I found $6 steam irons at Walmart. I bought five. So far I'm going on 13 months with the first one. They are so cheap that one spit or sputter it goes in the trash. Dollar General has them too for $9. We use the GD ones at guild. They get heavy use and still going strong. I have had Rowenta and Reliable. Good irons but both sputtered after a year or two. I'd rather toss a $6 iron then a $100 iron. My Black and Decker Classic iron is for my big steam pressing jobs . I also have the dry Continental iron for fusibles. And a small travel iron. DH's old Sunbeam heavy iron is in the laundry room. I guess I'm not going to be without an iron for a very long time. LOL