I have a Sunbeam that's over 15 years old and gets used a lot. The only thing I don't like about it is that it has an automatic shut off, which bugs me. On the other hand, it heats up very fast, so I don't have to wait if I've been sewing and then have to press something and it's shut off in the meantime. I don't honestly know what I'll replace it with, so I just keep it. I also have my grandmother's flat iron, no steam, very heavy, no auto anything, still in great shape. I just use a spritzer when I want steam. When I do a lot of back and forth to the iron, I use that. It was built in the 1940's. I'm sure I'll never find another iron that will last that long!