a great item used daily not always as a steamer but works great for stick straight hair [SEP] a recommended my family member uses it not personally she uses it daily for mainly combing and straightening her hair gets hot quick less than secs used on long around inch black thick full set of hair used after showering with damp hair mostly and works fine uses it as a brush comb steam is used when her hair is dry we had a hard time finding distilled water with all the shortages so this review took us a month to complete normal everyday use is great on her thick rebellious hair we do not use the steam as often but works great when hair is dry and needs moisture to brush great accessory or upgrade to your regular combing brushing some parts are hard to get too without a mirror or hard reach areas like behind your head hope this helps if you buy a gallon of distilled water its plenty for occasional use