We do have insurance, but the excess of $250 is probably around or just above the replacement value, so its not worth claiming. I was looking into the phillips GC 8080 or a tefal one (i was one that i can removed and refill the water tank instead of having to wait for the whole system to cool down).

In regards to having blue ribbon items, when i feel it is worth it i am prepared to spend the money, but here i actually have to question is the iron that much better that it is worth spending over $800 more than the cost of any other one on? I'm not sure its really that greater value for money, instead i feel you are probably paying for a name, which i refuse to do. If i ran an ironing business, or it was an everyday item with an incredible amount of use, and i felt that the extra $800 was worth it for a better quality item i would use it.. here i'm not sure that they can justify that price on an iron???