I just threw away an iron. Luckily, I unplug my iron when I am done using it or I would never have noticed that the plug was getting hot. Started out as just a warm feeling and then it turned into so hot I could hardly touch it to unplug it. I am sure the next step would have been a fire. If I had it plugged into a secondary device like a suge protector that I turned on and off where I never touched the plug, I would never have known there was a problem. Yikes!