In preparation for this year's holiday I decided to buy some dual voltage travel straighteners. The Babyliss Pro Nano straighteners looked Ok with good online reviews and were a good price.
Can I ask any "owners" of these straighteners for some advice please.
It says that they are dual voltage but there is no button to change from 240 to 120v.
Does that mean that it changes voltage automatically and if so, are they as hot at 110v or do you get only half the heat or do they take twice as long to heat up?
I ask because I took a dual voltage hairdryer away once and it was half as powerful on 110v so it was a bit of a waste of time.
You'll probably find that they take twice as long to heat up - rather in the way that a travel kettle will take longer to boil the water at 110/20 than at 220/40 but it does get there in the end. All this dual voltage stuff really means is that using the item at the higher voltage won't burn it out in the way that using something designed for 110v at 220v otherwise would. This avoids the need to put a transformer into the appliance which would add weight and which rather defeats the object of a travel appliance.
For anybody who regularly travels to places where there is only a 110v supply the only real solution is to buy the item at their destination and then take it with them whenever they go in future.
SM
For anybody who regularly travels to places where there is only a 110v supply the only real solution is to buy the item at their destination and then take it with them whenever they go in future.
SM
Hi SM. Hope you are keeping well. 
These straighteners are to take away on a cruise where the cabin voltage is 110/120 V so I thought I would get them here. If we were going to the USA I would definitely have popped into Walmart and picked up a pair. At least then I would have been certain that they would work as they should.
These are extremely small and light. They wouldn't be suitable for doing a whole head but for a fringe and short lengths to eliminate frizz as an emergency they will do. Only £9.99 so I can't complain.
The girls can use them on their fringes in the morning here at home instead of the big GHD's.
These straighteners are to take away on a cruise where the cabin voltage is 110/120 V so I thought I would get them here. If we were going to the USA I would definitely have popped into Walmart and picked up a pair. At least then I would have been certain that they would work as they should.
These are extremely small and light. They wouldn't be suitable for doing a whole head but for a fringe and short lengths to eliminate frizz as an emergency they will do. Only £9.99 so I can't complain.
The girls can use them on their fringes in the morning here at home instead of the big GHD's.
I bought Babyliss travel straighteners a few years ago, (dont think they were exactly same make as yours) but I found them a waste of time, they did not heat up very well. I just take my usual ones now, a little bit heavier but worth it
M
M
Update... I have just come back from a Med cruise where the sea air and humidity made me look like a walking candy floss. My Babyliss straighteners worked a treat. My girls said that my hair looked the best it has ever been on holiday. They heated up quick enough and I did the whole head (chin length bob) with no problem. This is praise indeed from a household with three GHD straighteners. I don't know what I would have done without them.
Thanks for the update, had to laugh at candy floss though, but glad they worked treat 
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