Hair straighteners - wide plates

[Cb148]

I'm looking at treating myself to some of the wide plated ghd's. My cheap babyliss ones are on the way out but I'm not working at the moment with 2 young children. they're over £100, and that's a lot of money to me! BUT the reviews are really good.

I do have thick hair so I think buying the wide plated ones might make things easier and quicker for me when I'm trying to make myself look half way presentable.

Before i fork out for the expensibe ones has anyone bought any really good wide plated straighteners in a brand other than ghd & really recommend them?

I've got these, Remington S5525 Pro Straight Extra Wide Plates Straightener, as I couldn't bring myself to fork out for the GHDs. They are £30 on Amazon at the moment.

I have long, thick stubbornly wavy/curly hair and they do a great job, although as I've never owned a pair of GHDs I can't really compare.

They sound promising, thanks! Will take a look at them!

I used to have GHD but I don't think the quality is the same, my last pair were rubbish. I have Cloud9 wide plates now and they are brilliant.

I've recently bought some Cloud 9 wide plates- my hair is very thick. I was disappointed because they don't actually seem that much wider than standard straighteners - my old Remmingtons are much wider. Also they don't really seem to do anything particularly amazing ( apart from being good with kinks near the scalp). They're alright - but just alright. I was expecting to be blown away at that price.