# ghd Max Wide Plate Hair Straightener

Source: https://www.ranked10.co.uk/home/best-hair-straighteners/ghd-max-wide-plate
Ranked #6 in "Best Hair Straighteners 2026: 10 Ranked, and the Numbers That Don't Add Up": https://www.ranked10.co.uk/home/best-hair-straighteners

- Price: £156.00 (checked on Amazon UK on 2026-09-15)
- Amazon rating: 4.5 from 433 ratings
- Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CCW925FV?tag=ranked10-21

The ghd Max Wide Plate is the sixth product in this guide: a corded ghd straightener at £156.00, rated 4.5 out of 5 from 433 ratings, and built around plates the listing describes as 70% larger than the brand's regular size. It sits between the other two ghd models here on price, and at exactly the same headline temperature as both of them. The specification table gives it a maximum temperature setting of 185°C — the same figure the £111 ghd Original and the £186 ghd Platinum+ carry — so the £45 step up from the cheapest ghd buys plate width and a 30-second heat-up rather than more heat. That is the pattern this guide keeps finding: the £29.99 BaByliss in the same list reaches 235°C.

Two things in the listing are worth flagging before you buy. The plate claim — "70 percent larger plates... to style hair in half the time" — carries asterisk markers in the bullet points with no matching footnote anywhere in the specification data we captured, and the shine figure ("80 percent more shine") is marked with a dagger and likewise has no footnote text attached. The warranty appears only inside a bullet point, as "2 year ghd manufacturer's", with no warranty field in the specs table at all. The item weight is listed as 770 g, which reads more like a boxed shipping weight than the weight of the tool in the hand. The rating breakdown also arrives as percentages — 79 five-star against 5 one-star, adding to 100 — rather than as counts out of the 433 ratings stated on the page. Everything here comes from the Amazon listing as it was captured, not from testing we carried out ourselves.

## Specification

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | £156.00 |
| Rating | 4.5 out of 5 from 433 ratings |
| Maximum temperature | 185°C |
| Plate size claim | 70% larger than ghd's regular plates (footnote marker, no footnote text in specs) |
| Heat-up time | 30 seconds |
| Item weight | 770 g (as listed) |
| Warranty | 2 year ghd manufacturer's (stated in a bullet point, not a spec field) |
| Best Sellers Rank | 22 in Hair Straighteners |

## Questions people ask

**What maximum temperature does the ghd Max Wide Plate reach?**

The specification table lists a maximum temperature setting of 185°C. The bullet points describe the dual-zone technology as giving "sleek and smooth results with no extreme heat".

**How does the ghd Max compare with the other ghd models in this guide on heat?**

All three ghds listed in this guide show 185°C as the maximum in their specifications — the ghd Max at £156.00, the ghd Original at £111 and the ghd Platinum+ at £186. What separates the ghd Max is plate width, not temperature.

**What warranty comes with the ghd Max Wide Plate?**

The bullet points state a "2 year ghd manufacturer's" warranty. The specification table itself has no warranty field, so the two-year figure appears only in the marketing copy for this listing.

**How heavy is the ghd Max Wide Plate?**

The specification table gives an item weight of 770 g. No separate weight for the tool alone is listed, so it is not clear whether that figure includes the packaging.

**Is the ghd Max Wide Plate suitable for thick hair?**

The product name and bullet points target "long, thick or curly hair", and the specification lists hair type as thick, curly and wavy, with resulting hair type as curly and straight. The wider plates are described as styling hair in half the time.

**Does the listing back up the 70% larger plate and 80% more shine figures?**

Both figures appear in the bullet points with footnote markers — an asterisk on the plate size and the timing claim, a dagger on the shine claim — but no matching footnote text appears in the specification data captured from the listing.