Really Philips brand is actually one of the best on the market. I'm not at all disappointed with my purchase. I am Métis so I very curly hair straightener yet it worked wonders, no iron never before had given me such a result. The packaging is not bad either since there are in addition to iron a small bag of convenient protective when we want but store the iron is hot. The plates do not yellow with time unlike other straighteners. When using iron no unpleasant odor is released from the device and it produces little steam / smoke. This straightening iron is in my opinion one of the finest and most effective on the market, it is the price it costs. Moreover it is very handy and the handling is very easy. He is also a very good curling iron when we know to go about it and I still never got burned with this iron while ca regularly happening to me with others. I highly recommend it!