3 Greatest Thermal Brush, Examined and Reviewed by WIRED (2025)

Sutra’s Infrared Thermal Styling Brush has a design just like our high choose, the Wavytalk, however as an alternative of getting two buttons, there is a single energy button you could maintain all the way down to activate and off, or faucet to toggle between the 5 warmth settings. The button is straightforward to faucet when you’re utilizing it, but it surely will not change the warmth settings straight away, so it isn’t the worst factor if you end up unintentionally urgent it. It reaches the very best warmth stage of the thermal brushes I’ve examined, making it a good selection for unruly hair that wants increased warmth to corral it.

It does a very good job smoothing my frizzy, curly hair after I air dry it, or reviving my DIY blowout the day after I exploit a blow-dry brush. I would like higher controls, but it surely’s labored nicely for me for months. I’ve the 43-millimeter choice (which is about 1.7 inches), which has been a pleasant oval measurement for a basic blowout look, however Sutra additionally has a smaller, rounded 32-mm brush ($110) if that is extra your model.