I have remington wet to straight ( so you can use it when your hair is still wet). Bought it about 9yrs ago, for about $100. I think they're still about that price.
Have fun!
I had one of them before my GHD, and honestly, they're just as good.
I think it depends on your hair too, my hair takes nothing much to straighten so i can get away with using cheaper ones, my mum has frizzier hair and i think my old GHD worked better then the cheaper one she has
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