This is so funny that this topic came up.
I now have 4 irons.
I dead Rowenta, 1 six mos old LEAKY Rowenta, 1 LEAKY Sunbeam & and a new Shark.
Who knew you were suppose to empty the water out-- I never heard of it before just 2 weeks ago...
Who read the iron directions upon opening the new iron??
I have softened water and have problems with white scaly stuff (lime?) PLUS now these leaky irons..
Is it my softened water or the fact I never knew you were suppose to empty the water out that makes my iron leak and then die?
So now I am trying with the new Shark iron and will dump the water out and also get better water.
Another pet peeve, as I do read the directions to find out about what kind of water to use. The directions never seem to think about hard or softened water. It's a bit confusing to me- tap, distilled, bottled water... what about the well water.. enough crabbing!!