I awarded this baby the Best Deal on the market of hair irons. Minutes into the review you’ll understand why.
This hair straightener is one of those gems you find once in a while that offer professional quality for the price of an iron for home use.
I’ve been a hairstylist for over 14 years now (and a competition judge for a while), and I know colleagues that are actually using this piece in their salons, in spite of the fact that it was meant for personal home use. But we’ll also take a look at the potential negative sides in this review so that you can make a calm and informed decision.
But let us get to the point and see what’s so good about this iron.
Here’s what I’ll do in the review of this Remington:
- List the specifications of the straightener
- See what the people are saying – the good and the bad reviews, PROs and CONs
- My Final resume
Let’s get our hands dirty and our facts straight. As well as our hair 🙂
The specifications of Remington Frizz Therapy Flat Iron:
- The first hair iron that will keep away the humidity and frizzy hair for 15 hours +
- The plates are solid ceramic, professional quality, infused with a mix of avocado oil and conditioners to minimize the damage to the hair
- Adjustable heat of up to 430 F with temperature displayed on the digital LCD
- A new to the industry, turbo boost function will heat up the plates to the desired temperature in 30 secs
- Other features: Automatic shut off, cool ends of the tip, cord swivel and hinge lock
So, there’s a lot of bragging by Remington about this purple looker and of course they’ll say that it’s good, they are trying to sell it. But let us put it under real scrutiny and see what the actual users are saying.
There’s no better way to decide if this is the best hair straightener for your needs.
The PROs – the positive reviews:
- Afro-Americans with natural curly hair, this is your miracle…as the proud mother of two daughters with kinky restless hair that used to curl back up within minutes with the other iron’s I’ve used. I am amazed at how well this iron works, and with no additional products…
- My hair stylist told me to get this to minimize the damage to my hair when ironing it at home…
- Makes the hair just as straight as using a relaxer…
- I am so happy I found this Remington, I was going through irons like crazy…this one is a keeper…
- The best damn hair straightener I’ve ever used, forget the frizz…
- It never snags my hair…
- I like the safety shut off. Nice touch, being as forgetful as I am, this is one less thing to worry about…
- I’ve had cheaper Irons, but this product is worth every dime. It already lasts many times over the cheaper ones and works miracle on my frizz…
- My hair is kind of wiry and wavy. I’ve been struggling with the issue going through a number of irons and different brands without any real luck. But this Remington seems to be doing the trick…so far so good…
- I’ve been so frustrated with my stupid hair for years and this straightener in combination with GVP Smooth Serum is what did it for me. I am not exaggerating when I say that it changed my life, made it a heck a lot easier…
- I got the recommendation from my hair dresser and now, I actually prefer this Remington to my CHI, which I was in love with…
- Nowhere near as much frizzing as with my previous irons…
- Simply the best hair straightener I ever had…
- I have a dry and curly hair and nothing really worked before I got this iron. For me, it works much better (without any additional products) than the other irons worked with tons of conditioners and oils…
- I am not sure how, but after using this Remington my hair actually stays straight even in humidity…
- I am using this iron to curl my hair, because they told me that the oils in the plates or something like that minimize the damage to your hair…
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The negative reviews of the iron – the CONs:
- It started off just great, but then it started switching off automatically. I sent it back, and I am waiting for a new one to arrive.
- I really don’t like the position of the control buttons…
- I can’t get a good grip on the handles. I do have kind of big hands, but I think they could have done a better job with the design there, maybe make it thicker…
- When the irons heats up, it develops an odor for more than a month in my experience, I am not sure why no one else is talking about it…
My resume:
The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about this product is – value for money. It does offer professional quality results for the price of home use iron.
I know this product first hand. I am not using it, I am using my Paul Mitchell, but I know that some colleagues of mine (hairdressers and hair stylers) are using it at salons.
If it’s good enough to replace professional irons that cost hundreds, it’s worth buying for the price, I sincerely mean it. That’s why I gave it the title of the BEST DEAL among all the straighteners here. When I look at the negative reviews, I don’t get any red lights there.
The one things that caught my eye was the issue of it switching of during use. No doubt about it, this is a flaw of specific items, because the actual secure switch off is designed and will only switch off if no button is pressed for 60 minutes.
If you are seeing an issue of your Remington switching off within minutes, you received a flawed product. Just return it. This part is easy with Remington, they have a very friendly, customer oriented customer service.
Overall, great value for money.
