dicky ticker

hi folks

my better half wants a set of ceramic hair straightners.

are narrow plate ones better than broad plated ones

cheers

colin

yoza

Ask here.....

www.auditt.com

jerryh

My wife bought vidal sassoon ones a couple of months ago.

She and a couple of friends swear by them. Apparently they're better then the GHD ones.

They've got a digital screen on them and go up to about 280 degrees apparently. Boots had them for about £66.00 then, no idea what they'd be now.

Best of luck mate.

Oh and Merry Christmas!!

dicky ticker

cheers guys

she only wants/uses ghd ones unfortunately. but does size really matter

yoza that link doesnt work btw lol

cheers

colin

Power Junkie

iTrader: (1)

GHD my G/f will not touch anything else. not cheep but they really work.

dicky ticker

but does size matter

Freak

depends on hair length and thickness

I have short ish hair and i use full size ones... but ive used the smaller ones too- not much difference apart from the physical bulkiness.

But using the smaller ones on quite long hair would be a ball ache and take longer

Long/thick hair=big ones
short/thin hair= small ones

jasey

And tell her to watch her ears - she will burn them


Took my wife a while to work out what the smell was !!!

She reckoned Fat (plates) were good for her .

ShyTot

Be very carefull with those if they really do go above about 210-220 degrees C, (which I thought was the maximum that any went to)

Both paper and cotton sheets can spontaneously ignite at ~450degrees F, which is about 235 degrees C!!!

I don't know much about them, but I believe that the kindest ones to your hair are the fully ceramic iconic ones.
My wife used GHD for along time until here hir dresser told her that they were fu*king up her hair.
She still says that they were the best she has used, but there was no temperature control on them, and they operate at ~210 degrees C, which is too hot for some hair types.
Get some with a temperature control and set it to the correct temp if you value your hair long term.

Dream Weaver

GHD are the best as mentioned. Not cheap at £100 but she will be well happy, its what the pro's use apparently.

Nathan L

I've just bought my other half a pair of GHD salon irons, these have the larger plates.

She has thick long hair so her hair dresser thinks these are the most suited.

You can get a heat resistant mat to put them on, which I would highly recommend.

Nathan..

tonybooth

Which one of my best mates invented and patented

www.mateque.com

He also sells GHD's at sensible money.

Cheers

TONY

Nezz10

SCP hair straighteners area as good as GHD but at half the price, find them at www.hairstuffdirect.co.uk

Its the 210 celcius ones that you want.

Peccant

PMSL

dtriggs

My wife wants some too and her hairdresser has told her to steer clear of GHD and buy OOBI - so now I am well confused - both are similar price and I dont know what to get.

Buzzer

Play it safe and buy her an iron

Peccant

why not throw in a vacum cleaner and a food processor for good measure?

AudiMan

I'm in a quandry now too, (posted a question about these a couple of days ago), lots of people recomended the GHD ones, now we've got people saying check out the vidal sassoon ones and SCP ones (both of which are cheaper than GHD), and avoid GHD.
I know it will be difficult to give definitive answer but can anyone give opinions from experience of using both / all ??
What about a which report ?

I'm on the brink of ordering the GHD ones (£81.45 + free matt and delivery), for std size genuine ones) is the best price i've found so far.

Come on girls, help us useless guys out here...

Ian.

Peccant

Which hasn't done a report on hair straighteners unfortunately (although I did find one on Trojan Condoms that was interesting lol)

jasey

This is why men shouldn't buy girly stuff for girls (and vice versa). Whatever you get will be wrong - Send her down the shops with your credit card and tell her to get them herself - **** suprises - they usually disappoint

Peccant

...and get her a surprise
(credit card + surprise = happy)

messiah

GHD are doing them in a gift pack but it's not cheap - just got the missus one for chrimbo...

RRH

GHD are having loads of returns at moment, and have been for some time. They have an electrical issue with the wires breaking as they exit the irons resulting in failure and / or electric shock.

Both of my daughters and the wife use them, so we bought a set of HairArt ceramic irons off ebay for £45 while the GHD's were away for warranty repair.

They look exactly the same with the exception of the branding, although they do heat up slightly faster.

AudiMan

So are we saying the GHD ones are not worth the extra money, when very similar items are available for less, don't get me wrong I dont mind paying the extra but if the build quality is not good then I'm loathed to do so.

Haven't we got any professional hair dressers on this forum ?? who give offer the benefit of their wisdom as they would be using them on a regular basis.

Ian..

RRH

The Mrs ran three salons (at once) before she had our third daughter and decided she couldn't be arsed any more, and this is her opinion.

She says she's not sure how either would stand up to commercial use though, but that's a separate issue altogether.