Oh my! I have my Black& Decker that I bought over fifteen years ago and it still works awesome. It is just that my husband needs an iron for pressing his uniforms and he is constantly having to grab it back from my sewing room, so this is why I got a new iron. I thought I'd give him the one that seems unbreakable because he is harder on irons than me. He has dropped the iron so many times that it is a miracle our carpet isn't ruined (and the iron still works!). Not only that, but I wanted one with more bells and whistles. I don't think B&D makes irons for quilters, do they?