not recommended at all [SEP] this iron is mediocre in performance and quality the iron is very heavy to hold and has a semi long heat up time this is not an iron i would honestly recommend and the price the company charges full price is outrageous for the quality of this ironmy hair texture is and it is relaxer free it requires high heats to lay flat all of my irons is set to degrees when in use before any flat ironing can begin i start with clean freshly shampooed and conditioned hair i then blow dry prestreching it so that it is easier to iron out i use a blow out cream which also protects my hair from heat damage and a vented brush when blow drying after i will apply a argon oil serum and a frizz busting serum to my hair these oils aide in getting my hair to lay flat with out any frizziron snagged my hair upon first use i thought that maybe it was user error but it was not as the second time i ran the iron across a different section of hair it was snagged i also had issues with my iron staying on the placement of the on and off switch makes it very easy to turn this iron on and off while in use the iron did not even stay plugged in when i was using it i was constantly giggling the cord to get it to turn back in this iron does not glide down a section of hair well it is very choppy thus leading to the snagged hair i spoke of earlier the iron does swivel while in use making it easy to use it goes up to degrees but it is very difficult to maintain any temperature selected on this ironi do not recommend this iron simply due to the fact it snags at hair it does work to smooth down hair but it does not work well as it cannot guide down smoothly the only good thing about this iron is the fact it is very attractive to look at i am happy to say that i did not pay full price as i received this for a promotional price had i paid full price i would have promptly returned this iron in exchange for my unbiased and honest review i received this iron for a promotional price