When my Rowenta died (still under warranty) I had such bad service from their one and ONLY west coast repair site that I refuse to buy another Rowenta. (BTW, the finally repaired iron that the repair site sent back quickly quit working too, and it wasn't a leaking problem - it just didn't turn on.) Now I have the Reliable Digital Velocity iron. It does have the ability to bypass the auto-shutoff, which is occasionally of value, and the steam is better than in any iron I've owned before.