May I make a quick suggestion for all.Go to Wal Mart and check out their cheap irons. We have our quilting Guild meetings at the Church I attend, with no charge for useage. Where we met before several of us would bring our irons. Since we are able to meet free of charge I didn't want the extra charge added to the elec. bill because irons do draw a lot, especially when constantly turned on for the day. I went to Wal Mart to check on an iron and ironing board to take to the Church to leave for us to use. I found a small portable ironing board and a very inexpensive iron for $7.00. It is a steam iron to boot. I have been thinking of getting the same iron to use for my quilting here at home, so if I did get gunk on it or something happened to it I would not have my good iron messed up. Everyone has really been impressed as to how quickly this little iron heats up and what a good job it does. So we have steam or dry now and no one has to drag along extra things.