When I last bought an iron, I researched heavily. But did not include Rowenta in the mix because of bad experiences with two of them. Braun kept coming to the top of the list. I purchased a used one on ebay, which did not have auto shut off. The seller shipped me one that did have it and I complained. She then shipped me the one without auto shut off at no charge and told me to keep both. I love them. Have been using the first one for three years and it's still going strong. I have found that if you fill it more than half full with water that it will leak. So I use a spray misting bottle of water with a dry iron. When I bought mine Braun was out of the iron business. I do hope they jumped back in and are now producing irons again. They are top notch.