Yeah that's right, this is a man's iron! My old iron, may it rest in peace, was put out of commission finally after about 20 years (a black & decker). I'd look up its model number or whatever but, it's gone bye bye. Anyway, it was coughing up "iron blood," you know the white stuff, and that just doesn't cut it when you're ironing something black. But I was still using it anyway, but then one morning when I was done with a shirt, I yanked the cord free, but part of it was still plugged in. So, that was a sign from God obviously, right?, so I went to some store with a lot of appliances and stuff to find me a new iron.Well, I get there and they have a large selection of irons on display. I find two, 2!, that weren't feminine. As in... girly colors and all that crap. But I guess I'm in the minority, a guy that irons. Well, it's because of the Navy. Anyway, so there's two irons on the display that are acceptable. So I look below to find them, and neither of them are in stock... but yeah, they have a ton of the feminine ones.So, I came on Amazon and found the one I liked on display at the store, and bought it. Yeah, it's more than I ever thought I'd spend on a freekin iron... ugh... but OMFG it rocks! I guess in the last 20 years the technology for irons has somehow increased. Maybe it's just the metal on the bottom... who knows, but this thing puts out the steam, and it's just so easy to iron stuff. I have big hands so I accidentally moved the dial once or twice, but that's just part of the learning curve I guess... yeah a learning curve with an iron... I'm actually educated but oh well. Anyway, if you're a guy, or if you need to give a guy an iron (maybe in the military, going to college, etc.) that won't turn him off to ironing, then this is probably your best bet. Ironing is no fun, so you might as well make it as painless as possible.