if it weren t for the tire smell i d give it stars [SEP] love the brush overall as it is lovely how it glides through my hair i appears to be almost identical to my old standby favorite brush widu that i can t find anymore not sure if this new company took them over because they re very similar except for the rubber material used for the wood bristlesif your hair is at all wet when using this brush it activates the rubber smell which to me is like walking into a tire storfor exampleranted i m very sensitive to smells but it s still weird to me that such a nasty choice in rubber was made for a hairbrushhope they correct this because otherwise it s a great brush