I have a Shark which I've had for about 2 years - no problems, and then I had the opportunity to get a free Oreck with the purchase of the new Oreck vacuum cleaner - it also works great - the one before that was a cheapy but was eons old - it is a good iron, just that soemone before me used tap water in it - never emptied it - and it "froze up" so unable to get it to descale, so can still use it for dry ironing and not a bad iron either - I can't remember the name of it - but one you'd find at Walmart for a few dollars.