InStyler Ionic Pro Hot Brush

The InStyler Ionic Styler Brush is the best beauty tool purchase I've made in years. I watched many demonstrations, full of envy, as the models in the Perfecter demos used their styling tools with such ease, free from the fear of burning either their scalp or hair. I knew , from experience with the Calista Tools Hot Paddle Brush, that the Perfecter just wouldn't work for me. My thick, coarse hair requires HEAT. So, I did what I always do, after a search of online reviews of 2015 best beauty tools, I turned to Amazon.com. There isn't much hype in the ad for the InStyler, but from the photos I surmised that this one might be what I needed. The teeth are long enough and broad enough to protect the hands and scalp from high temperatures and spaced widely enough to detangle, to guide the hair through them without breakage. The handle is ergonomically designed for ease and safety of use. The higher heat setting is exactly what I need ! And- at the amazingly affordable price I could afford to take a chance. Once I had this wonderful styling tool in hand I was elated, oh so glad I took the plunge. This is everything I need. I can flat iron from the root , ending with a twist around the barrel at the ends to accomplish two tasks at once ! I can use the locking feature to effortlessly curl whatever didn't get curled with the first pass through, even at the nape of the neck, even at the crown. The higher temperature allows a once-through finish, without burning , without having to hold the styler in place for extended periods of time (as is required with the Perfecter even by those who aren't challenged with thick, curly locks) . This styler is phenomenal ! The InStyler Ionic Hot Brush may not receive the press that the competitors receive but it should. The ratings should be higher. I'll admit I made this purchase as a "why not", an alternative to the more highly rated, better advertised BaBylissPro. But the BaByllissPro has bars of thinner, more breakage-prone, hard teeth that slip back and forth along the barrel, clacking with a tinny noise while in use. The InStyler, in contrast, has stationary broad, smooth cool touch ionic bristles. They don't shift, tug or pull. They don't make you feel like you settled for less, again . The InStyler has heft without being heavy, a reassuring, more substantial construction. The sliding bar on the stem locks the barrels together into a stable curling brush, securely apposing the surfaces of the flat iron. BaBylissPro has a fragile flip top hinge at the end of the wand, which I doubt will last through many uses. There aren't many choices for a woman with the grade of hair the industry considers as an afterthought. Until now, the traditional, dangerous, curling "wands" were the only effective tools out there. We had curling irons in the fire, literally, then scary electric branding irons. What a find this tool is. The fear, the dread is gone ! I can straighten, wave, curl with confidence, with ease, and get fabulous, smooth, lustrous hair. (keeping all my hair on my head instead of lamenting the dozens of broken strands I usually have to pull off of brush/comb/curler ) Ladies blessed with lots of dense, coiled hair, don't hesitate ! Don't overthink this one. So, all the others have disappointed you ? I am convinced that you'll never regret buying this versatile, effective, safe, state of the art CERAMIC flat iron/ curling iron with IONIC bristles. ps: it's on sale today, a further reduction by Amazon.com ! I bought a backup !