I was at JAF today and was looking at irons too. I decided what I saw was to pricy. What I decided to do was go home and reexamine what I could do the job and did I need and expensive Iron that could raise itself from the ironing board for safety and give me a moment of no worry. I told myself I have been ironing for years and am alway safe with the iron. I didn't need one today but I do have a couple well weighted irons here that I use and my one travel iron that I take with me when I go to quilting bees and the such will do just fine. Sunbeam and Black and Decker make good irons that are inexpensive and do the job just as well as other irons. You may have to wait an extra second or so for it to get hot enough but it still gets the job done nicely. It takes no more muscle that other irons. Believe me I would love to have a Rowena but it it way out of my range for an iron. Just my thoughts.