I am using my second Clover mini iron. I used the first one for years before it broke. I rushed out and baught a new one immediately. I use it to bond piping to smocked garments for ease in sewing the piping correctly, to press doll clothes, and now that I'm quilting, I keep the iron in a ceramic mug by my sewing machine to re press seams that I've pressed in the wrong direction or to press a short seam when I do not want to get up and go to the ironing board. I really like that Clover mini iron!