Originally Posted by scowlkat
There are a couple of new ones I saw in Nancy's Notions that have a bypass or a 30 minute shut off. They were fairly expensive like anything new is though. Mine shuts off but comes on immediately and heats really quickly if I just turn it like I was going to press something and then sit is upright. It is a Panasonic I bought at Wal-Mart a couple of years ago.
My Rowenta has the shut off as well but I pretend iron and in less than 10 seconds it hot again.. I forget to unplug mine sometimes so the auto shut off feature is perfect for me..