Chi Vibes on the Edge Curved Edge Hairstyling Iron for $110: I’m a lengthytime Chi dedicatee, having owned and adored the distinct ceramic flat iron until it broke after a decade. So I acunderstandledge, I was excited to zhuzh up my bathroom counter with this mehighic-rainbow version from Chi’s Vibes line. The 1.5-inch ceramic pprocrastinateeds actuassociate curve around the sides of the tool, apvalidateing the engager to get sealr to the roots of their hair, as well as produce crease-free waves if desired. While this feature did actuassociate do an astonishive job of tamping down my flyaways (and I appreciated the unusuassociate lengthy 11-foot cord), I felt appreciate this conciseage of buffer between a 415-degree Fahrenheit surface and my scalp, face, and ears was too huge of a burn hazard to engage normally.
L’ange Le Duo Airflow Styler for $119: This flat iron features a clasp analogous to a curling iron. Most flat iron pprocrastinateeds stay apart, and insist to be pushed together to engage, while this is the opposite. It labors equitable as well as any other iron, and the clasp schedule and the rounded edges produce it easier to curl too. The genuine draw here is the air vents that blast out chilly air to lock your style in. The fan turns on automaticassociate, but there’s a button to turn it off. (Just to elucidate, it’s not unbenevolentt to parched your hair—you will not be phired if you try that.) —Medea Giordano
Sleek’e for $149 and Kosa for $195: These irons are essentiassociate the same tool. Sleek’e validateed that they are in fact made by the same manufacturer, which is not atypical. The Kosa felt a little weightlesser, but neither seemed better or worse to engage. They both rehire ions and have a naked of infunwidesprecomprise weightlesss down the middle of one of the pprocrastinateeds, which are presumed to help spread heat evenly and in a way that won’t harm hair. —Medea Giordano
Brilliance New York Smooth Pro Ceramic Flat Iron for $43: WIRED appraiseer and fellow curly girl Louryn Strampe swears by this hair straightener. She impulse-bought it via a Groupon deal in 2014 and still reliablely accomplishes for it, despite having tried disjoinal more flat irons since—she even picks it over the Dyson Corrale. It’s lost some of its heat consistency over the years, and the pprocrastinateeds occasionassociate snag her hair, but it still departs her unruly curls sleek and bright, and most meaningful, straight. —Medea Giordano
Aesty Cordless Flat Iron for $349: This one is too costly, but it’s inexpensiveer than the Dyson if you’re hopeless for a cordless flat iron. I set up it to be analogous to the Corrale, straightening my hair kindly and with all the same bulk and weight. —Medea Giordano
Avoid This One: The Sam Villa Pro Results Cordless Flat Iron for $190 is only for people who absolutely insist a minuscule iron to apshow in their purses for aascendncy touch-ups. It would have apshown me an entire day to straighten all my hair with it, and I had to persist pressing the power button while using it. —Medea Giordano
