For years I used my wonderful Oreck iron... best one I ever had (it came in a package deal with my vacuum). Sadly it finally bit the dust. Then came a period I like to call "iron quest" (!) where I bought and returned at least seven different irons... they were all horrid. Spitting water all over, not getting hot enough, you name it. A couple of months ago I picked up an Oliso iron on sale at Jo-Ann's; it's the blue one, which is the least expensive model. Love, love this iron! It gets nice and hot, doesn't do a lot of spitting (unless I try to use it too quickly without letting it heat up like the directions tell me to), and I love being able to just set it down on its little feet. I have a habit of knocking irons off the ironing board and this iron prevents me from doing that! I paid $60 on sale and I'm very happy.