Never again will I pay big bucks for an iron. I am going to raid the thrift stores and get several and then throw them out if and when they malfunction. I just had to have an Oliso TG1600, so I saved and got one last January. Well, it malfunctioned 5 days ago. Contacted Oliso, yeah they will honor the warranty. After sending them my info and where I bought it the warranty is not valid since I bought through EBay. Seller on EBay said the warranty was valid which I made sure of before I bought it. Now I get the blah,blah,blah and the run around. So do yourself a favor and buy a cheap one.