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Best Hair Straighteners UK by Performance & Value for Money

Hair Straighteners Likely Cheaper Here...Which are the best hair straighteners in the UK right now? We decided to ask the people who might know the answer: People who’ve owned and used their straighteners for at least 6 weeks or more.

The top 10 we came up with are the hair straightening irons that will quickly and easily make your hair hang straight with a glossy shine.

These essential beauty styling tools are designed to glide effortlessly through your hair. And they have precise heat settings to cope with shorter, finer hair right through to longer, thicker hair.

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Help Me Choose - Our Best Hair Straighteners for Your Money

We say you don’t want a cheap hair straightener, what you want is the best hair straightener at the cheapest price.

Here are the 7 hair straightening irons, most highly rated by their users. The H2D wide hair straightener is a salon professional styling tool and equally good for use at home.

If you are after a bargain check out the Remington S3500 or TRESemme 2066U straighteners.

User nominated recommendations    H2D wide   Remington S3500   GHD Gold Mini   TRESemme 2066U     

 BaByliss 2098BU   Remington S8500   GHD MkIV Salon Styler Wide    

Rank   The Best Hair Straighteners  Overall Users’ Satisfaction rating  Expect to pay around  Ceramic  Plates  Ionic  Embedded shine  Precise heat Help me choose 
1  H2D Hair Straighteners Wide 

9.82/10

£55

Y

Wider

Y

#

Y

Best Buy 
2  Remington S3500 

9.65/10

£20

Y

Longer

# 

# 

Y

Best Buy
3  GHD Mini Styler Gold 

9.42/10

£99

Y

Standard

# 

# 

# 

# 
4  TRESemme 2066U 

9.35/10

£25

Y

Wider

# 

# 

Y

Best Buy
5  BaByliss 2098BU Elegance 

9.27/10

£40

Y

Longer

Y

#

Y

# 
6  Remington S8500 Shine Therapy 

9.17/10

£40

Y

Standard

# 

Y

Y

# 
7  GHD IV Salon Styler Wide 

9.05/10

£90

Y

Wider

Y

#

Y

# 

Each of these models has the precise heat settings to cope with different lengths and textures of hair.

Each model has ceramic heating. That means a constant heat across the hair ironing plate. That is very important if you are trying to straighten long hair and avoid ironing in a crimp or wave.

You’ll also see that some of these hair straightening irons have ionic technology. That means, if you have fine hair, they can help counter frizzy or fly away hair.

And some of the top rated straighteners also have wider plates. That’s really useful if you have thicker or long hair. It helps you quickly and precisely iron along a tress of hair, locking in straightness and shine.

 

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Best Buy Straighteners – The Top Rated Hair Straighteners & What to Look for

Its precise heat settings and slippery hair irons that make top rated hair straighteners effective. We found 3,000 straightener owners who had used their hair styling irons for 6 or more weeks.

We asked them to rate their Straightener out of 10 for performance (the power to fix a straight tress and leave hair healthy and shiny), ease of use and overall value for money.

Here are the results for the best buys for hair straightening irons arranged by Overall Users’ Satisfaction Rating:

 

    H2D wide   Remington S3500   GHD Gold Mini   TRESemme 2066U   BaByliss 2098BU

 Remington S8500   GHD MkIV Salon Styler Wide   Remington S6500   Remington S9950    GHD MkIV Styler

 

Top 10 Hair Straighteners

Model  Rank  Expect to pay around*  Overall Users’ Satisfaction Rating**  Wider hair irons  Ionic  Help me choose 
H2D Hair Straighteners Wide 

1

£55

9.82/10

Y

Y

Best Buy
Remington S3500 

2

£21

9.65/10

# 

# 

Best Buy
GHD Mini Styler Gold

3

£99

9.42/10

# 

# 

# 
TRESemme 2066U 

4

£25

9.35/10

Y

# 

Best Buy
BaByliss 2098BU Elegance 

5

£40

9.27/10

#

Y

# 
Remington S8500 Shine Therapy 

6

£40

9.17/10

# 

# 

# 
GHD IV Salon Styler Wide

7

£90

9.05/10

Y

Y

 # 
Remington S6500 Sleek & Curl 

8

£30

8.95/10

 #  #  # 
Remington S9950 Shine Therapy 

9

£35

8.90/10

 #  #  # 
GHD Mk IV Styler 

10

£80

8.86/10

 #  # # 

*Price at time of publication – could be cheaper now! Check our cheap hair straighteners page now.
**Overall Users’ Satisfaction Rating for effective straightening or styling, ease of use and value for money.

 

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Best Buy Hair Straighteners – for Fine or Thick Hair (& everything between)

If you have fine hair you may find a lighter touch heat setting effective. On the other hand if you have long hair – especially long, thick hair you will benefit from higher heat settings (and wider hair ironing plates).

User nominated recommendations    H2D wide   Remington S3500      TRESemme 2066U   BaByliss 2098BU  

Remington S8500   GHD MkIV Salon Styler Wide

Top hair irons with both Precise Heat Settings AND Wider Plates

The Best Hair Straighteners  Overall Users’ Satisfaction rating  Expect to pay around  Ceramic  Plates  Anti-frizz Ionic  Embedded shine  Precise heat Help me choose 
H2D Hair Straighteners Wide 

9.82/10

£55

Y

Wider

Y

# 

Y

Best Buy
Remington S3500 

9.65/10

£20

Y

Longer

# 

# 

Y

Best Buy
TRESemme 2066U 

9.35/10

£25

Y

Wider

# 

# 

Y

Best Buy
BaByliss 2098BU Elegance 

9.27/10

£40

Y

Longer

Y

#

Y

# 
Remington S8500 Shine Therapy 

9.17/10

£40

Y

Standard

# 

Y

Y

# 
GHD IV Salon Styler Wide 

9.05/10

£90

Y

Wider

Y

#

Y

# 

Heat settings on the best hair straighteners vary from around 150*C up to around 230*C. Hair can withstand these temperatures (and dry with a healthy shine) because straighteners are meant to be used with deliberate, smooth strokes along a tress of hair.

Best temperature settings by hair texture

Coloured/Damaged hair  c150*C
 
Wavy hair   160*C
 
Curly hair   180*C
 
Thick & curly hair    200*C 

Wider hair ironing plates can benefit people with long and/or long and thick hair. The wider plate irons a bigger area of hair to quickly dry and fix the style you desire.


Best Buys for Cheapest Hair Straighteners

To conclude: the best buys for hair straighteners are:

H2D wide• Best hair straightener overall – H2D (9.82/10)

 

 

 



And the best bargains?

Remington S3500• the Remington S3500 (9.65/10) OR

 

 

 


TRESemme 2066U• TRESemme 2066U

 

 

 

 

All these hair styling irons have the sure touch of precise heat settings to deal with different hair textures from fine to thick. Their slippery hair ironing plates will easily smooth away waves and erase crinkles.

Or maybe you want to put a wave or crimp into your hair. They’ll do that, too!

The overall best buy is a tad pricey, but it is a salon professional quality straightener. The others can be found at a very reasonable price and delivers almost the same benefits.

So, there you have it - according to a poll of more than 3,000 users - our tips for the best hair straighteners in the UK right now –…


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