- Oh, I have a tangle. Oops.
- Well luckily your straightener is a hairbrush.
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- Today, we are going to try cheap
versus expensive straightening brushes.
- I don't straighten my hair at all
because I don't know how to.
- When it was really fashionable
in like the early 2000s, absolutely,
every day.
- I think I used to straighten my hair
a lot more when I was younger.
Now I pretty much just do it on special occasions.
- I've been straightening my hair
since I was like a teenager and I've been
using the same straightener for 11 years.
I'll straighten it for a day and then curl it the next day
so I get it like really flat on top.
- That makes sense.
You gotta smooth it before you bouje it.
- My hair is really fine so I get very paranoid
about straightening my hair 'cause I just think
they're all gonna burn off.
- I like the concept of a straightening brush
because I like the idea of just being able to
like kinda do it in one go.
- [Becky] Yeah, I mean if it works
then it's kind of a miracle.
- I'm really skeptical.
- I really want it to work.
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- This one was only 9.99 on Amazon by a brand called NASV.
- I really hope this works because it's cute
and cheap and I want to do more with my hair.
- I feel like that's optimistic.
- It looks very 1950s, it looks like a fridge.
- Yeah.
Mid century modern.
- I chose a really bad time to do this actually,
'cause I have a date tonight.
- Oh it's getting quite hot.
We just turned it on and it's already at 96 degrees.
- Nice.
- And counting. - Climbing.
I do like that it has the display.
Like my straightener is really old,
so I have no idea how hot it gets.
- Would you say your hair is common?
- For thicker hair,
- That's you.
- 210 to 230 degrees celsius.
What is it in Fahrenheit?
I didn't know I would have to do math.
- I think I'm gonna do thicker hair.
- Do you think you're thin or common hair?
- I think I'm in between.
I'm like a thin commoner.
- That's a good band name.
- Do you want me to do it for you
or do you wanna do it yourself?
- I've gotta do this myself.
- Okay. I'm gonna ask you to do it for me.
- No you're gonna have to do it yourself
'cause if it gets messed up
I don't want that karma.
- Canceling my date.
- It does heat up quite fast. - I can see, yeah.
- You shouldn't put too much hair in the straightener.
- Am I gonna burn myself?
Okay this is scary.
- I have faith that something will happen.
- Something might.
- Oh God.
Wait. Wait.
It kind of, no.
It kind of did something.
- This feels very unnatural.
Oh, it's hot.
- Oh its pretty good.
- Oh it's like magic
and I like it.
- This is very similar to the straightening effect
I get when I've tried flat irons.
- That's pretty good.
- For 10 dollars that's not a bad result.
- This is easier than a flat iron in some ways.
- Oh, for sure.
- I daringly touched it on my head
and it really doesn't burn your head off.
- Does it feel hot against your forehead?
- A little, but it's not as much
as like a curling iron would.
- That's pretty straight for ten dollars, guys.
- I'm not mad at it.
I think that's better than I normally do.
- We'll see what it does to this bad boy.
- Oh, such a beautiful curl.
- Goodnight.
- No.
- Oh my gosh.
- I think I did this wrong already.
- Wait, don't you need to turn it up?
- Oh yeah.
- Oh wait, yours is supposed to go up more.
- Oh right, yes.
- It's definitely, yeah, it's definitely
like loosening what was there,
it's not pin straight.
- I think so 'cause it is still a straightener.
Not that slow. (laughter)
- I do wish I had protectant on me.
- Oh I have a tangle, oops.
- Well luckily your straightener is a hairbrush.
- Oh, it's working a lot better than I thought it was.
- I put my finger on the back of this
to steady it and it's really hot.
- Oh no. Yeah that's like really hot.
- That's a lot.
- I don't hate it.
- I wanna do a bit of yours just for fun.
Oh yeah.
- Yeah?
- That's nice.
- I'm impressed with it for ten dollars.
I'd do that.
It's cute, I will use it.
I would use it.
- I feel like I know what this one's about.
Wanna try the other one?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Now we have this Drybar straightening brush.
- It looks fancier than the other one a little bit.
- It does look fancier,
but I still think that other one is cuter.
- I mean it definitely looks more like technological
- Yeah, there's been some R&D put into that.
- It has a matte finish which is always fancier.
- This one mercifully has the degrees in fahrenheit
which is presumably what the extra 135 dollars is for.
(laughter)
- For thick course hair,
430 degrees fahrenheit to 450 degrees fahrenheit,
like the temperature at which you roast vegetables.
- It does heat up pretty quick.
- Already winning. - Great.
- But is it winning by 135 dollars?
- I'm gonna do one fell swoop.
I feel like I need to take off my glasses.
- The LCD displays are like the same.
I thought this would be more hi-tech and fancy.
- And it would like tell you the weather
- And tell me my horoscope.
- Oh.
Okay.
I think that is better actually.
- That is better.
- It went through easier.
- Let's give it a whirl.
It's the same.
- Going closer to the root.
I do think that's better.
- I don't know if that did anything.
- Oh my god, Is the cheap one better?
- It definitely looks shinier.
- That felt easier.
- Oh, it does grasp your hair better.
I'll give it that.
- Okay, that one was pretty good.
- Not the end though, look. - Yeah
- Wibbly.
- It's got some wobbles.
It does say in the thing that
you should brush out your hair a little.
Would you like a brush?
- I have a brush!
- I'm watching with bated breath.
(laughter)
- Oh okay.
- It is okay, but I would not say it was better.
- Yeah.
- I will say it's safer because the back
isn't getting as hot - Oh really?
- And it grasps your hair better.
- Definitely looks shinier.
I wonder what that's about
- Yeah, why is it shinier?
- I feel like with the cheaper one
you'd need more products to be shiny.
- It looks nervous.
- I look nervous?
- No the straightener.
He's got a lot to live up to. (laughter)
- See I will say we have more of a wow with this one.
Wow.
- Not bad, neither of them do pin straight
like a straightener, but they do straighten it.
- I don't know, man.
I'm not sold.
- The $145 one is just a little shinier.
- I don't see a huge difference
in the giant price gaps.
- I feel like this one went through easier somehow.
- I think what we're really gonna
have to evaluate this on is burns.
- You mean the fact that this doesn't
get as hot on the back as the other one.
- I mean that would be annoying
if you melt your hand off just to straighten it.
- Yeah.
- This side is definitely duller.
Am I willing to spend 135 more
for just that extra little shine?
Maybe.
(laughter)
- Yeah, there must be one that's somewhere in the middle
because I could do with a warm hand,
just not a burned hand.
- Yeah.
- For like maybe 60 dollars.
- I would probably buy this one.
- I would not be against paying 145 dollars for this.
Yeah, no, if someone gave me the 10 dollar one
I'd be Thanks!
- Both of them do the job. - Yes.
- Just one does it a little bit better.
- Give me a warm hand and relatively straight hair.
Let's find that product.
- I'll give you a warm hand. - Oo.
(laughter)
- It is cool.
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