Hot Tools Professional 1101 Curling Iron with Multi-Heat Control, Regular 3/4"

This curling iron is awesome! This is the professional series so it has lots of heat settings and a super long cord. I did my own hair in this picture, but this is the same brand my stylist uses. It makes beautiful defined curls. Definitely worth the price. Highly recommend.

First, I meant to order the 1" curling iron so I'm going to give you the approximate circumference of the 3/4" one which is 2 7/8". When I hold the measuring tape up next to the barrel it measures 3/4". My hairdresser cut my layers a tad too short last time so my mistake worked in my favor. I'd be burning myself quite often if I was using the 1" size.I have a 1" Hot Tool curing iron, just like this one, that I've been using for over 6 years. My husband replaced the plug once because I had to keep wiggling the cord & plug to get everything in the proper place for the curling iron to stay on. Recently I began having problems with the cord again, but this time it's where the cord attaches to the handle & that is why I was ordering another curling iron. This new design is supposed to prevent that problem...only time will tell. I will update my review if necessary.These irons come with two extra springs...I didn't have to use the extra springs with my old one, but I'm very happy the extras are included. (We've had to replace the springs in other curling irons I've owned through the years. It was never easy to find a replacement spring). The temperature settings/numbers eventually wore off of my old one & I'm expecting this one to do the same because they're applied in the same manner. I have a favorite setting. I marked my old one with a silver permanent marker so I'd know which setting to use. Although these curling irons get very, very hot I do not & will not use the higher settings. For goodness sakes, my hair isn't made from asbestos. FYI: My hairdresser recently burned a section of my hair off when her curling iron was set too hot. Thankfully, it was in a hidden spot, I don't have long layers, and I was able to cover the burned off hair until it grew back. Anyway, let that be a warning to you...it can happen. I've used curling irons for years & years & years & that was a first for me & my hairdresser. I use the #7 temperature. It's the first setting on the 'Extra Hot' category. My baby fine hair is extremely hard to curl. If this curling iron lives up to its predecessor, I can expect many more useful years out of it. And, soon, I will be placing an order for the 1" size.Great curling iron!

Been using Hot Tools for years. A favorite and good quality.

I'm a Hot Tools fan. I've been working on growing my hair out for quite some time, so I've been using the Hot Tools 24K Gold 1 inch barrel. The first time I curled my short hair with the 1 in I panicked! My hair was crazy! The curls didn't start until about 1/2 way down the shaft of my hair and they weren't tight enough. My hair dresser told me to get a 3/4 inch inch. I've never used a 3/4 inch before. It took forever to curl my hair. But my curls were tighter and they gave me more curl and volume at the root.I love Hot Tools. They are affordable and heat up fact and get hot. I now own a 1 3/4 in, a 1 inch and a 3/4 inch. 1 is ceramic, 2 are gold. I know that hairstylists use the gold, but I prefer the ceramic and wish I would have bought this in ceramic. For me, I find the hair tends to stick to the gold making it hard to seemlessly curl the hair.The pic below, the top pic is with the 1 inch Hot Tools, the bottom pic is with the new Hot Tools 3/4 inch Gold Plated Curling Iron.

Recommended by a friend of mine who happens to be a celebrity hair stylist (Cold Play, Julia Roberts, many undisclosed), I own two Hot Tools curling irons now and they're the BEST thing I've EVER used to curl my hair.I have very fine, stick straight, long blonde hair with zero volume. There is nothing much I can do to actually hold a curl for a whole day, especially not in the Pacific North West constant dampness.I've tried hot rollers, steam rollers, products, other curling and flat irons. And (see above) the best hair cut for me possible. Nothing. Half the time the first part I curl is flat again by the time I'm done with the rest of my hair. The rest of the times it looks nice for 2-3 hours and then goes flat again.EXCEPT with these curling irons!!! I use the 3/4 inch one for all over (lower layer curls up all the way to the roots, I leave the top layer straight from the roots half way down and curl the lower half from my ears down. Comes out really nice!). And I have a 1 1/2 inch one for my bangs to softly frame the face. I use it on the hottest setting and hold it quite long, for about 15 seconds.It's perfect, the curls come out soft, springy, shiny and they last even through the next day! And yes, I do use a conditioner (Its a 10 miracle leave in, best thing in the world btw). Still holds the curls amazing!I love love love these. They're the best thing that ever happened to me :)

It works very well.

The curling iron heats up quickly with good temperature control. I like the swivel end which keeps the cord out of the way. I have one reservation. My last curling iron lasted only a year and a half. The wires in the cord broke about a half inch from the end where it attached to the body of the curling iron. When removed the second curling iron from its box, I noticed that the cord at that end was tightly bent in that same place. I will keep and use the second curling iron because I like the product so much. The manufacturer should review and revise the way the cord is packed.

Is my favorite curling iron and great price