SusieQOH, I had an Oliso, unfortunately one day I was ironing with it on the medium setting and it caught on fire. The iron was only a few months old so no frayed cords or anything like that. I was not using any starch, just water out of the tap. Fortunately my husband was home and heard me yell fire. We have several fire extinguishers in the house and he was able to put the fire out. Oliso denied it was a faulty iron, would not replace it or refund my money. I've heard from other ladies that the small travel size Oliso irons get extremely hot that they can't even touch them. Please be extra careful.