Review (5/5): So glad I bought this!
I'll start off by mentioning that I have very long and somewhat thick and curly hair and am hardly successful in the art of using fancy hair accessories. I have been using it for a couple of months and I am SO thankful for this!! I'm not going to get into a professional review because I'm not a pro and haven't used any other 'reverse' curling wands so....
Apart from using the plain old irons with the horrendous clamp, I had been using my friggin' CHI straightener to make my curls (have had bad experiences with actual curling irons and tend to avoid them) and while it did actually curl my hair it was sooo time consuming and hardly worth the trouble. This has cut my getting ready regime in HALF! It takes me anywhere from 10-20 mins (as apposed to a good half hour or more!!) to curl my crazy long hair depending on if I'm being particular about each curl.
I have very small hands and while the glove is a tad long in the fingers, I definitely don't mind the extra protection from the heat and it doesn't personally affect my maneuvering of the wand. I actually don't mind that there isn't a temperature control but I wouldn't mind being able to change the temp. either. It does not take long to heat up. I love the swivel cord and it has a decent length to it. The packaging is pretty nifty....I like that I can pack it up after each use to store it neatly, but to each their own.
As far as the actual curling....it is a breeze! A bit strange at first but quite simple to get the hang of. I'm not sure if it is just my hair, or maybe the products I use, but I've never been able to keep a curl for past 8 hours or so but my hair will keep THESE curls all day!! But again, this could just be my products....still impressive. I love that I can change the curl variety easily with this. The ONLY thing I've not loved I think may just be flaw in my technique, but sometimes the very narrow end will make a strange start to the curl so I might have to redo the top bit of the strand but it is so darn easy to fix I can't even stress about it.
This did come with shampoo, but I gave it to a friend since I don't use products with sulfates. But it smelled really nice.
I've not been able to splurge on a nice curler in a very long time, so coming from having basically none to speak of, this has been an amazing buy.