I dont like the chi/corioliss or anything like that. 2 years ago I bought a corioliss at a local mall. it was fine at first but the more i used it the more it started to suck. I paid more than 100 for the hair flat iron. After about 6 months the thing took SOOOO long to heat up. I stopped flat ironing my hair because it was too much of a hassle.
I came across KINSEI hair flat iron last year. It is the BEEESSSSTTTTT thing EVER!!!!! It retails for more than $150. Kinsei actually tested other popular hair flat iron corioliss, chi, etc. and they all claim to heat up in 7 or 9 seconds. but it actually takens those companies alot more than 7 or 9 seconds to heat up. Once they reach that temperature, they dont even maintain it. You know hwo when you flat iron your hair the first few pieces you do look super good but after a couple it seems like the results are not that great? you go over the same pieces more than once? well thats because the temperature on your iron has decreased once you use it. the Kinsei maintains the temperature throughout the whole time you iron your hair. So the first piece looks just as good as yoru last, w/o putting it down for it to reheat itself. Other irons also have high defect rates (meaning alot of their flat iron break quick). you have more chance of getting a defect iron. i think the kinsei defect rate is 2% i'm not really sure.
But anyways, this is THE BBBEEEEESSSSSSTTTT hair flat iron i have ever used. I always get complimented when i flat iron my hair b/c it looks soooo smooth. One time i wanted to straighten my bangs only. so i turned it on to the lowest temperature (270 or something) and right after i turned it on, i wanted to put it down to grab a comb, and i accidently touched teh plate, and burned my finger!! it was only 3 seconds after i turned it on!!!! how crazy. anyways, if you guys want some more info about this just let me know. Can you tell how i REALLLLY love this thing???? hahaha