That Tangle-Teaser looks interesting. I have extremely thick (dense- individual hairs are fine) wavy hair that goes down to about 5 inches past my waist. I find that brushing it out each night on the trail is essential- aside from keeping out the tangles it dries the sweat and keeps hair cleaner. I had been using one of those Walmart pop out brushes, and they work ok- but they do tend to collapse back in on themselves as you use them if you have a lot of hair.