INFINITIPRO BY CONAIR Spin Air Rotating Styler/Hot Air Brush, 2-inch, Black

I stand by my orginal reveiw but please be sure to see my updated comments at the bottom!I will begin this review by mentioning that I am a licensed cosmetologist with over 25 years experience styling hair and an unabashed hair appliance junky. When I walk through a store that sells blow dryers, flat irons, hot rollers I always peruse them. I have at least a dozen flat irons, ten curling irons, 4 sets of hot rollers, hooded dryers both hard top and bonnet style. This does not include the dozens of things I've given away over the years or the things I've bought and didn't like so I returned. The bottom line is there is not a type of hair appliance on the planet I haven't tried and I have never been more impressed by the performance of a hair appliance than I am with this Infinitipro Spin Air Rotating Styler. I've used products similar to this many times but this is far superior to anything I've ever used. That ridiculous waste of money InStyler, which I returned, doesn't do a thing. I colored my hair dark blond for many year and last year I got carried away making it lighter and lighter platinum until I finally fried it to the point of no return. So last January had no choice but to cut off my beautiful long thick wavy hair and what little hair was left was still extremely damaged. I brought my color back to the medium/dark brown I was born with but it was still damaged and so short I couldn't do a thing with it. I began slicking it back in a French twist and wearing clip on hair pieces. This has worked well because my hair always looks good and it's so easy to do, but I missed being able to style my own hair. Using a blow-dryer and flat iron was so much work and the results were always disappointing. When I saw a commercial for this and became curious. I was dubious that the large 2 inch barrel would not work well in my short hair, while my length is nearly to my shoulders because of the damage I had to layer my hair, so it is about five inches around. Also because of the layers my hair has become very curly and gets knotted and frizzy. Not very attractive! In a review I read a when I was thinking about buying this a woman complained about having to still dry her hair most of the way before using this. The fact is your hair should always be about 80% dry before you start to style it. When I'm blow drying a clients hair I use the blow-dryer to take out most of the moisture before I pick up a brush. For my own hair I usually let it air dry. So with my hair damp and I started using the Infinitipro first at the bottom and it easily starts to glide through my hair, no tangles or knotting, just effortlessly gliding. Plus even though the bristles are soft it is easily picking up my hair. I'm psyched but this is the longest part of my hair so I go to the top and that is when I discover you can easily switch directions, I never read the instructions, so now I'm getting really excited because it is light and easy to hold and I don't have to twist my arms in to odd ways to hold he Infinitipro where I need it. Then the most amazing thing happened, as I'm holding it at the top of my Occipital bone the brush starts to pick up hair from below buts it isn't knotting. It's just gliding. If I hold my hand steady it doesn't do this but so If I want to add fullness to one spot, but that gliding and picking up hair is great for smoothing. I was finished in about ten minutes and my hair looked amazing for the first time in a year. I used my flat iron just to make it a bit straighter, it took about three minutes because it was alreasy nice and smooth and it looked fantastic. I almost began to cry with joy that my hair actually looked good for the first time in a year!I went to cosmetology school in high school and in the twenty five years I have done this professionally I have used at least a hundred different hair appliances. I've tried every sold on TV gimmicky product, every type of professional product and every type of drug store product. This product is unique and exceptional so buy it with confidence. Make sure you dry your hair about 80% before using it and be AMAZED at the results!Product Update December 2, 2012:I still love this product and still give it 5 stars but a recent question Amazon asked me to answer about using this is African American hair made me want to update my review. I have moderately thick hair with a loose natural curl but the texture is not coarse. I don't think this product will work well in hair that is coarse in texture, very thick or with extremely tight curl. The bristles are very soft and I find I need to take small sections and on the top I need to softly cup the brush so it will pick up my hair. They probably make the bristles so soft so they don't tangle the hair but I think they could make them a bit firmer without that happening. I also think it would help if they made out a 1 ½ inch brush. For thicker coarse hair I recommend the Conair 2-in-1 Hot Air Brush which I also own and like a lot. I never had any use for the regular bristle brush but the 1 ½ inch brush with the plastic bristles works really well. IMPORTANT NOTE: There are several models of this brush make sure you get the one with at least 1000 watts of power or it won't get hot enough to smooth your hair. It doesn't spin on its own but it's still easy to use if you work section by section and spin the appliance yourself. Take about a one inch section and starting at the scalp pull the brush down the section, then roll the section up let it heat up well, and then pull it down again. Repeat this on the section until you get the smooth result you're looking for. This will give the hair some flip so if you're looking for straight you'll need to finish with a flat iron, but it will only take a quick pass or two. This is also true of your hair is very coarse, you may get better result and have them last longer with a quick pass of a flat iron. I still think it is a good product and does what it says it will do. Once again both of these items are styling products so you need to dry your hair about 80% before using it or it will not work well. Good Luck! One last suggestion, don't waste your time or money on cheap flat irons, buy a Chi, Rusk, Bayless, anything that normally retails for at least $150, you can find them much cheaper on Amazon or even at TJ Maxx or Marshalls. Cheap flat irons don't work nearly as well or as quickly.

I love it!! I have mine for 10 years, give or take, never had a problem with it and can’t be without it. It’s so easy to use!!

The media could not be loaded. Let me start by saying when I bought this I never intended it to dry my hair. It's 500 watts, that's not a hair dryer. After reading the reviews and watching a bunch of videos I was torn between this and the Babyliss. In the end I bought both. After testing over a month I am glad I kept the Infiniti as I will not go back to drying with a roundbrush . It would earn 5 stars for more watts.I have blond, curly, wavy, thick strand hair, thick hair. It was a grown out bob past my shoulders until I cut it again recently. I don't want to say coarse, but it can be. I round brush my hair because it makes it smooth and soft. It gets real tiring and it seems like these days I fight with the brush more than I used to especially with the gel and rubber handles they add now. I have very babied healthy hair, I use Joico shampoo, conditioner, re-constructor, and I think the other one is moisture recovery.Since I wrote my original review, not a lot has changed except I have been rotating back and forth between the two different products.I don't recall if both make the anti-static claim, but my initial experience was the exact opposite, but after a few uses I forgot all about the claim and my original annoyance. The 2" brush and the whole product in general is big. It is best that you watch the videos for a reference. It's not heavy or annoying to me.There is a learning curve and I can see how someone might suck their hair up in this as it has a pedal on the gas instead of the brake user malfunction. Also you can get your hair stuck between the end cap and barrel that I can best describe as flossing though there is no apparent gap there. It only happened once, but I was sidelined for a bit as I carefully rescued my hair. While mastering this product I initially sectioned my hair as when you work on one area it can pull hair from another twisting that piece around and around into a knot. Update: I have actually quit sectioning my hair and just drop a line down while pinning the rest up. I do get those twists, but am usually working too fast as I move across each section to cause any annoyance. I also tend to use my free hand as a guide similar like a shield over the rotating bristles and I "revisit" sections I have done.I just don't want to bore you with all my learning curves and what routine works for me. I more just wanted to share the video I am posting so you can form your own opinions.On the first couple of uses I got impatient and aided with with my blow dryer on low. But I found out if I towel dry my hair well then flip the towel over to wrap it while I do my makeup it is just about right when I am ready to use it. An occasional blow dryer blast if I'm impatient.Basically I like the feel of round brush blow dried hair as it feels softer and smoother.I still do a quick sweep with the straight iron. I like the volume this provides, but still want my hair the way I like it.Since I cut my hair again I would like to add for others, if you have really short hair, then this brush will be likely be too big.If you have short fine hair, I do not think this product would work because I'm pretty sure it is the thickness of my strands allowing them to catch on the bristles. I think fine hair would slip through.Observations I have made about the Infinity and the Babyliss (see video)Appearance wise I don't see a lot of differences as you can see in the pictures. To correct some older reviews in case they are out of date. They both have a metal barrel. The switch on the Babyliss has an indented switch with one notch, the Infinity has no indents and 3 notches. On the Babyliss the front bottom of the handle has a 3 dimensional design with its name and logo to the left side of the front handle and the Infiniti has its name and logo in the middle. The back bottom right of the Babyliss is printed with information about watts and volts and notably is stamped Glendale, AZ. The Infinity is blank. The bottom of both have a plastic grill, the Babyliss is chrome colored while the Infinity is black. On the left side of the bottom of the handle the Babyliss is blank, but the Infinity is printed with information about watts and volts and again like the Babyliss is stamped Glendale, AZ. The printing is not exact, but you get the idea.Both have cool, low, high, and off settings. They do not rotate when setting is off or on cool. Both have a nice thick, long swivel cord. They have different plug styles. Each cord has a label with a barcode. The Babyliss says: 74108 27045 and the Infiniti says 74108 24635. I ran back to check because I had not tested sound etc. The Infinity sounds a tad higher in pitch. I think it might rotate a tad faster, but it may be the sound making my opinion biased.If you made it this far. I know this review is a total yawn. Comment if you have any questions!