I own this straightener. It works well on dry or damp hair but takes a couple times for wet hair, especially curly hair. Its pretty wide so works pretty fast on dry hair. Its to wide for short bangs though. This straightener heats up very quickly and beeps when its ready. It has different settings for each type for example ten settings for dry hair ten settings for damp hair and ten settings for wet hair. The temp. is much hotter for wet hair though and i found that sometimes it comes out with static. I usually dry my hair first then straighten it. I have very curly , dry, frizzy hair and this...