yes and no but overall i do not think its worth the price [SEP] this is a great tool for a professional perhaps and ppl with bad hands as it is easy on the hands considering you do not have to squeeze to use it also prob would only recommend for someone whose hair is easy to curl keeps a curl easily i have coarse hair that is very hard to curl and this curls it on the highest heat so that is a plus unfortunately the curls do not last at all also considering you have to pull it thru your hair you cannot use any kind of product that is sticky cuz your hair will stick to the plates and become harder to pull thru resulting in ripped pulled hairs better off with a good old fashioned curling iron as you can spray away with hairspray no pulling if the curl it made held better would not need so much hairspray to keep it but unfortunately is not the case for my thick coarse hair