I had a Rowenta regular iron start smoking on me. I was just glad I was quilting at the time and smelled something burning! It had one of those auto shut offs and I had at one time or another forgot to shut it off when I did errands so luckily it didn't do it then when I wasn't home. I also have that travel one so please let us know what the Rowenta people said. I will pass this on to my friends that have this travel iron. Thanks..........