Thanks to everyone for your comments. I use distilled water in my irons. In the past 3 years, maybe only 2, I have had 2 irons from GE, two from Hancock's Fabric, one of the from Home Depot, it doesn't even have a name on it. But it was only $8.00. I figured get it cheap and maybe it would last. It did for almost a year.
All of them are made in China. It looks like we need to band together and send our complaints to the American companies to bring back some of the manufacturing processing in hopes we could have quality products again. Everything is throw away and replace now.
GE sent me a replacement, it lasted a couple of months as well. Hancocks gave me a replacement and it died shortly afterwards also. I can't complain about their response, but I am about the quality of the irons. They seem to be junk and I don't want to invest mega bucks only to have it die in less than a year. Prior to this, I had only 2 or 3 irons in all my life. I am old enough for that to mean something! Thanks again.
I will surely be looking at the thrift stores for one of the older ones. In the meantime, guess I will get a disposable one from the big box store.
