Craftyone 27 wrote.....
Here is the link for the Rowenta site. It specifically says their irons are made to be used with tapwater, unless you have hard water. If you live in an area w/hard water use "bottled spring water" not distilled water.
http://www.rowentausa.com/rowenta/frame.aspx[/quote]
There have been other threads on this. The vast majority of Rowenta's leak, spit and spurt. I paid well over $150 for mine and until I started using spring water in it I was ready to throw it out. I did purchase this pricey one over 5 years ago thinking I wouldn't ever need another iron. It drove me nuts until using spring water. I have since purchased several vintage irons on Ebay and love them all with absolutly no problems whatsoever. I think the older items work better and will probably outlast me. Plus I don't have to worry about the darn automatic shutoff.