My old, ordinary iron was broken and I wanted a new, this time with steam station. The difference from the normal iron is serious: The ironing is much faster with the steam and the laundry is smoother. The station is quite easy to use, you can manually set what material to iron and how much steam you want. The water tank is large and you do not ever run and top up with water, which is a time saver again. I am really very satisfied and since then I find ironing also not so bad ... :-)