ManiacQuilter2

I guess I am in the minority, I prefer the auto shut off on my older Rowenta irons. Here is the humorous stories of what happened to my first two Rowenta irons. First one had an invasion of ants getting into the detachable water tank but they refused to exit. Still thousands of little dead bodies still in the water tank. I have tried over the years to flush them out but so far little success in that venture. The second, I accidentally placed the iron on a small section of puff paint on the front of the t-shirt when I was making a T-shirt quilt. I have never been able to get the paint residue off the iron sole. It has a Teflon iron plate so I can't use anything to abusive on it. But there is NOTHING worse than having your iron go belly up except for having your sewing machine DO THAT!! That is another story !!!