works pretty well overall [SEP] i am terrible at curling hair so we got this to try for my teen daughters hair it is time consuming because you can only do small amount of hair at a time especially if you want the curls to stay easy to follow directions but i think you really need another person to do it for you to have the best resultsbut maybe people are more coordinated than me it is a little scary when the hair tangles but it stops itself quickly and you can let the hair out