Air-based straightening instead of hot plates. The Airstrait HT01 dries and straightens in a single pass using heated airflow angled at 45°, so hair goes from wet to straight without being clamped between two hot surfaces.
What that changes
- Wet to dry in one pass — no separate rough-dry step before straightening.
- 11.9 l/s of airflow at a controlled temperature, rather than a fixed plate temperature.
- Up to 2x the shine and less frizz than a plate straightener, according to the manufacturer's testing.
If you are coming from a plate straightener, the adjustment is mostly technique: you move the tool more slowly and section more finely, because the straightening happens in the airflow rather than at a contact point. Our article on why the Airstrait has no hot plates goes through the mechanics in more detail.