I have tried out the new barrel on my daughter's hair. It was easy to use. However each time cannot put on too much hair else it can't work nicely. It was easy to do it on their hair. I haven't do it on my own hair so not too sure if it will be easy as well. Instruction calls for 10s to hold on hot air and 10s to set on cold air. It will be 20s each small amount of hair was grab. So it will take quite an amount of time to curl. Can be quite tiring. But again to be fair, I still need some practise to see if the curls will stay for that day. Overall it's pleasant to use.