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

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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

right, i bought the babyliss ones today. they are great, but one big fatal flaw,and i shall be returning them tomorrow, where the on /off switch, is where you need to hold the straighteners to actualyl use them, so kept switching them off. very, very annoying and not user friendly.

don;t know what to get now.....

will send GHDs back though for repair

any thoughts???

She = identical, approx £50.

LOADS of good alternatives around now.

I have a VidalSassoon pair currently - about £25, had them about a year or more, used daily.

Do a better job than some GHDs I have come across.

Remington ones are suprisingly good and very inexpensive particularly the large plate ones. I would even go as far as to say they are better than my old GHD's

Something to do with GHD losing teh patent on teh technology (could be talking out of bottom here, only half-listening when someone telling me) However, lots of just as good copycats now. My She were bought frrm a hairdresser who used to use GHDs. These made in teh same factory, allegedly. Have a feeling "they" all say that...

The babybliss pro 230 are currently on offer in Tesco for £40, they def glide through my hair

those are the one i have, the babyliss pro ones, with the daft switch !

will look at the remington ones

thank you all

Look at She She She!

she? what is that? is it in the shops? sorry, have not heard of it

£20 Remingtons. As good as GHDs.

really, mrsmattie? i saw some remington ones in argos.... any partic model?

I've just bought some SHE straighteners for £50 from my hairdresser. My dd1, who knows about these things, reckons they are 'ace'. I was also told they roll off the same production line as GHD's.

Here Hair dressers shoudl be able to order for you

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Ooh Tinker, thanks for that link; I feel soooo trendy now I know the pink ones I have are limited edition!

the she ones are the ones my mobile hairdresser uses, he rates them much higher than ghd's...even though i love my ghd's i will try these when mine break

oooh, they do look good, but i cannot wait ! i need them NOWWWWWW!! have found the remington straight at a stroke ones in argos, and i should be able to swap the ones i bough today, am going to email babyliss though and tell them about their design flaw

have you got a hairdresser wholesale place near you, as they normally sell them...

or a place called sally hair and beauty

i do, actually, i might try in there too

it is worth giving them a ring to ask...

good luck.... i do feel for you

can you tie your hair up?

i worry about mine breaking as my hair is to short to tie up and looks so awful not staightened..

i can tie it back, but it looks abysmal !

How long have you had them? my daughter sent hers back to get them repaired and they sent her a new pair

She is a company set up by the ex wife of Mr GHD, hence why she can use the technology.

This is what I heard anyway. Friends love them!

cool ! i see. that sounds intriguing!

i shall absolutely be sending back my GHDs, i expected them to last a lot longer than this

in the meantime, i cannot manage without

had them 2 years and 4 months , random.