After reading the reviews I thought I would take a chance on this iron. My son has a panasonic iron that I use at his house and I love it, so that was another reason I was willing to take a chance. I was replacing a Rowenta that was spitting and dripping all over my clothing. This one said "no drips" and I believed them. It worked fine for about a week and the drips started. Wrapped that puppy up and sent it back!