I am not ashamed to admit it, when dh & I married 25 yrs ago, I was still working and he had been keeping his own house for many years. He loved, still does, to iron. So he has always done our ironing, and he used to go through an iron a year, because the steam wasn't right, or something else. He finally bought a Rowenta, probably 10-12 years ago and is still using it. I do ocassionally use it also and like it. (I have my own little cheapie one upstairs for quilting. The dial is not easy to read, but its ok.)