I don't use an iron often, but when I do, I have to iron multiple pieces. It's not fun having to hang up a shirt to dry because the iron spit water all over a dress shirt. My last iron did more water dripping than ironing. It heats up within a reasonable time and seems to be pretty true to temperature(no worrying about it being too hot or nother hot enough!) The iron is slightly more lightweight than other irons i've used. It's only a slight difference but still noticeable. The only thing I didn't like is the way it looks, it reminds me of my grandmothers old iron. I'm definitely going to continue to use this for as long as possible.