The TYME Iron is a hair styling tool that allows you to either curl or straighten your hair by changing the position or the rotation of the irons. The heated plates are gold-plated titanium and look beautiful -  in fact, the entire iron is very attractive and appears high quality (even salon quality), but that where my praise for the TYME Iron will end.

The TYME Iron heats up to 400° Fahrenheit / 204° Celsius, but unfortunately there is no way of adjusting the temperature. This isn’t great for fine or medium hair, which should only be styled at temperatures up to 300° Fahrenheit / 148° Celsius to avoid damage, so if your hair is fine or medium, make sure you use a heat protecting spray.

The first thing I did when I removed the irons from the protective sleeve was nip the skin between my thumb and index finger as the irons sprung open…ouch! The second thing that annoyed me was the plug - with a 45mm solid plastic casing around the cable just under the plug, it wouldn’t fit into two of my wall sockets, as they are set close to the floor. In the end I had to use an extension cable: I understand that this may just be an annoying thing about my home’s mains sockets, but I have not experienced this problem before with any of my other appliances in four years of living here.

There are instructional videos that are a must-watch to try to get to grips with these irons. I found them difficult to use and failed to get a decent curl, no matter how many times I tried or the different methods I used. I had a better experience at straightening - my hair ended up straight, at least, but not without annoying little lines from where I first closed the irons before sliding them down my hair (the spring is stiff, so you need to squeeze quite hard to close them.) A friend of mine  with coarser hair had a go with them as well - she had better luck than me and managed to straighten her hair beautifully without any marks, but she struggled just as much to get it to curl.

Lastly, the iron comes with a heat-proof sleeve, which the online video claims will allow you to “unplug the iron and throw it in your suitcase or your draw at home.” Well, I unplugged it, put it in the sleeve and laid it on my lap, and after about five minutes it was so warm that I had to move it. I would be worried it would damage something in my suitcase at this temperature.

On the plus side, the TYME Iron heats up very quickly, but for my hair type (fine/thin), they simply didn’t work. I will be sticking to my old straighteners in the future. RRP £184.50

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2 out of 5

Pros

Beautiful design

Heats up quickly

Cons

Difficult to use

No temperature adjustment

Protective sleeve gets very warm after use