Black and Decker - purchased maybe 20-30 years ago for ironing clothes and whatever. If I don't use the steam it works fine. Agree about stainless steel plate - still going strong!
All the stupid thing has to do is heat up. For this I need to pay $150? For 15 varieties of heating, wetting, sizzling? uh-uh.
And I hate the new irons which seem so big and pointy. Going after a 3" square is like sending the QE II to meet a rowboat.