good for europe travel [SEP] i bought this because of the dual voltage charger that i could use while in germany i have long thick hair so it takes longer than my home wand to curl all my hair i was able to finagle this curling iron and use it like a wand so the curls weren t so curly cue but rather more like wand waves my only complaint is that it ran out of charge halfway through my hair lasted minutes and then took well over minutes to recharge so just prepare for that thinner hair would probably last a whole charge