Purchased a Tower Generator Steam Iron. There not cheap!! May have had it couple of years, not the sort of item I keep the receipt for. The other day whilst ironing I placed the hot iron on the stand which is what you are supposed to do whilst I folded my duvet cover and put it away. Went back to the iron to do some more ironing and could smell burning, lo and behold the iron had "melted" the base unit. The next day although turning on it wouldn't heat up. Meanwhile I contacted Tower to see if they could throw any light on what might have happened. Despite emails back and forth it was mainly some silly person keep asking me for the warranty or the receipt when I had informed her from day one that it wasn't under guarantee. The one thing she did say was that it was normal procedure for a person to place the hot iron on the stand and it shouldn't have caused me any problems. Now they are just ignoring me. Wont buy one of there irons again!! Ps, it wont allow pictures.