Having had to send my ghd's off for repair, I needed to get a cheap pair of straighteners while I was waiting for them to be returned. I picked these ones. The straighteners come with a handy felt case to put them in after using and it has a bit of velcro on, to hold the cord which is nicer than having the cord every where. The straighteners have a lock switch, which needs pushing in quite hard or they'll just open again. There's also an on/off switch rather than a button, this helps avoid accidently turning the things off. I also like the temperature control. When switching on, they heat up really quickly on the coolest setting, which is still quite hot as I stupidly caught my fingers on the plates. I did turn them up to the hottest setting after a bit, but turned them down again as I felt they were too hot for my hair. I've had a bad experience in the past with straighteners over heating and burning off a clump of my hair. Even though I didn't have them on full, they straightened my hair super quick! I'm not really one for sectioning my hair little bit by little bit, I'm a "straighten big clumps" kinda girl, so I was suprised at how quick it took and the result, especially as I usually end up with a natural kink, which is hard to straighten, still there. I didn't even have that. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars, is because of the smell. I'm sure all new straighteners have it, but the smell when they first heat up is quite strong, although it didn't make my hair smell. This might wear off with more use though. Will I go back to my ghd's when I get them back? To be honest, I'm not sure. I never thought I'd say that as I wasn't expecting anything amazing for ยฃ20 straighteners, but I'm very tempted to stick with these ones. I'll have to give them a few more uses then decide. UPDATE 11-1-2018 I'm still using them and they're still working great. Over Christmas I took my ghd's to visit the family. They felt chunky and awkward compared to the Remington's. I'm also pleased to say, the smell has gone, so it must have just been a "new" smell you get with some products. One thing I will say is that it's easy to accidently turn up the heat on the Remington's, but you can get around that by holding them with the dial to the opposite side, so not really a problem. In conclusion, I'm sticking with these! EDIT 2 (20/11/2018) Over a year on and these are still going strong, still great and I've still not gone back to the GHD's. EDIT 3 (13/10/2019) I'm still using them! I still prefer these over my GHD's! At the price they are now, you'd be crazy to not get them!
