Sharptek is basically an amazing iron to handle. Nothing gets in this iron's way- not even the cord.only the docking cradle is plugged in, no more cords! Simply switch the dial to cord to use as a conventional iron. This cord/cordless iron gives you powerful steam and features temperature control and variable steam control, so you can adjust them for fabrics. The iron is totally not clumsy, maybe the base, but the benefit of cordless overrides.