I like to buy small appliances at my local Ace Hardware. They are the real deal...might be 5 bucks more but it would take that much in gas to get to the Wally. Walmart insists that manufacturers sell to them so cheap that some things like switches, are substandard. Had that trouble with coffee makers a few years ago. Like the Sunbeam iron I have, except the cotton setting doesn't get hot enough. All the brands seem to have lowered the temp for cotton, frustrating.