Owned mine for about 5 months. The very first time I turned it all the way up to High it actually sat on my ironing board for about 5 minutes, then I heard a "POP" and there was smoke and a small FLAME coming out of the tip of the iron. I was STUNNED, and sat watched it for about a minute before I got up, grabbed my phone, took video of it smoking, then unplugged it and took it outdoors. The smell of awful and it was obvious the wiring was burning up. I wouldn't buy another one of these for all the money in the bank. FIRE HAZARD! ! ! ! ! ! ! !