I use the clover mini iron all the time when I quilt as you go, to get in there and press seams when I am joining large quilted sections and I need to get in there behind the batting. But you have to make your own sturdy stand because the one on the market tip over and everything burns. That i the ony time i use the mini iron. I use the other small iron to do applique, and I made my own seam stick and large iron for everything else (see my blog here named: I Made a Quilter's Tailor's Ham )