The Best Curling Tongs in Australia

You want curls, but choosing between barrel sizes, heat settings and automatic curlers can take longer than getting ready. If you’re looking for the best curling iron for curls, we’d start with the Remington Advanced Coconut Therapy: its 32 mm clipped barrel and heat sensor suit a straightforward curling routine, backed by 4.39 out of 5 from 89 JB Hi-Fi reviews.

Want tight curls one day and loose curls the next? Choose the Remington 3 in 1 instead. All six picks below were in stock at Amazon Australia when checked.

The best curling tongs in Australia

• Best overall: Remington Advanced Coconut Therapy
• Best for different curl styles: Remington 3 in 1 Curler
• Best automatic pick for long or thick hair: TYMO CurlPro Plus
• Best for beginners wanting automatic rotation: TYMO CURLPRO
• Best for a tight budget: VS Sassoon Ceramic Hair Curler
• Best for curls and brush styling: Wavytalk 5 in 1

Product		Price
	Remington Advanced Coconut Therapy Curling Tong (CI8648AU)	from $79.00	$79.00 at Amazon
	Remington 3 in 1 Curler (CI97MS3AU)	from $59.00	$59.00 at Amazon
	TYMO CurlPro Plus Curling Iron Curling Tong Hair Curler (HC509G)	from $109.99	$109.99 at Amazon
	TYMO CURLPRO Automatic Curling Iron (HC503)	from $84.99	$84.99 at Amazon
	Vidal Sassoon VS Sassoon Ceramic Hair Curler 25mm Barrel (VS325A)	from $25.00	$25.00 at Amazon
	Wavytalk 5 in 1 Curling Wand Set (320S)	from $59.99	$59.99 at Amazon

1. Best overall: Remington Advanced Coconut Therapy

If you want one tong rather than a collection of attachments, the Remington Advanced Coconut Therapy is our first choice. Its 32 mm barrel has a clip to hold hair while you style, so you don’t have to keep wrapping it around a clipless wand.

Our take is that the heat sensor earns more attention than the coconut coating. Remington says it continuously adjusts the barrel temperature to prevent overheating. That’s a useful reason to choose it, though it shouldn’t be read as a promise that heat styling can’t damage your hair.

Its owner score comes from more reviews than the 3 in 1’s, which gives us more confidence in making it the everyday recommendation. The catch is flexibility: you’re buying a 32 mm tong. If tight, textured curls are part of your routine, the interchangeable Remington below makes more sense.

Our verdict: Buy this if you want a single clipped tong with adjustable heat and a credible owner score. Choose the 3 in 1 if changing curl styles matters more.

2. Best for different curl styles: Remington 3 in 1 Curler

Buying a tong gets awkward when you haven’t settled on one kind of curl. The Remington 3 in 1 Curler gives you three barrel choices without paying for three separate tools.

Remington describes the small tong as the choice for tighter curls and the wide tong as the choice for loose curls. That makes this a sensible starting point if you’re still working out what suits you.

The 4.8 score is encouraging, but 33 reviews is a modest sample. We’d give it the value recommendation rather than treating that score as settled proof of better results. It costs less than the Coconut Therapy while giving you more styling choices.

Where it falls short is temperature control. Three settings are less flexible than the Coconut Therapy’s five, and 160°C is the lowest stated setting. If you need a temperature below that, skip it.

Our verdict: This is the one we’d buy for variety on a sensible budget. Its three barrels justify the purchase; the small review sample keeps it in second place.

3. Best automatic pick for long or thick hair: TYMO CurlPro Plus

Long hair can make a simple styling job feel slow and awkward. The TYMO CurlPro Plus is the automatic pick we’d consider for that problem, because TYMO specifically designs its long barrel for long or thick hair.

The long barrel and automatic rotation give it a clear purpose. We’d choose it over the standard CURLPRO for the stated long-hair design, rather than paying extra for the larger ion number.

It’s included because it sells well: it was ranked number 1 in Hair Curling Tongs on Amazon Australia when we checked.

There’s also a restriction worth taking seriously: TYMO says to blow-dry hair before use and not to apply flammable products such as hairspray or styling mousse before styling. If those products are part of your usual preparation, check the instructions before deciding.

Our verdict: Choose the Plus for its long-hair design if you want automatic curling. The extra cost over the standard CURLPRO makes sense when the Plus’s stated long-hair design is what you need.

4. Best for beginners wanting automatic rotation: TYMO CURLPRO

If coordinating the wrapping and turning puts you off curling your hair, the TYMO CURLPRO offers one-click automatic rotation. It’s the cheaper of the two TYMO models here.

Our take is that automatic rotation is the reason to buy it. TYMO also says the mechanism reverses when it detects a tangle. That’s useful reassurance, but neither that claim nor the advertised 72-hour hold is a result we’d promise you.

Sales put it on this list: it was ranked number 1 in Hair Curling Wands on Amazon Australia when we checked.

Our verdict: Pick the standard CURLPRO if automatic winding is your priority and you don’t need the Plus’s stated long-hair design. We’d avoid paying for it on the strength of the curl-duration claim alone.

5. Best for a tight budget: VS Sassoon Ceramic Hair Curler

If you’re only going to curl your hair occasionally, keeping the purchase small makes sense. The VS Sassoon Ceramic Hair Curler is the cheapest pick in this guide, with temperature adjustment rather than one fixed heat setting.

Ten settings give you room to adjust the temperature, and automatic shut-off is a useful inclusion at this price. The catch is the fixed barrel size: this isn’t a set for experimenting with several different curl shapes.

Its place here comes from sales rather than an owner score. It was ranked number 3 in Hair Curling Tongs on Amazon Australia when we checked.

Our verdict: Buy this for occasional curling when keeping costs down matters most. For several curl styles, the extra spending on the Remington 3 in 1 is easier to justify.

6. Best for curls and brush styling: Wavytalk 5 in 1

Loose curls aren’t always the whole job; sometimes you also want volume or to style a fringe. The Wavytalk 5 in 1 includes a thermal brush alongside its curling attachments, which gives it a different purpose from the Remington set.

Our take is that the brush makes this worth considering. If you’ll only use the curling barrels, the Remington 3 in 1 costs slightly less and has an owner score behind it.

We included it for its sales position: it was ranked number 4 in Hair Curling Wands on Amazon Australia when we checked.

The supplied specifications also don’t give a temperature range or number of heat settings. Confirm those before buying, especially if you need a particular low setting.

Our verdict: Choose Wavytalk if you’ll use both the brush and curling attachments, after confirming the heat controls. For curls alone, we’d choose the Remington set.

Curling tongs buying guide

If you want big curls, choose the barrel for that style

Among these picks, Remington explicitly describes the 3 in 1’s 32 mm tong as suitable for loose, voluminous curls and its 19 mm tong as suitable for tight, textured curls. That gives you a useful starting point for comparing curling tong sizes.

If you’re shopping for large curling tongs or curling tongs for big curls, the 3 in 1 lets you choose the wide barrel without committing to that size for every style.

If your hair is long, check barrel length as well as width

A barrel’s diameter doesn’t tell you how much length you have to wrap hair around. For curling tongs for long hair, the CurlPro Plus has a specific stated purpose: TYMO specifies a long barrel for shoulder-length to waist-length hair, including thick hair.

Choose it for that design if automatic rotation appeals to you. Don’t assume every wide-barrel tong is also designed for long hair.

If your hair is fine, confirm the lowest heat setting

Shopping for the best curling tongs for fine hair should start with heat control. A high maximum temperature doesn’t tell you whether the lowest setting suits your routine.

The Remington 3 in 1 starts at 160°C. The VS Sassoon lists ten settings but doesn’t specify the minimum in our data, while Wavytalk doesn’t provide its heat range. Check the exact settings and instructions before buying; there isn’t enough information here to name a universal fine-hair winner.

If you only want one style, avoid paying for unused attachments

One barrel can be enough when you know what you want. An interchangeable set makes more sense if you regularly move between tight curls, waves and loose curls.

Choose the set for the attachments you’ll use, rather than the number on the box.

If safety features influence your choice, read the instructions too

Automatic shut-off, heat regulation and anti-tangle mechanisms do different jobs. None should be treated as permission to ignore the maker’s instructions.

Check operating restrictions before ordering, particularly for automatic curlers.

How we chose

These reviews are based on retailer owner ratings and review counts, maker specifications, and price and stock checks. We weigh scores against the number of ratings, features and price: the Coconut Therapy leads with more ratings behind its score, followed by the versatile, lower-priced Remington 3 in 1. Products chosen on Amazon Australia sales rank alone come afterwards, matched to distinct needs.

For the TYMO CurlPro Plus, TYMO CURLPRO, VS Sassoon Ceramic Hair Curler and Wavytalk 5 in 1, we found no independent owner rating at the retailers we check. Amazon Australia is the only retailer in our data stocking those four picks, so check the warranty and returns terms before buying them.

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