I just got a CHI nano and I LOVE it. It gets SUPER hot and my hair (AA-mulatto) was very straight. Definitely an investment because they're a little pricey.

http://www.chiretail.com/tools/irons/nanodigiflat.html

Question for the Chi girls...how much damage does the Chi Flat Iron do to your hair? That is what scares me.

I've got a Solia
 

I have a tourmaline one I got online (www.folica.com) and just love it. The metal ones kill your hair, while the ceramic or newer materials aren't that bad. I use a little extra conditioner every other day, but for the most part the flat iron isn't the problem :).

It's ceramic so it's not supposed to be damaging. I have very curly, dry, coarse hair that gets bleached and dyed often, and the Chi makes my hair incredibly silky smooth.

I have a T3 Tourmaline wet/dry iron and I love it.

I just bought a pink chi flattening iron. I love it! So far I've only been able to straighten my hair with it, although it's supposed to be good for curling as well.

I don't know how much damage (yet!) it does to my hair because of all the color/highlihghting I have done to it.

I'm on my third one and really don't like it. The second one broke within 2 weeks. Luckily, it came with a 7 year warranty.

I like my $25 Revlon better, but I'm afraid to turn up the heat all of the way. My hair has so many processes, in addition to being dry and curly, that I'm afraid it will break. Bad chemical burns from the relaxer two weeks ago.

I haven't noticed any damage from my chi. But I have pretty thin hair. I love that it heats up so freaking fast.

Really? I can't imagine what my life was like before I had this thing, I'm that dependent on it.

I have naturally curly hair which is semi-dry and relatively thin; several friends have mentioned that they thought a flat iron would work nice on my hair. I'm thinking of getting a flat iron - what kind of styling product do people normally use with one?

.....Kelly :)

If your hair is dry, you definitely need to use a heat protective spray with a flat iron.

I'm a walking talking Chi advertisement. I use Chi Silk Infusion mixed with Chi Straight Guard and run that through my hair. I blowdry it till it's dry, trying to straighten it as much as possible with my hands and brush. Then I flat iron. When I'm done I either use Chi Shine Infusion to make it silky and tame fly aways, or when I want texture I use Chi Pliable Polish.

When I do my hair curly, I use a mousse with a strong hold and comb throw my hair. Then I mix Silk Infusion and Straight Guard together and scrunch that through my hair. It gives me a nice glossy shine. To get extra glossy girls, I scrunch Pliable Polish in.

Biosilk products work very well also and are by the same company as Chi.

I should also add that my stylist (cousin) uses Chi hair coloring on me. Today she tried the new Chi bleach which smells good (unlike that eye watering bleach smell) and pulled the black dye out of my hair very well. I'm Chi'd out!

i also use a chi-pink just like icelandelf's . it was recommended to me by my hair stylist who also uses the chi on the job.

Ok! So I decided to combine the recommendations here and bought a $30 Revlon ceramic iron. Since I've never used one before and didn't know how it would work for me, I didn't want to buy a $100 iron just yet. I also picked-up a bottle of CHI iron guard.

So far, I've used it twice and it seems to do ok so far. The iron made my hair a little sleeker, softer and shiner when compared to air drying or blow drying. The trade-off is that I lose some volume, which is to be expected with straight hair.

As someone with naturally curly hair, it's a nice change of pace to have straighter hair. Of course, I would embrace my curly hair if I could just figure out a way to get it to not frizz so much without having to put tons of product in it! LOL

Thanks everyone for the help!

.....Kelly :)