naturally straight look [SEP] update since writing the previous five star review the straightener stopped turning on after maybe ten uses currently in the process of seeking a refundi am surprisingly pleased i have long wavy hair and it is thick super thick like i have to make my own ponytail holders because the regular ones are not big enough thick and i live in houston where our humidity can best be described as lol good luck suffice to say it is a little bit of a problem especially during the wet season i decided it was time to start looking a little bit more polished and to that end i did some research and saw some really good videos on similar products and was directed here because of the low price and good ratings reader it works the temperature gauge is in celcius but that was not really a problem i used it on and it only took me about minutes to get my hair flat and when i say flat i am not talking about pin straight which i had been a little afraid of if i would gone up to the that may have happened but was just about perfect to leave my hair just a hint of a curl at the ends that looks like i intentionally put it there i would actually been concerned about that because the last time i used a straightener i was in high school and i remember it gave me those super flat ends that look like you have straightened it this is a much more natural look i experimented with a few different things and what worked best for me was brushing my bangs straight up to give them a little more volume and then the rest of it i just brushed like it was a regular hairbrush no sectioning hair no going back with a curling iron to put texture back in and no burns the little rubber dealies do their job well and i was able to touch them with the palm of my hand with no discomfort at all it even got the super coarse curls around the back of my neck with no problems i can run my fingers through my hair like a regular person without stopping to untangle anythingmy only quibble would be that the location of the buttons right on the handle made it difficult to use without accidentally turning it off or adjusting the pressure but it does make a nice loud beep when it happened so it was more of an annoyance than anything else and it may be one of those things that gets easier once you are used to it