Rowenta irons were good about 25 years ago, before they started making their water tank parts in plastic. One drop of the iron and that was the end of the water tank. Even if you didn't drop the iron, eventually they started leaking. After using my first Rowenta iron for over 20+ years and it finally fizzled out, my next 2 Rowenta irons were a dud. They are too expensive to have them die untimely deaths. I just recently purchased a really cheap iron from Walmart because I forgot to bring mine with me on a quilting retreat, that doesn't turn off automatically, and it has been wonderful. I just put the iron on the same circuit that the lamp is on and turn both lamp and iron off at the same time. Now I know if my light is on, so is my iron. It has been great not having to wait for the iron to heat up every time I need it.