i would e-mail the company and tell them your promblem with your straighteners and let them know that you are disscustered with the product only lasting a year especially for what you pay for them,my sister bought apair of ghd straighteners for £90.00 and after  2  years the main cable worked loose and the straighteners were going off and on so she e-mailed them and she sent them back and they sent her a new pair.The e-mail address is info@ghd-uk.co.uk
                 Tara
                
 March 2006