Kicked the bucket at 7 months [SEP] I have really enjoyed this flat iron and was happy to upgrade from the one I had for more than 15 years that was starting to act sketchy. But then... this new one that cost more than $50 stopped working after just 7 months of use. The 15 year old clunky one was $20 and I can buy basically the same model today for that same price. And that's what I'll probably do since I have no desire to spend $100 every year replacing flat irons. Sad.