Love my Rowenta!

I bought an Oliso when they first came out and though it was pretty expensive at about $100, the feature I loved was that you don't have to bend your wrist backwards to set your iron upright every time you take your iron off your project--you just push it aside and little feet come out of the bottom to hold it safely up off the ironing board. I haven't felt that it gets hot enough, however. Maybe that's just mine.

In general I'd just buy a cheap one with lots of holes--and use it till it conks out and then toss it and buy another.

As a side note, I've found that those Mr. Clean-type sponges that are white on one side and blue on the other do a great job of cleaning cooked-on starch, etc. off irons. Use the white side to scrub it off and the blue side to soak up whatever's left.

Dana

Thank you all for all the advice regarding irons. I'm going to find the cheapest one I can that has an automatic shut-off. I'm getting a little too forgetful to temp myself with one that doesn't have that feature.