Rats! That's what I should've asked Santa for for Christmas...a new iron and ironing board. I have a Shark now and I hate it. The base is very unstable and it falls off the board all the time--has nicked my floors! The plate is hard to keep clean. I do like it's steam, but not when it shoots out brownish water. Is that my water? I have cleaned it out several times. I hate the automatic shut-off. I think it's activated after only five minutes!