SinglePass Curl Ceramic Long Barrel Curling Iron - Graphite : undecided

I just recently switched from a babyliss wand that I've had for YEARS to this so I'm still in the process of learning how to use an actual curling iron. The first time I tried, I had the heat setting on 3 and for some reason the next day my hair felt really really strange. Like very dry and I couldn't even run my fingers through it. The only thing I did different was use my new curling iron so I thought maybe I just put the heat setting too high. I was way too scared to try it again so I thought about just trying to sell it and going back to my wand. Anyways a few weeks later I finally decided to give it another chance. I kept the heat setting on 2 and I think I finally learned how to use it correctly. I haven't had any issues with my hair feeling weird again so I'm assuming I just had the heat setting on too high. I think with more practice, I'll really start to like it. Overall it seems like it's a really high quality curling iron!