Type 3B/3C
I have type 3B/C hair and thought that maybe this would help flatten my hair on blow-dry only weeks. Usually I flat iron, but I've been trying to give my hair a break from frying lately. I tested it on my normal heat setting (190C) and the hottest setting (230C) and neither worked well. I tried it with freshly blow dried hair and 2 day old blow dried hair. I tried small sections, pulling the hair taut against the sides of the bristle-plates; nope (plus the ends are left curly because they barely touched the plates).<br /><br />The design of the iron is really high quality though. I was expecting something cheapy, but this really has a solid build and controls. It turned off on me and I didn't realize it; I don't care for the auto-shut off, I bet most curly girls don't. 45 minutes?! We're just getting halfway done lol.<br /><br />One good point is that it didn't damage my hair. There is no way I'm trying it on air dried hair, it wouldn't do anything a blow dryer couldn't do. Overall, if there were some sort of clamping mechanism, it would be a much better item. Some sort of interlocking brush/hotplate combo would be amazing, and might even replace my flat iron! Until someone invents that, these brush straighteners are only for the straight-haired girls.
Rating: 3 stars