I generally use the cheap ones and they don't take that long to heat up for me. That being said, I wanted a dry iron with no holes on the soleplate. I ordered a Wasing online. It's rather heavy, does not get as hot as I'd like, and I always get nervous as the button to slide the temp does not stay all the way in the off position, although the iron does not seem to be running when it's 'off'