NJ Quilter

I have an older version of this iron as well. I do love it. You must use distilled water in the version I have. The only time it leaks is if I overfill (forget there's still water from last use and add more).

I'm a firm believer in reading the instructions for type of water to use in your iron. Just because distilled water is more 'pure' does not mean the iron has been made to require that level of purity. I've had 2 Rowenta's and no leaking issues whatsoever. The only reason I replaced the first one was because it took one too many fall's off the ironing board. I bought the Europro iron during a quilt show as well so I could have an iron in each location (quilting and clothing ironing locations). Frankly, I think the Rowenta gets hotter than the Europro but you can control the steam with the Europro more finitely. And the steam does get gotter than the Rowenta (or maybe because there's more steam it just seems that way).