I'm still using my 45 year old Proctor Silex. Steams like a dream. No water has ever entered it's chamber that wasn't from a jug of DISTILLED water. It has never spit, leaked or anything else and is used every couple of days since I'm always sewing something, big and little. Oh, I know the new ones say DO NOT USE DISTILLED WATER. Of course not, in a year or so, the chamber is gunked and you get to buy another new iron. Why people pay $100 for an iron is beyond me. All my friends who had Rowenta's now own el cheapo brands.