--- description: Find out why Dyson Corrale is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: Dyson Corrale: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb839f4fb58c99f97/698a143109208f4cfa4175b9/best-inventions-of-2020-Corrale-8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # A Gentler Straightener Dyson Corrale by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Jessica Pettway for TIME; Prop styling by Stephanie L. Yeh Most hair-straightening irons work by clamping hair between two burning-hot plates and pressing it into ­submission—often causing irreparable damage to the strands. Leave it to [Dyson](https://www.dyson.com/en "undefined") to create a solution as functional as it is elegant. The Corrale ($499.99 at Dyson.com) uses flexing plates that move with the hair as it straightens, styling more quickly with less heat. “We discovered that if the plates could conform to the precise profile of the tress, then with each pass we could apply the correct tension to all the hair strands,” says Sir James Dyson, the company’s founder. Moreover, a sensor system regulates the temperature of the plates 100 times a second, so there’s never undue heat. _—Cady Lang_ **Buy now:** [Dyson Corrale](https://www.dyson.com/hair-care/dyson-corrale-straightener/dyson-corrale-straightener-overview#corrale-choose-your-color "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911329/dyson-corrale/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911329/dyson-corrale/"},"headline":"A Gentler Straightener","datePublished":"2020-11-19T13:55:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:46:38.539Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911329/dyson-corrale/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb839f4fb58c99f97/698a143109208f4cfa4175b9/best-inventions-of-2020-Corrale-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb839f4fb58c99f97/698a143109208f4cfa4175b9/best-inventions-of-2020-Corrale-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911329/dyson-corrale/","name":"A Gentler Straightener"}}]}] ```