Customer Reviews

Hot Tools HT1357 5 Professional Supersize Flocked Rollers with Cool Touch Ends, 1 3/4 Inches

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

I purchased this travel setter because the Conair setter (which works amazingly well) takes up too much room when packing. The Helen of Troy set was a huge disappointment. First of all the top doesn't fit securely. Next, the clips don't hold tightly so you end up with those little crease lines in your hair (not attractive). Third, the rollers are extremely hard to handle when heated--the edges are extremely hot (never had that issue with the Conair set). I was so frustrated when trying to use this product on a recent vacation that I literally left it in the hotel room rather than bother carrying it home.

Turning frizzy hair into sleek, nearly-straight waves requires really BIG hot rollers. This set has five extra-large rollers, the largest I've ever found, and no useless smaller ones. (Don't buy two sets. Buy one set and order extra rollers with the enclosed order form.)

It really works, if you can put up with some inconveniences:

Wear gloves when handling the heated rollers. The cool tip is too small, and the plastic edges are too hot to handle.

The clamps leave a horizontal "dent" in the curl. Fix it with a hair dryer and styling brush after removing the rollers.

For travel or storage, find a large rubber band to secure the lid. It does not snap into place.

Heed the warning and keep out of reach of children. The heating plate is exposed and the curlers are *very* hot.

If you cannot tolerate the inconveniences, consider Conair's "Big Curl", with slightly smaller rollers--and a loopy curl--but superior product design.

For the smoothest waves, get this set.

Turning frizzy hair into sleek, nearly-straight waves requires really BIG hot rollers. This set has five extra-large rollers, the largest I've ever found, and no useless smaller ones. (Don't buy two sets. Buy one set and order extra rollers with the enclosed order form.)

It really works, if you can put up with some inconveniences:

Wear gloves when handling the heated rollers. The cool tip is too small, and the plastic edges are too hot to handle.

The clamps leave a horizontal "dent" in the curl. Fix it with a hair dryer and styling brush after removing the rollers.

For travel or storage, find a large rubber band to secure the lid. It does not snap into place.

Heed the warning and keep out of reach of children. The heating plate is exposed and the curlers are *very* hot.

If you cannot tolerate the inconveniences, consider Conair's "Big Curl", with slightly smaller rollers--and a loopy curl--but superior product design.

For the smoothest waves, get this set.

I wanted some big travel curlers that would fit well in a suitcase. These seemed to be a good choice. I should have taken the reviews more seriously of another brand of this type of hot setter complaining that these are too piping hot on the ends to handle. One reviewer said they were okay if you wore gloves. Yes, it is ridiculous. One said they left them in the hotel room on purpose. I can see why. I tested them at home before I left for a trip, thank goodness, as they were impossible to work with. The ends are piping hot. I do not know how they can sell these with this problem. Nice size curlers but too impossible to handle.
I will stick with my Conair 5 roller travel setter that is a bit harder to pack for sure but wonderful sized rollers and easy to use.
Too bad they cannot come up with a soft sided travel version of the Conair hot roller set.

The Helen of Troy Hot Setter burned my fingers and only caused me much frustration. The top of the container doesn't fit securely and the curlers fall off the spindle holder very easily. The clips don't have a place to be stored so where's the travel convenience in that? I would have to create a container just for these curlers and clips while traveling or search for them all rumpled around in my suitcase. I only used it once and returned it.

These work out just fine for me. They are quite large, which is exactly what I need. I found them very easy to handle when hot. Very impressed!

These rollers replace the Revlon Radiance travel rollers. Pro: it packs flatter than the Revlon Radiance did.
Con: takes dam near forever to heat up (15 minutes & not a second less). When you're trying to get ready to go out, those extra 12 minutes are virtually unbearable. The reason it takes longer is that the heating elements just touch the bottoms of the rollers, unlike the Revlon Radiance who's heating elements went up through the center of the rollers. The stumpy heating elements are the cause of another problem, & that's keeping the rollers in place on the heater. They tend to be a bit wobbly.
Other than that, it does what it needs to do.

I am EXTREMELY dissatisfied with this hot curler set and have returned it. It is very poorly designed: the curlers don't fit well the heating pegs, but rattle and fall off if even slightly bumped; the lid doesn't stay on; the clips are hard to get onto the curlers; the directions say to preheat for 15 minutes, then leave the curlers in for 15-30 minutes (which defeats the purpose of using hot curlers in the first place!); the "cool touch" ends are neither cool enough to touch nor easy to handle; the curler clips left bumps in my hair that lasted longer than the curl; the cord wraps around the base but doesn't fasten, so it keeps coming unwrapped if you move it. Forget it!

I bought this item in a drug store without reviewing it first. I thought it was only me having a major problem with these rollers, but I agree 100% with all the one star reviews. The rollers do not sit firmly on the hot pegs and flop around, the flimsy plastic top does not seal or snap shut on the base so it serves no purpose, the small plastic clips do not hold the roller and the rollers fall right off your head, and the ends of the roller aren't heat resistant and you really burn your fingers! I had to keep the unit closed with thick rubber bands, and I had to find a small case to put all the clips in. Very dissapointing and frustrating.
All I can think is that monkeys made this product - do not waste your money on this one. Zero Stars.

While these are the biggest rollers I could find, I'm not thrilled with them. The rollers don't sit securely on the heating element. If the side of the roller touches the heating element, it melts. Also, it doesn't have a cool place to grip so either you are holding the flocking or you are burning your fingers on the plastic part of the roller. That said, the rollers do give a nice curl to the hair which holds all day.