I do ironing once a week (my clothes) so I purchased a Rowenda over 10 years ago and I am still using it every week for all ironing that I do. Used it for quilting when I had an entire room for this and now that I have a teen tiny space I bought a travel iron at WM about 2 years ago and use this for ironing my seams, works great, has no shut-off, is also a steam iron. I think I paid under $10 for it.