It was a gift and I have had it for a couple of weeks now, but it makes my hair smell like it had been in a fire and leaves it smelling burned and I Have been telling everybody how great this curling iron was and they Bought some as well because of the way that they work and there are curling irons dont leave their hair like mine though so I know its mine because Ive already tried theres it just leaves a burnt smell and its really bad