Customer Reviews

Revlon RV051 Perfect Heat Professional Styling Iron with Ceramic, Black, 1 Inch

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(32)

 

 

I recently purchased this curling iron at a mega-discount store while shopping for groceries. It was an impulse purchase. My usual pattern is to first check out reviews before I buy many new items. In that particular case, I am very, very glad that I did not check out the reviews first, because they would have prevented me from making this purchase! I'll never understand all the negative reviews here. Perhaps Revlon has updated this curling iron, and worked out all the bugs that reviewers are talking about.

However, my experience is that this is a great product. First of all, it heats up immediately. It has a GREAT hold on the hair, so that it does not slip out of the iron as you work with it. That is a huge bonus for me. It helped me do my hair in half the time.

If I am not doing anything special, I look for the easiest ways to do my hair without finishing up looking unkempt. With the Revlon Perfect Heat Professional Styling Iron, I was able to fluff-dry my hair (without the pulling of a styling brush) and finish off by taking several sections with the iron, letting them cool, and PRESTO -- my hair was done. I used a head band, back-combed the crown a bit and my hair fell into jumbo curls and waves without a too-poofy look.

You can't ask for better than this.

The lower heat settings were always too hot. After a couple unpleasant weeks of using this product my hair actually was singed to the point where a clump came off. This happened on the LOW setting! Needless to say i have returned this product.

This is a very poorly designed curling iron. The temperature selection dial is right underneath where your hand goes when opening and closing the iron. A very light touch of the palm causes the temperature dial to spin freely from right to left as you curl and uncurl it around your hair. I never know what temperature setting it's on by the time I'm done. No wonder other reviewers are burning their hair. Also, the cord bends downward from the base of the curling iron, causing it to hit the counter when resting and tipping off it's tiny and useless stand. Revlon clearly didn't put much thought into this product. It's very annoying considering you really don't know these drawbacks because it's sold shrink wrapped in hard plastic. Don't get this. You'll just be annoyed with it.

First: I agree with everyone about the bad design of this curling iron. The little stand prongs are useless and the temperature setting dial spins so easily you must constantly monitor the setting.

Second: This product is a dangerous safety hazard! I had just unwrapped my hair from it when a large orange fireball came out from the spring area above the on/off switch accompanied by a loud electric pop! After that, the curling iron kept working so you could electrocute yourself at a later date. (or set your hair on fire!) This product is less than zero because of the potential danger.

I threw the Revlon unit in the trash and bought a Conair 2 in 1 straightener & curling iron, which my friend recommended.

Happy New Year!

I bought the same model twice, and had the same problem twice. The 1st time I bought this curler the ON/OFF buttons sank into the handle making it impossible to use. Thinking my curler was defective, I replaced it with the same exact model. One month later... you guessed it. Same defect. Save yourself the trouble buy something else.

I've tried two of these irons (one purchased, one manufacturer's replacement) and neither has worked. My hair has always curled with another curling iron, but these two just didn't curl my hair--not on any heat setting and not after long or short waiting periods for heating, not with large or small clumps of hair. Simply put: don't waste your money!

This is my first product review ever and I am sad to say I have to write this to save others from the same fate! Reading the other reviews I concur - I have had issues with the temp as well as the tangled cord that is a mess! However, I have thick hair and I was glad to have an iron that would actually give me curls. But - this morning -as I was lifting the iron to my head I heard a LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY A BIG YELLOW FLASH. THE CORD CAME DETACHED FROM THE IRON AND I WAS LEFT WITH A CORD DANGLING FROM THE WALL and a iron with no cord in my hands! I have little guys so this was sooo scary for me. Plus - I wasn't fond of having something EXPLODE IN MY FACE. Please don't buy this for your own safety!!! BEWARE!!

Let me just say I have been using this curling iron for years. Occasionally like now I purchase another one only because after a while there is buildup from hair products on mine. This curling iron heats up in less then a minute and does the job it is made to do. It has a dial with 20 heat settings and automatic shutoff. I find it funny the last reviewer only complained when some freak of nature happened to theirs. Other then that it appeared they were happy with it too. Things happen. Its inexpensive and if you want a good curling iron this one will do the trick.

I find it hard to believe that Revlon didn't have any quality control or testing of this product. The stand is completely useless, which makes the whole item useless, because if its sitting directly on my counter, it WILL burn it. I bought this at a retailer (not at Amazon) and I am going to try to get my money back. I'm SO disappointed. As for how it curls, it really wasn't that great. The only reason I bought it was because my existing curling iron didn't have auto shut off, the curls this creates are not that great. Don't bother with this one, I wish I would have read the reviews before buying. Who would have thought an everyday appliance like a curling iron needed this much research? SO ANNOYED!!!!

I bought this for my daughter and she absolutely loves it! I bought a ConAir product for her a while back and that didn't work nearly as well as this curling iron. She complained about how the curls never held. But now, she always curls her hair. I have to remind her not to do it everyday so her hair won't be damaged. The only con about this product is how easily the settings can change without you knowing it. The pros are that it has even heating, the swivel cord, and it heats quickly. If her curling iron breaks, I will gladly buy her a new one without any hesitation.