Travel Curling Iron, Mini 1- Inch Ceramic Curling Iron in White by Travel Smart

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I was prepared not to like this travel curling iron, having read some of the reviews after I ordered it (always good to look at those first, right?). But surprise: I love it! Yes, it's very teeny (1" barrel is good), which is what you want when traveling, in fact, I'm a bit obsessed with saving space and weight with minis... but they also have to work well, otherwise, why bother? This does work well on my fine, shoulder length hair (I imagine if you have nice thick hair it might not work as well for you). It took a little bit of getting used to (like, don't try to stuff too much hair into one pass), but it's easy to use and works well. I don't expect to do a whole salon treatment with it, but to just touch up the frizzy parts and make it all a bit better: yes on that. Also, dual voltage, very lightweight, heats and cools quickly – important if you're packing up and taking off from your hotel, as you don't want to be tucking something so hot into your bag. No auto shut off, so be aware of that. It did not come with the promised travel bag, which is a bit disappointing, but I'll make it work.

I've always liked Conair curling irons so I wanted to try the travel iron. It's nice and small, for sure, but it needs to be one inch longer or it will take twice as long to capture strands of hair and get them curled! I have medium thick, straight hair. Temp control is simple on/off. It heats up high enough to provide a good curl. It weighs about 5.7 ounces, compared to my straight iron at 8.4 ounces -with another 2.7 ounces and 1.25" of curling surface- I'd rather have the length to curl my hair faster. If it were one inch longer I would give this travel iron a 5 star rating.

I’ve wanted this for a long time and I got it as a present for Christmas from my daughter. It heats up beautifully and curls hair well except for you have to use tiny tiny pieces. The problem I have with this is hair catches in the hinge. I pulled out about six hairs on the first two curls. Maybe there’s a learning curve but I think I’ll take a pass. My regular curling iron will be good enough. And doesn’t take that much room in the suitcase. And this doesn’t take that less room. Just disappointed. I’m still going to give it a good four stars.

The ON heat setting is not too hot and perfect for a curl. I have long but thin hair and was still able to wrap the full length at once but did have to do it in small sections. If time is important, I don't think this product is ideal for thick/full hair. It took me about 10mins to do my whole head but I could see it taking closer to 30 for someone with thick/full hair. I didn't find the clamp useful since its such a short barrel so I converted it into a wand by removing the clamp. You just need a small screwdriver to remove the 3 screws in the handle, open the case and unscrew the 2 small screws that hold the clamp to the button to remove it. The iron works so much better now!