GHDs broken !! <<faint>> best alternative??

[ImightbeLulumama]

apparently a new pair is now £150 !!!

cannot quite stretch to that right now, so any tips for 'almost as good as, but not as eye wateringly expensive as GHDs' please!

i know it is a false economy as GHDs aer the best, but i cannot live without straighteners whilst i save up for GHDs

how long did they last??

is it really a flase economy to get some cheper ones?

Bablyliss Pro230 wear retailing at about £40 not so long ago.

If you check places like review centre etc. on them they get as good as if not better ratings than Ghds - and from people that have had both.

Some of the positive comments about the Pro230's were that they were more robust than Ghds.

had them just 2 years and 4 months !!

i have a babyliss hairdryer and it is crapola!

Ebay

Either She or H2D.
Both good GHD substitutes.

I paid £105 for the new GHD's and got a heat mat and protector spray and next day delivery.

I have the Babyliss Pro230 and they are great.

I have never had Ghds though so can't compare them.

£100 just not doable right now

just read some reviews on te babyliss ones and they seem to be very popular and as good if not better than GHDs

thanks !

where did you get them SMS? do they 'pull' the hair or glide?

They glide on my hair....but the onlyuother ones I have every had were Babyliss Pro210 which were crapola...

I got mine from Makro. I think they were at about £40 in Amazon and Boots recently (Jan/Feb). Not sure if it was a special offer.

Amazon.

They are £60 in Boots ATM.

They sound cheap but when they first came out they were £70/80. They have only come down in proce because they have a new gold set out.

thanks, they are £38.99 in argos at the mo, so i think i will reserve them

Also search the boards on here for opinons. I know there have been threads on them inthe past.

thanks , they get a good write up on the review centre... thanks for the help

Do you know any hairdressers who could buy them wholesale for you?

A friend got some GHD's this way for only £70

I asked a while ago lulumama and got lots of good comments about the babyliss pro230 as well!

asked my mate who is a hairdresser and £150 was what she said..

thanks schneebly! have reserved them in argos and will collect them tomorrow i hope! my friend has lent me hers in the meantime!

i cannot do curly/ frizzy hair !

lulumamma email ghd and tell them dont reveal how long youve had them for and they might fix them?

got mine here

cheapest I could find. My first ghds and better than anything else i've tried.

still £100 foxy......

i thikn for £100 they should last longer

i am going to send them back to GHD and they can have a look and see if they can repair them, i still have the origional box and bubble wrap they came in !

i think ghd come with a decnt length guaruntee - might be worth checking.

Yes, I think you should give ghd a go at repairing/replacing them.

I've heard a few instances where they've blown up. It might be a fault if they are a couple of years old and they might replace them, you never know!

thanks, i will tkae a chance and send them back.

I sent mine back for 'repair' costing £43 and got a new pair in return, worth a try, ring them first!

thank you ! will ring on monday

There is someone on ebay advertising that they repair them. Apparently it is easy to repair and I think they were charging about 25 quid. GHDs have a common fault where it seems like a loose connection and they go on and off.

I sold my broken ones on ebay for 25 quid before I realised you could get them fixed, and someone bought them and repaired them and sold them on. So if you do get some different ones, put your faulty ones on ebay and get some of the money back.

GHD's rule BTW!