No Time To Dry
How much power does your old hair dryer have? Probably somewhere around 1500 watts. That’s pretty average. And average works, right? Like, there’s a reason most hair dryer companies make their hair dryers that way: because it’s the base level wattage you need to get the job done.
Not too exciting when you put it that way, right? But that’s what you get when you get an average hair-dryer: not too much excitement.
So it’s a good thing this Vivitar Turbo Blast Professional Hair Dryer isn’t average. Rather than 1500, it boasts 2000 watts. How does that affect your hair? Does the heat affect the chemistry of your body’s natural oils, thus changing the overall fundamental shape of your do, leaving you unrecognizable?
Lol, nah. It just means it gets hotter faster, and can thus deliver speedier, more efficient results.
At least, that’s according to Kerrie Urban and Hansen Liu, two professional stylists interviewed by Stephanie Saltzman for her article on Allure, Expert Tips for a Better (Faster) Blowout: How to Pick the Right Hair-Dryer.
In it, Urban and Liu list the features they look for in a hair dryer, and their praise of higher wattage isn’t the only thing worth highlighting. They also talk about how ionic dryers (like this one) make a real difference:
“The idea is that negatively charged ions help evaporate the water from the hair as you’re drying, so the dryer doesn’t need to be scalding hot. By using less heat, you’re also preventing damage,” explains Urban.
What that means in layman’s terms: ionic dryers dry your hair faster without leaving it looking too toasted.
But do they recommend this model specifically? No. They don’t mention it at all, actually. What they do recommend is a number of other dryers that are high-wattage (like this one) and ionic (like this one) that range from $79 to $250 (i.e. 4 and 14 times more expensive than this one).
So, you know, the choice is yours…
