I'm curious, what temperature do you guys normally set your flat iron to?

[CarefreeinChicago]

i am natural and i maxiglide on 10 but i am just starting a bun a thon so my maxiglide is at my sisters house so i won't be tempted.

 

[baglady215]

I blow dry my hair and I still need 300-330 degrees.

My hair is just too thick and kinky to get it straight as I like it with only 200. It would be no point even using heat at all at that temp.

LOL. Same here. My hair would bust out laughing at 200 degrees.

 

[sweetascocoa]

i am natural and i maxiglide on 10 but i am just starting a bun a thon so my maxiglide is at my sisters house so i won't be tempted.

omigod. isnt that too high? i dont flatiron my hair often cos im scared of heat damage

 

[Course24]

I Maxiglide and set mine on 4-6. Considering I air dry 24hrs w/ scarf on my head during the whole drying process to keep down frizzies. Does a great job. Are you all using the water attachment? If so are you using tap or bottled water?

 

[LovelyZ]

I set my iron at around 340-350.

 

[nissi]

wow, i started with my maxiglide at about 7-8, close to 10! then i read everyone else was using 4, but i didn't consider they might be permed! so i tried 4 and it got pretty straight, later on in the week it was a little poofy for my tastes. so i will kick it up to 5-6 and see how it lasts...

 

[Vshanell]

I don't know the temp but on my maxiglide I don't go past setting 1.....sometimes I even cut the iron off to let it cool down.

 

[Vshanell]

I Maxiglide and set mine on 4-6. Considering I air dry 24hrs w/ scarf on my head during the whole drying process to keep down frizzies. Does a great job. Are you all using the water attachment? If so are you using tap or bottled water?

I use bottled cuz that's what the book says use. I follow the directions because I don't want to damage my precious, lol.

 

[Course24]

I changed to bottled water now for the attachment. I lost the included cd used tap water, i know better now.

 

[~*~ShopAholic~*~]

Did Maxius ever get back to you regarding the degree of the setting? if not I think I'll send an email also so they try to let us Maxiglide folks know what degrees we're putting in our hair. Maybe we all should send one, , that will start up some kind of reply.

I sent an email to the Maxius folks to see if they can tell us the degree equivalence for each number. Hopefully they will respond. I'm curious.

 

[Syrah]

I called Farouk - they say "ON" is between 390 and 410 degrees.

 

[seeminglysweet]

I set my ceramic to 180, I couldn't imagine going higher than 200 without burning my hair

 

[ShaniKeys]

I flat iron to 300° F, I sometimes do 320° F, but I believe this is one of the reasons why I started seeing more hair laying in the sink than on my head at a certain point so now I'm really careful with it, I've only used my flat iron once so far (in one year ), I'm really proud of myself, because there was a time (=last year ) when I basically used it every day at 320° F , I'm flat iron wise now though

 

[pistachio]

My flat-iron goes from settings 1-25. I always set it on setting number 10 however many degress that is...

 

[KhandiB]

I used your FHI on 375 and that seemed to work for me

 

[alexstin]

I think 350 works best for me.

 

[Ebony Majesty]

The setting I use is between 5-10. I use a nicky clark one

 

[Babygurl]

I have a Maxiglide, and I use 3-4 if Im freshly relaxed and 5-6 if Im weeks post relaxer.

 

[Radianthealth]

I have a Sedu and I flat iron at 165-180. This is really hot on my Sedu so I don't think these temperatures are the same, if that makes any sense.

Wait, I just looked at the website and I may be talking Celcius as opposed to Fahrenheit, so I guess my setting is about 330 Fahrenheit.

 

[sareca]

Maxiglide setting 3-4.

 

[AKA-Tude]

My solano Doesn't even have a temp control on it, but I know it is at least 400 degrees.

My hair loves heat! On my curling irons, I always turn it up as high as it can go. My hair won't curl if I don't.

 

[mrsmeredith]

I was tickled to read temps of 170 -200. If you are using a heat protector temps higher than that won't hurt your hair. Plus your style may last longer and be more silky. Just use a hot blow dryer with those temps. I use 370 on my FHI but if I goto the salon she uses 450 (hot I know) but she knows what she is doing and my hair never smells burnt or ever gets burned.

 

[Nella]

I used my FHI and used the heat setting of 390-400 and it seemed to get my hair really straight. I also flat ironed my daughters hair but, was afraid to turn the heat up. The highest I went was 300 in her hair. Be sure to check out my FOTKI and see our results!

Thanks,

 

[LiLi]

I used my FHI and used the heat setting of 390-400 and it seemed to get my hair really straight. I also flat ironed my daughters hair but, was afraid to turn the heat up. The highest I went was 300 in her hair. Be sure to check out my FOTKI and see our results!

Thanks,

Beautiful! You have progressed so nicely. This time next year, I guarantee you will be at brastrap or longer. I just love to see progress like yours.

 

[Nella]

Beautiful! You have progressed so nicely. This time next year, I guarantee you will be at brastrap or longer. I just love to see progress like yours.

Lili,

Thanks so much for the compliment it was really appreciated. I'm working on it and I really do hope to see bra length by that time.

Blessings to you,

 

[LovelyLionessa]

I use my Maxiglide on setting 1.

 

[HoneyDew]

I have noticed that since I have been using the Qhemet Sidr Tree Butter Balm as a leave in on wet hair before a heat protectant, my flatiron does not have to be as hot. It gets straight on about 30-50 degrees less heat than before using the product this way.

 

[Lavendar]

FHI - 350 degrees

 

[CAPlush]

I just purchased a Solia, and it says below 300 for damaged hair and 370 for healthy hair. I consider my ends damaged, so I will probably flat iron at below 300.

 

[tetbelle]

I use mine at 425 degrees I thought everybody did