had always tefalbügeleisen, only the quality has unfortunately declined more and more and my last, I had barely 2 years. Therefore, I decided once for another brand and regret a single day. Iron is well in hand, the tip of the soleplate is great for places where you go there not as good. steam output is great and there are 4 I dampfstufen.weil at the reviews read had the disturb some of the "steam" sound. I feel this is not so, I would be surprised if a steam iron makes no noise when it dampft- here you should then probably better opt for an iron without steam ;-) what speaks for the product to the large opening of the water tank and the long kabel.alles in particular-am super happy and hope it lasts a long time.