I have three Rowentas, all bought at thrift stores for $5-$8 range each. None spit or leak, but I hardly ever put water in them. I just use an emptied Mary Ellen Best Pressed spritz container. As K-Roll described, I think I still have my mother's old fashioned aluminum sprinkler head too! We use to sprinkle down a group of clothes, put them inside a plastic sack so they will not dry, and then take them out one at a time to iron. Oh, and I have more irons! An old Sunbeam that gets really hot, but spits, and an old Harvest Gold (yellow) Toastmaster non-steam travel iron which is great as well. BTW, my three Rowena irons were all made in Germany, and my Sunbeam and Toastmaster made in the USA. Go figure...