Have had expensive irons - hated every one of them, especially that darn auto-shut off - takes me more than 10 minutes between ironings! I bught two brand new old fashioned Black & Decker steam irons on eBay and love them (bought the one for a spare after I liked the first). They were less that $20 with shipping. And get HOT. And don't shut off until you want them to! And I do use steam.