I don't have a lot of experience with curling irons or curling hair, but I feel like some things about this one could be better. Pros: Good temperature range, adjustable temperature, heats up fast, reduces frizz (really well actually; my hair was pretty frizzy when I started and it smoothed down beautifully), created nice loose curls/waves, looks nice. Cons: The handle to open and close the clip is mostly metal, and gets hot right up to the plastic. The metal part sticks out really far from the barrel and I was having a hard time not burning myself on it when it ended up close to my head. The adjustable temperature was nice, but the dial was confusing and made it hard to tell what the temp was actually set to. The little stand was VERY small and I was nervous about how close the hot iron sat to my counter when I set it down. The on/off switch is easy to bump and I accidentally turned it off once while in the middle of curling my hair. It's a little heavy and unwieldy, although I have no idea how this compares to other irons. Overall: It worked, would probably be a reasonably good iron if it's the right price for you. The cons were not dealbreakers, just some things that could have been designed better.

Nice big barrel but the rubber handle started decomposing after 4 years. Very unpleasant to hold a sticky handle while styling hair so I had to throw it away.

These don’t really get hot, I own a pair of Babyliss curling iron and the Babyliss get hotter then the Hot Tools. It’s nothing pro about these curling iron.