I am back iron shopping, I love the Rowenta I use for quilting, I use steam sometimes, never leaked, yet! I replaced my broken travel size Rowenta recently, used in our RV. I did some quilting while we were up north and found that I hate the iron. It is 1000 watts, never got hot enough, pressed the same spots over and over. So now I need to replace it again. I do like to read about everyone's choices knowing that the sewing area iron has to bite the dust someday! Love these iron discussions!