i loooovee curling my hair with a straightener. it works so great with my sedu. they look fun and soft rather than like prom curls. also, you can control how tight or loose your curls are by varying how fast you pull the straightener throguh. LOOOVE IT.
but i did go through trail and error with different brands to find one i liked to both straighten and curl and flip the way i like.
idk how she did it with the chi. i had originally gotten that one and it didnt glide nicely, it kinda skipped and it FRIED my hair :
then i got the t3 mini and that was no good either, so i finally got my sedu, which is fab.