The Cloud Nine Wide Iron claims to “control and style the thickest and most unruly hair types”. With the use of its extra wide ceramic plates, these irons give you the option of five different temperatures, using floating, mineral-coated ceramic plates to better protect your hair.

My first impression of the Wide Iron was that it was beautifully packaged, coming with an attractive carry case (you can throw that beautiful packaging straight in the recycling bin), the Irons themselves look and feel high quality, they are a little heavier than I would like at 500g but have a lovely long swivel cord (2.6m) that won’t keep you tethered to the wall whilst in use.

 The temperature range is 100degrees to 200degrees and it only takes about 20seconds to heat up, the plates are 9cm-4cm and minimise drag and snagging, nothing will bring a tear to your eye as quickly as ripping a fly away hair as your straighteners snag…ouch, however you just don’t get that with these Irons. I dragged over two of my favourite curly haired friends to test out the Wide Irons and against their usual irons and got two very different results.

 The first of our test subjects has fine but, as she describes it, “fizzy” hair and for her the Wide Irons worked well, she said they heated up much faster than her regular irons and provided a smooth and easy action that left her hair shiny and silky smooth. Our second test subject has thicker hair with tighter curls and the Wide Iron certainly had an effect but it didn’t manage to straighten it, we believe this is because they simply weren’t hot enough to straighten her hair. We also found that if you like to curl your hair with your straighteners then it is much harder to do this with the Wide Iron than with the Cloud Nine Original Iron. I like the Original Iron but those damn buttons are still located on the inside, so tantalisingly close to the plates I can already feel my finger-tips burning as I accidently touch them.

To sum up, if you have particularly thick curly hair these may not be the answer for you due to the maximum heat but as everyday straighteners for lots of hair types these could be a brilliant addition to your hair care collection. RRP £119

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4 out of 5

Pros

Heats up quickly- 20seconds

Carry case

Plastic guard quick and easy to use

Super-smooth, mineral-infused, ceramic Plates

Even temperatures

Long cord

Cons

Not hot enough for some hair types

Buttons located too close to plates