I am ill about irons. On 2 separate occasions I bought one that was in the $50.00 range and both went out within 3 months of purchase. The company sent me a new one, and it croaked in about the same amount of time. The next one I got from one of the fabric stores. It stopped steaming 2 months after getting it. The store gave me a new one. It went on the fritz same as the first one, so last Christmas I saw an ad for an $8.00 iron at Home Depot...DD gave it to me for Christmas. Here it is July and it still works. It isn't fancy and doesn't cut off by itself, it has habits that I don't like, but it has lasted 6 whole months! I am impressed this time with CHEAP!