states "made in Germany" on it.