InStyler Rotating Hot Iron Hair Styler

I was given this as a gift this July (2018), thank goodness I did not buy it! This was something that I have wanted for a while now. It is so easy to use, settings are simple, it doesn't take long to heat, and it is light and fits well in your hand. I was hoping that this would replace my straightener and brush, I also wanted something that I could use to curl my hair effortlessly without trying to use different tools. However, it didn't curl at all - just a little wave on the ends and it really bulked my hair - which is what I didn't want! To get my hair as straight as this would allow it, it not only took a long time working on a section, it left it frizzy. I ended up giving this to a friend who has fine, short shoulder length hair - she swears by it. My hair is normally hard to manage anyway, but it still does well with Hair Straighteners - this however I will never buy or use again.

I believed the hype many moons ago and purchased the Instyler because I was curious and the models on TV made it look so easy. At the time I had shoulder length hair but quite fine and at times dry.

The Instyler did my hair no favours, in fact I think it burnt my hair - and it definitely caused a few burns to the hand from the awkward way of holding it and getting my hair into the device. Even with the protection cage I would also manage to burn my ear!

The rotating curler if it catches your hair at the wrong angle pulls and tugs, and brings back childhood memories of my mother untangling my hair before school. I don't know if it was the enthusiastic way it the cylinder rotates against the brush, or the fact that my hair was fine, but there was always hair left in the brush after use - which after a while was a real concern.

I could get something that resembled a curl from the Instyler - but was more like a kink of a wave, and I could never master straightening with it at all. It was just lots of fluffy hair. It never replaced my straighteners for straightening my hair.

I never tried the hottest heat setting, for fear for my hair and my ears, and the lowest setting was okay but still seemed quite hot. What I did notice, was the styles when I did manage something suitable for public viewing never really held for long through the day.

Needless to say I wasn't impressed and suspect it's better suited to those with longer hair and a higher pain threshold than me.....so now my Instyler sits on the top shelf of my wardrobe, wondering if it will ever see daylight again. Which it likely won't.

I brought two of these, one for my mum and one for me. It took ages to get to us (over a month) My mum has shoulder length, thin, straight hair so we were hoping she would be able to get a few looks out of it.

We were excited when they finally arrived. The packaging was nice and it felt like a nice quality but that's were it stopped. I plugged it in and I noticed it has a very small cord. Also the sound when it's turned on is very loud (my mum also agreed) For me personally the bristles were to soft and couldn't hold my hair properly. I have very thick, wavy, long hair and I was wanting some proper curls.

This product is not for me.

Definitely won't be using again. My current straightener had broken so i had borrowed my sister in-laws instyler. It took a very long time to heat up and had annoying sound everytime the barrel rotated. It did slightly straighten my hair but made the ends of my hair curl in which i didn't like. The instyler left my hair still feeling frizzy which other straighteners wouldn't do.

For something that is over $100 I'm quite disappointed in the instyler. It is so loud in your ear because of the barrel spinning around and it did a crappy job at straightening my hair and left my hair feeling really dry even though I use heat protection spray. The bristles on it don't even brush through your hair and I found thatbtheybjust clogged up with bits of fluff and hair.

The InStyler was great for one thing - making my hair super smooth and silky! It brushes at the same time, so it smoothes out your hair really well. However it is really bulky, so not good for my medium length, fine hair, bob cut. I also couldn't get it right to my roots. I managed to straighten my hair with it pretty well, but couldn't manoeuvre it to do curls or volume. I even watched youtube clips. I prefer my Cloud9 to this.

So I actually think this isn't too bad. Definitely not like GHDs but it still does the trick and the best part I like is due to the side shields, theres no burning the scalp which makes it so much safer to use on kids. I also do like how it has the bristles to smooth hair out while using also. Overall happy.

I found the InStyler quite odd to use. It is quite bulky to use and you have to use it quite a few times for it to properly straighten. The bristles were great to 'brush' through my hair as I used it. However, I found that after a while the bristles all bent and weren't very fit for purpose.

After years of owning this it's finally time to retire her. Man did she last. It was tricky at first to get used to using but once you get the hang of it it's easy. I like the brush,saves me time in the morning.

I loved my instyler! It was interesting to use at first but once I got the hang of it, I preferred it over my other heat tools. I was able to use big sections and get nice straight sleek hair or smaller sections to give my very curly frizzy hair a nice loose wave that is very on trend now. What I liked about the instyler is that I only had to run it through once through each section and it would make my hair straight and zero frizz, so it cut down on a lot of time, especially in the mornings. The cord is nice and long as well.

Now onto what I didn't like about it, and why it got given a lower score from me is that because it's so powerful and it only has 2 settings which I don't know what the actual heat was at. On the second setting it heats up so fast and so high, it is quite damaging to my hair, even with a heat protectant it, my hair would feel fried afterwards. I used the Instyler for around 5 years and it was truly loved, but now I have retired it in favor of a heat tool that I can see what heat setting I'm using and can adjust to a lower heat setting, but have to run it through my hair multiple times. It takes longer, but I think it is less damaging to my hair.

The instyler is a great tool but customers should be aware of just how hot and fast it does your hair. On the plus it cuts down on time in the mornings and has a nice long power cord but on the negative, it really does not offer any heat protection and will damage your hair. So whatever value higher over the other is whether you would love the Instyler or not.