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Three styling tools, and a heat mat in the box with the straightener
BaByliss appears three times on this site: a straightener, a four-in-one hot air brush and a curling tong. All three are heated tools, and the family characteristic is the temperature range.
A wide spread between the two ends. The C325E tong starts at 230 °F — 110 °C, as BaByliss states it; the ST393E straightener runs to 455 °F, above the 446 °F of the two Remingtons, and the ghd publishes no temperature at all. A tool cannot go below its lowest setting or above its highest, and those are the two figures that decide what it can be used on.
A heat mat is included with the ST393E. It decides whether a hot tool can be put down: storing heated tools covers the rest.
Three barrel diameters on one air brush. The AS122E carries 38, 25 and 20 mm brushes plus a smoothing head, which covers short hair as well as long.
Warranties are stated. Five years on the straightener, three on the air brush — commitments rather than claims.
One thing consistently missing. BaByliss publishes no plate width on the straightener and does not say whether the air brush heads rotate — a specification the Remington and Rowenta brushes both give. Those fields are empty on our pages rather than assumed.
And none of the three is listed on amazon.com. All three buttons here run a search on the American store, and each page says so rather than leaving the button to find out.
1200 W · 4 attachments · 38/25/20 mm brushes + smoothing head · 3 heats
A four-in-one hot air brush: a 38 mm (1.50 in) thermal brush for volume, 25 mm (0.98 in) firm-bristle and 20 mm (0.79 in) soft-bristle brushes for shorter styles, and a smoothing attachment, on 1200 watts with three heat settings and a cool shot.
Best for: Short and mid-length hair, where 20 and 25 mm (0.98 in) barrels do work that a 50 mm (1.97 in) cannot.
25 mm (0.98 in) barrel · 10 settings, 110–180 °C (230 to 356 °F) · integrated stand · auto shut-off
A 25 mm (0.98 in) curling tong with a Sublim' Touch coating, ten heat settings between 230 and 356 °F (110–180 °C), an integrated stand, an insulated tip and a swivel cord. It is not listed on amazon.com.
Best for: A first curling tong, on hair where the lowest settings are the ones that will be used.
6 settings, 140–235 °C (284 to 455 °F) · 30 s heat-up · titanium-ceramic · heat mat
Six temperature settings from 140 to 235 °C (284 to 455 °F) on titanium-ceramic plates, thirty seconds to heat, an anti-frizz ionic function, a heat protection mat in the box and a stated five-year warranty.
Best for: Fine or colored hair, where a setting below 150 °C (302 °F) is the one you want to have available.
