I don't know how they manage to get their hair into a small opening that's facing their hair and actually have the thing take hold of the hair. After maybe a total of 20 minutes I gave up completely. I was terrified I would either burn my hair off or it would get so tangled in the machine I couldn't get it out and have to cut my hair out of it! Luckily that didn't happen but I did have to lose a bunch of hairs in the process. Every single time my hair got immediately tangled up inside the curler.

I continued to try and experimented with various temperature settings and the longer hold time which is 19 seconds. I would have done better with my old curling iron or plastic rollers. When I released the hair it was very hot with barely any curl at all. After about 6 tries to get hair in I finally did it, had it set on medium heat for 15 seconds, and although I could actually smell my hair burning I waited the whole 15 seconds. Trying to do this while looking into a mirror really threw me off. And trying to get that hair into the curler was near to impossible! The curler has to be held with a specific side to your head, the same side with the small cutout where you put your hair in. But trying to grab 1/2' to 3/4' wide of hair is difficult. It heated up very quickly which was good. I was wrong about everything! The CHI is very awkward to hold, very heavy and too wide of a handle. I really thought it would be easy and quick to get long bouncy beach waves. Either get some life back in my hair with curls or cut it short. I'd watched so many women use this and read the directions, I couldn't wait to use it. After reading umpteen reviews and watching umpteen YouTube videos on every automatic hair curler on the market, I finally decided to the CHI and got an excellent deal on eBay. I spent months trying to decide which automatic hair curler I was going to buy.

Chi spin and curl