I went to a quilt retreat last week and we needed more irons. I stopped at General Dollar and bought four $9 irons. Everyone at the retreat loved them, they got hot, produced lots of steam and had no auto shut off. I have no idea how long one will last but for $9 so what. There were different brands of the $9 iron at different stores. One was Rival and one was Continental. I bought two each and they worked the same. I kept one for myself. General Dollar stores are popping up here everywhere. I have one on each end of my road. LOL