I have a Remington Wet 2 Straight and have never used it on soaking wet hair -I'll shower and towel dry, maybe do my makeup and then flat-iron when my hair is damp-ish. My hair is pretty curly and it gets fairly straight with the Remington. I also have a Jilbere de Paris from Sally's, and that gets my hair straighter than the Remington, but like I said, the Remington does a pretty darn good job, plus it's more convenient and half the price of the Jilbere.