Mamamia’s Tried and Tested series is your weekly review of the latest to hit our desks in beauty, health and wellness. You won’t find any #sponsored content here, just honest, relatable and independent advice. This week, Senior Lifestyle Writer Amy Clark explains everything you need to know about the new Dyson hair straightener, including whether it’s worth your money.

We’ve got to talk about the elephant in the room. The new Dyson Corrale hair straightener.

Why? Because… it costs $700. Technically, $699. Yep, I spat out my iced latte when I first found out, too.

Seven years and hundreds of millions of dollars in the making, the brand that gave us the ever-popular Dyson vacuums and the fancy Dyson Air Wrap hair curling tool have now released an even fancier hair straightener. So fancy, they say, the Dyson Corrale promises to be the most innovative hair straightener on the block.

WATCH: Here’s a look at the Dyson Corrale hair straightener. Post continues after video.

It has a lot of buzzy claims, like ‘flexing plates’, ‘pioneering technology’, and ‘precision styling with less hair damage’. But I keep coming back to the price. Because for $700, I’d expect my hair straightener to also shave my legs, whip up a plate of pasta and predict winning lottery numbers. Not really, but what I would expect is a product that can save me a lot of time, make my life a lot easier and deliver results no other straightener can.

So, can the Dyson Corrale straightener do all of these things?

When Dyson sent me the straightener to review, I was beyond excited to check out this part-space age, part-80s looking contraption. But I’m also acutely aware of the responsibility that comes with talking about a $700 beauty product very few can afford, a responsibility I take really seriously.

So, I asked you, Mamamia’s You Beauty Facebook group and my own Instagram followers exactly what you’d want to read in a Dyson Corrale review, regardless of whether you have any intention of buying one. The most common questions were:

Keep scrolling for the answers to these questions and more (and lots and lots of photos) in my Dyson Corrale hair straightener review.

How does the Dyson hair straightener work?

Introducing, the Dyson Corrale! Image: Supplied/Amy Clark.

The first thing to know about the Dyson hair straightener is, no, it doesn't use air to straighten your hair. I'd hoped it might've, but the Corrale technology is still pretty ace.

This straightener uses 'microhinged plate technology', which means it has flexing plates that gather and hold your hair as you straighten it to make sure every strand is straightened with even heat and tension. FYI this flexing isn’t visible to the eye, so don’t expect to see the plates changing shape.

You will see a difference in how your hair glides through the plates, though. The main benefit to these flexing plates is they can straighten a section of hair perfectly in just one go. This is because the plates keep the hair together - regular straighteners splay hair outwards, forcing you to go over a section multiple times.

In other words, less straightening = faster styling time with less hair damage.

A recap of the main Dyson Corrale features.

You can tell just by looking at it the Dyson straightener isn't like other hair straighteners. Here are the main Dyson hair straightener features:

It has a little on-board computer telling you exactly how to use it. Nifty. Image: Supplied/Amy Clark.

My Dyson Corrale review - pros and cons.

I've been trialling the Dyson straightener on my long, wavy hair, freshly-washed and air dried.

To start it up, you simply turn on the 'power' button and choose your heat setting. It takes less than 30 seconds for the straightener to heat up - it makes a clear beeping sound to let you know when it's ready.

Let's talk about the pros of the Corrale:

Here's my hair washed and air dried. It's wavy and long. Image: Supplied/Amy Clark.

This is a side-by-side comparison of natural (L) versus straightened with the Dyson (R). Image: Supplied/Amy Clark.

The results are very lovely. But also expensive. Image: Supplied/Amy Clark.

OK, now for the honest cons:

The Dyson hair straightener against the best hair straighteners, on different hair types.

I wrangled three of my colleagues with different hair types into trying the Dyson straightener against other popular brands. Here's how that went.

Dyson hair straightener vs. ghd hair straightener.

This is Ellie's natural hair. Image: Supplied/Eleanor Katelaris.

Here, it's half-straightened with the Dyson (R). Image: Supplied/Amy Clark.

Here's Ellie's hair straightened with the ghd (L) versus the Dyson (R). Image: Supplied/Amy Clark.

This was her overall result! Image: Supplied/Eleanor Katelaris.

Dyson hair straightener versus True Me hair straightener.

How gorgeous is Renny's natural, curly hair??!! Image: Supplied/Renny Beazley.

First, we straightened half with the Dyson (L). Image: Supplied/Amy Clark.

Here's the Dyson (L) compared with the True Me (R). Image: Supplied/Amy Clark.