Review (3/5): Neutral
I bought this product to use on my daughter's hair. She's 7, her hair is super thick and cannot seem to decide whether it wants to be straight or curly!
Pros: Lightweight enough.
Bristles glide easily (I do brush out her hair first).
Gets pretty hot, but you really would have to be trying to burn yourself. Pretty safe.
Keeps the volume in the hair that would normally be flattened out with a 2-sided iron.
Cons: Takes FOREVER to heat up. They say 30 seconds up in the description, but like a full 5 minutes to reach 200C.
It's display is Celsius. I had to do some math to figure out what to set it on. Call me a dumb American or whatever, but every other hair tool I own is Fahrenheit.
You have to provide some real tension in the hair to get both the roots and the ends straight. This may work better with a glove when you get to the ends to hold them there, but I didn't have one handy and had to go over the ends several times.
So, I would pretty well recommend this for someone my daughter's age where she's going to be safe using it on her own. I don't think I would use it on my own hair unless for some reason I found myself without my other styling tools. It's a good way for her to learn how to take care of her hair though.