I have been through two Rowentas, both have died on me, both were for my household ironing, ie: work clothes. I keep my quilting iron separate from my household one. My quilting irons I always buy at thrift shops since I tend to go through a lot of them, as mentioned previously, dropping them, lots of use, fusables. I currently have a Hamilton Beach Durathon, that I bought at the thrift shop, it still had the plastic on the ceramic soleplate. I have read on other threads about irons and the troubles when adding water to the iron, rust, leaking, wearing out faster. I purchased a mister, and have stopped adding water to my iron. This Durathon has lasted me the longest of all irons I have purchased, and I am very pleased with it. Reviews of it do tout it as a high consistent steam iron too with an easy glide soleplate.