Conair CHV14JXR Extreme Heat Jumbo and Super Jumbo Rollers
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Customer Reviews of Conair CHV14JXR Extreme Heat Jumbo and Super Jumbo Rollers
Customer Review: Too humid for naturally wavy hair
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm generally too lazy to write reviews, so my actually writing one will hopefully hold some significance. I've had this set for 2 years now and I believe that to be a fair amount of time to actually judge the working of this set of curlers.
My set has not quit working like some of the other comments here. I have experienced the "crimp" in the curl where the curler is heated. I think this is probably one of the detriments of this particular set and one of the main reasons that the old school 1985 set I used for 25 years had a heated core in the center.
My main difficulty with these rollers is that after leaving them on my head for 10+ minutes, my head overheats. The curls look great for about 45 minutes, but, as the day wears on, the curls become limp and lifeless and you are able to see the crimps from the rods and the area where the curlers sat to heat tends to become heavy and even oily. In other words, the humidity that these curlers produce can actually make my wavy hair frizzy as I go through the day. This is NOT something that I needed from my set. As I'm growing my hair out, I am on the lookout for a new set. Alas. I thought this was the one.
Customer Review: Clips are just too awkward
Summary: 2 Stars
When I bought these curlers I was a little concerned. I grew up using electic rollers and the slim metal pins to hold the curler. And boy oh boy, did I master those clips. But I noticed that NONE of the new curler sets had the pins but new type of clips. I have extremely thick and curly hair and tend to set my hair in specific direction to maximize control and style.
I was very disappointed that the new fangled "clips" would only work correctly in a certain direction other wise the curler would drop due to gravity. They held floppy in my hair and I have to be careful not to move too much once they are in. In some cases the clip left a "dent" in my hair. Although I am getting better putting those clips in, it is not uncommon for it to go flying across the room. I miss my old rollers.
I am sure the manufactor created this clips to avoid other issues, but it just does not hold the curler to my head and my hair ends up frizzy within an hour.
I will look for some new fangled larger clips that they sell seperately to see if this solves my issue. If not, I will be scouring the internet looking for those old curlers with the metal pin.
Customer Review: So frustrating... from a 1st time curler user
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought these curlers even though I had never used curlers before. I had grand visions of beautiful, smooth curls on my blonde head. It seemed like these curlers would do the trick.
My hair and head is still hot from using these and I'm dissappointed. First of all, these curlers are smooth-- which it occurs to me only now that perhaps a curler with "teeth" might be better. Putting these things in my hair was terribly frustrating. The clips don't hold them tightly and they flop around (perhaps a jawed clip would work better?). There aren't enough curlers in this set to do my entire head; so there are two rounds of fun.
Perhaps I'm this frustrated with them because I have never used curlers before. But, based on my experience I can't see why anyone would use them anyway. My medium length, fluffy but not unmanageable hair turned out looking like an explosion. I'm glad I tried this on my day off-- but then again, I'm not because now I'm frustrated on my day off.
Anyway, maybe they are wonderful, I don't know. Maybe I'm just awful with curlers and unpatient. Buy them or don't. I guess you never know until you try-- well, I tried and I don't like.
Customer Review: Great if you want straight hair!!
Summary: 1 Stars
These are without a doubt the worst hot rollers I have ever owned/used. The first time I used them my hair came out with no curl. I reheated the curlers and put them in again. Still no curl. There was a SLIGHT hint of wave but that was gone in no time. I thought maybe I put too much hair on each roller, so I tried it again a few days later. I put a very small amount of hair on each roller, which meant that I had to section off my hair into three parts and curl one at a time and reheat rollers in between. After 40 minutes... No curl!! Only a SLIGHT hint of wave, which was gone in no time. I have used hot rollers for over 15 years now, so I know that it was not user error. I was very disappointed! I say was, because I have returned the product.
I purchased the ConairPro Pro Clips to hold the rollers because I have never liked using the wire clips. I've used the ConairPro Pro Clips with 2 other types of hot rollers and they worked great, so I know that has nothing to do with the poor performance of this product.
I do recommend the ConairPro Pro Clips, but highly discourage anyone to purchase these rollers!
Customer Review: Melted!
Summary: 3 Stars
This is my 4th set of these rollers. They are the perfect size and the velvet covering keeps your air smooth with no frizz. The con in my opinion is this:
I have to replace them about every year and a half but for the price I guess it's not too bad of an investment. They get way too hot sometimes. The top of all of the sets I've had have eventually warped from the heat. I do not leave these on for an extended period of time. I plug them in while blow drying my hair, use them, then I unplug the set and put it away. The last set I had got so hot and overheated that the top melted and the plastic part of the curlers literally liquified. I couldn't believe it! I pulled a curler out of the set and the bottom of it pulled away like melted chocolate. Then a few of the other rollers melted in the set. I quickly unplugged it. Needless to say those got thrown out. I probably should've called Conair to tell them. Instead I went and bought another set. They are really good but don't leave them "unsupervised". I have not had a problem at all with this new set. I've tried others but until I find something better I'll keep buying this one.