I purchased this Chi for my daughter having owned my own Chi for eight years. This new version is a sorry replica of the original. It is half the weight of the older version making it more challenging to vary pressure while running the length of the hair. The construction is also poor with gaps between the cermamic plates and wand which catch and break hair. It feels like a knock-off and, considering the price of the new one was half of the old, that may be the case.