The Chi iron is worth the month. The hair dessers swear by it! My dayghter has awful big curly coarse hair and we can straighten her hair in 20 minutes. We have tried the Conair and other department store type irons and they wont it even make a dent in her hair. We use a one inch iron. Wider is not better. And if you have a choice buy the black one, not the cheetah or paink print. They are made cheaply, I was told by an inside source.
We paid $95 for it - and it is worth every cent.