Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The was my third Rowenta. The first two I owned were the DW2191 model and it was horrible. They were top heavy and had rest that was too small, so they would fall over. They leaked a lot of water. The cord real was junk. Both irons ended up breaking from falling over. In this model they seem to have corrected those issues, and it worked fine. For once I was happy with my purchase...being that they were all fairly expensive. But then, without warning, mine literally burst into FLAMES, and pored molten aluminum out, onto the ironing board, and floor. This was not "user error" or me doing something stupid. I plugged the iron in to warm up, and within 2 minutes, it was in flames, and filled my house with toxic smoke from the plastic. I bought this in March, 2020, and it almost caught my house on fire in September 2021. After putting out the fire, and inspecting the iron, you can see that it gto so hot internally, that the internal aluminum base plate reached melting point, spilled out and ignited the plastic. The puddle of molten aluminum spilled onto the ironing board. Thankfully it's flame retardant fabric and foam, but it still burns and releases toxic fumes. I grabbed the iron and ran it outside to put out the flames. It dripped molten aluminum on the floor along the way. I am really wondering how there is not a safety mechanism to prevent a complete meltdown of the iron. Please be careful, I would not trust this iron. (or for me any iron now).