Fhi. I purchased a Chi Nano and compared that with my Conair.... the Chi won because I was able to straighten my hair much faster. Fewer passes, my ends were straighter, etc. THEN, I stumbled upon this thread and my PJism has now expanded to hair appliances
I bought the FHI 207RVI Ted Gibson edition from
www.frizzy2silky.com (Thank you Tiffers LOL!) and flat ironed half of my hair with the CHI, the other half with the FHI this morning.
Last night, I used Head and Shoulders (the ocean smelling one.. it doesn't completely strip my hair, which is good...). I then followed up with Emergencia and dc'ed with that for about an hour with a heat cap. After that I put Super Soft Honey Conditioning Rinse (from Shescentit). I rinsed, applied Neutrogena Silk-touch Leave-In on my ends, sprayed the rest of my hair with UBH Dew Moisturizer, and then let my hair airdry overnight.
I also used the dew moisturizer as my heat protectant... it's very light
I'm 14.5 weeks post btw..
Coils/NG
These are the same coils after a couple of passes through the CHI:
More smoothe results with the CHI...
Finished CHI side:
The FHI made my hair incredibly smoothe:
Finished FHI results:
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With that said, both irons straightened my hair well. Both of them got my roots well enough. BUT, and this is a big but, the FHI side of my hair is SO much silkier! I paid $140 for the CHI Nano at Ulta, and $97 for the FHI. The $97 INCLUDES shipping. In terms of price, the FHI. In terms of silkiness, the FHI. Apart from the silkiness, they're very similar irons... although I never burned myself with the FHI. The CHI got me a few times because the outside gets pretty hot. If they're this similar, I think one is better off going with the cheaper option... about $43 cheaper in this case (for me anyway.)
Forgive me for the several and large pictures...
I voted FHI.
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I forgot to mention... the CHI is set at approximately 350 degrees, plus or minus a few I'm guessing, so I set my FHI to 360-370. I'm sure I could get better results with the FHI if I set it to like 400.... but no thank you. Lol.
Happy to help.