The Black Pearl is heavy, which is not great for travel. The quality appears cheap and the plates don't meet all the way along, producing inconsistent results. It has an awkward on/off switch on the cord with indicator light, so it's difficult to tell if it's on or off -kind of important in an appliance that can burn you badly! It has NO HEAT CONTROL at all and my hair was literally SMOKING -obviously this iron gets super hot, but you can't turn it down at all.
The much cheaper Conair flat iron I bought at the drugstore is better on all of those points: it is lighter even though it has ceramic plates, it's better constructed, it has an on/off indicator light, and it has 25 heat settings.
Also, it turns out most major brands of flat irons are dual voltage, though you have to read the packaging carefully to figure that out.
About the only good thing I can say about this flat iron is that the swivel cord is kind of nice. The cheaper one I bought doesn't have the swivel -but I don't find it hard to use.
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I own the original SuperStar Professional 1-inch Flat Iron Hair Straightener, which I just love! However, I live overseas and unfortunately had removed the voltage safety of the product so I didn't want to plug it in and have a melt down! I bought this Black Pearl because it specifically said 220 volt, well that's about the only thing it has going for it. It works marginally, it's build quality is low, made of cheap plastic with low quality plates that aren't set properly and there is no heat setting. Finally, it looks converted to 220 that's how cheap it looks. So you are still wondering, well how does it function? My hair has but a few loose curls, that end up looking like loose, long waves. Tsk, tsk, it did little to nothing for my hair, which needs only a little heat and effort to go straight or curl the ends. For the price you should expect a better quality item with at least a high/low heat setting that actually affects your hair.
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