I, too, have had my fill of irons giving me a hard time. My favorite right now is a Sunbeam that my nephew went o WM and bought for me because he dropped one of my cheap ones and broke it. I don't know how much this one cost; but it is nice and heavy, steams when I want it to, and doesn't spit all over my work and ironing board. It is about a year old, and so far, no complaints from me; but out of curiosity (spell?) I have checked WM irons, and haven't seen the Sunbeam on their shelves. I hope this doesn't witch out my luck with this one.