my $10 black & decker wally world iron has worked wonderfully for me for 4 1/2 years now- no signs of quiting-
i had a $139 iron that worked (ok) for about 3 months- i have another one of those in my closet- new-still in the box- will probably be there till i'm gone- the $10 iron is so much better than that heavy- spitting- sputtering pain in the...expensive iron.
my daughter is still (been 10 years now) using a really old iron she picked up at a yard sale for $1...now that's a great iron!