Burns my hair

Okay so I don't know how big chi is around everywhere else but it's huge here in the south. I guess because it's so humid everyone just assumes we all have frizzy hair because of the humidity but I think it's the straighteners. We all use chis!!! And my chi that I spent $100 burns the heck out of my hair. And doesn't straighten it. I have extremely thick hair, and it doesn't like the chi at all.

I spent $200 on a flat iron that was promised to be the best thing out there with adjustable temperatures and great quality, It stopped working the day of my wedding which was only a few months after buying it, the salon wouldn't exchange it and I got the same results as I did with my friends $50 flat iron.

As much as I wanted to love the Chi 1" Ceramic Flat Iron, I just couldn't bring myself to write a positive review for it. My hair is naturally straight, however, it does get frizzy and the flat iron is my best friend whenever I style my hair. I also wanted to try curling my hair with this flat iron since the edges are rounded, therefore, I figured it could serve the dual purpose. Here is why I can't bring myself to using this flat iron:
First of all, there is no dial or knob to adjust the temperature of the iron. Instead, there is only an on/off switch, making it very easy for it to burn your hair to a crisp. In fact, this is exactly what it did to my hair. Regardless of having used a heat protectant prior to straightening my hair, and making sure not to spend to much time on one particular strand of hair, my tresses felt like straw after just one use. In terms of straightening, it was effective in giving me the straightest hair ever, but the end result of dry, crispy hair was not worth it. I wouldn't want to know what my hair would look like if I had continued to use it time and time again.

In terms of curling my hair with this iron, I did find that it produced an excellent curl, but at the expense of my poor fingers. The barrel becomes so hot it is almost unbearable to touch, let alone hold the iron properly so that you can actually curl your hair. I had to stop after I had completed only half my hair.

I know many people have hyped this flat iron to the max, but it's just not for me. If they would have put a temperature dial and a protective barrier at the tip in order to hold it safely, then this would have been an excellent hair tool.