I've had mine for years but found my cord would still get messed up with the fabric the farther I went across the ironing board. So I hung mine up on my iron holder I have attached to the wall. I also added an extension cord to give me enough length in my cord to take me to the end of my ironing board as I added a 2' x 4' board over my regular ironing board. Still gets trapped from time to time but not as bad as it used to.