I bought my dry iron from The Vermont country store, and I love it. Its nice and heavy and works perfect for my applique.

I bought a Eurosteam at a quilt show this spring. I love it. Pricey, but I don't plan on having to buy another iron. My current Rowenta is not the same as the one before it. Quality is not in that product anymore.

Me and my sister bought the dry iron about a year apart. Hers lasted under a year. After about a year, mine started acting up. I had just come back in the room when it threw a spark and a flame at the cord end to the iron. Never again.

In my opinion buy a Black and Decker F1038. You will need to search for the best price around $30. Great iron. Then spend $25 on a no steam and you will be in good shape for years and not have spent that much money.

YIKES! Was that the "Continental" ?? I bought one, gave it to a dear friend, then thinking I should have one too, I bought one for myself. Perhaps we should both throw them out?

I bought the dry iron from Vermont Country Store and love it. No dimples in fabric from steam holes. If I want steam for a large project I dilute Mary Ellen's Best Press with 1/2 water and lightly spritz the fabric. Works better than steam IMHO.

I have the Continental iron and have been very happy with it.

I never put water in my irons, I use a spray bottle.

I have had a Continental for about a year and would not call it "wimpy". It is a heavy iron, which I like, because I let its weight do the work; it gets hot fast; it stays hot; and it doesn't have an auto-shut off. Also, I have dropped it twice (from a sit down / tv table height), and have had no problems with performance.

The new Reliable Velocity iron is supposed to be very good. It has separate heating elements for the steam and the iron, so you can get plenty of steam at a low heat. I took a class with Doug Leko, and he loves it. He says the company stands behind their warranty. And I noticed that F&P and Jenny Doan have changed over from the Oliso to the Reliable.

I have the Contiental dry iron. It's heavy enough for me and gets very hot. It's about 5 years old and still working great. For classes I use this one: http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...+steam+iron.do It is the best small iron I've tried. It gets very hot, uses steam if needed and no auto shut off. I found it at Tuesday Mornings for $9.99 some time ago. Also Tuesday Morning has Rowenta made in Germany irons in the store here. Rowenta was sold and now the new irons with Rowenta name are made in China.