reasonably effective flat iron [SEP] this flat iron is versatile in that it is effective on dry hair as well as wet usually i avoid straightening my hair when it is dry out of fear that it will damage my hair in this case i did not notice any ill after effects the tourmaline ceramic plates are designed to be softly reactive to your hair so this may be the reason the best advice i can give is to be aware of the heat settings i typically use the lowest and work my way up depending on how my hair reactslike most flat irons by parwin it heats up fast and has a swivel cord given how many flat irons there are on the market i would say this is ok in terms of what it does for the price i would not say it was exceptional but i like the versatility of the dry hair option