I bought my Roenta 16 years ago at Costco in Alaska, and have never had a single problem with it. My fav, iron. I also have a Sunbeam I use for my fabric painting, to set the colors. No problems with it either,so far. It has a no stick bottom. Then I have several flat irons I used to heat on a wood stove to do my pressing, when we lived in a cabin with no elec. Never have had a problem with them :-) Now use them as book ends and door stops.