I've had a cross section of irons in the last 40 years, cheap to expensive, and always thought you just planned toreplace them every two years. Which equals how much dollars have I spent on them??
So I got a wild hair the other day and started looking at vintage irons on ebay.
It is kind of a pain to get the list narrowed down to irons in our sense of the word

I won the first one I bid on
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281194440656...84.m1423.l2649
You can't beat $20.00 total if it works like I think it will.
It doesn't have steam vents so if it wears out, it won't be because of water.
This was the second one I was going tobid on if I didn't get the first.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111198039453...84.m1423.l2649
I thought about this one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121200339668...84.m1423.l2649
Far too high for my taste, but can you start go get an idea of what I was looking for?
GOOD CORDS first and foremost!
And I did want a smooth plate. But Good Cords!
Have some fun with it, if something goes too high you know there is Always another bus coming along on Ebay