My hairdryer died and while I was waiting for a new one to come from Amazon, I picked up this hairdryer at my local Target in desperation. (I don't like walking around with damp hair when it's cold outside). For the price I paid for it (a quarter of the price that the amazon reseller is charging), it was a good deal good airflow for a compact hairdryer, and the ions seem to be working, no dryness or frizzyness. It dried my hair quickly, and my hair was soft and shiny afterwards. Also, the cord retracts into the dryer quite smoothly and easily at the push of a button. I wasn't really looking for this feature, but it's nice nonetheless.
However, the sound coming from this hairdryer is incredibly loud and annoying. If I could, I would record and measure the decible level coming from this thing, and I know it would be uncomfortably high. Fortunately it's meant to be a travel hairdryer. I wouldn't use it on a daily basis in a small bathroom with the door closed, you'll probably experience hearing loss over time. I am guessing that the high, loud noise emanating from the dryer is a function of compact hairdryers as a whole. It's likely that the only way to avoid the excessive noise is to stick with regular-sized hairdryers.
So all in all, this hairdryer works well and is a decent value at the price I paid (a little more than a Hamilton). But the NOISE!
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Powerful, but way too loud high pitched sound. i'm returning it to Target.
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On high speed this dryer is so loud that it verges on being painful. In fact, I measured the sound output from 6 inches away from the blower with an SPL meter, and it peaked at 92 decibels, which is equivalent to an oboe or clarinet from 10 feet away. Anything above 85 decibels can cause hearing damage. OSHA's maximum daily exposure per day at 92 decibels is 6 hours. Granted it doesn't take that long to dry your hair in one session, but it can't be good for your hearing to be constantly exposed to this noise level.
On low speed, the dryer peaks around 80 decibels, which is below the threshold that can cause hearing damage. However, the output velocity at low speed is anemic. Additionally the temperature is lower at low speed than at high speed. It takes about 15 minutes to dry my child's medium length hair at this setting, as I won't expose my child to the excessive noise level at high speed. So this dryer is basically worthless as it is too loud to use at high speed, and it takes forever to dry hair at low speed. There are much better hair dryers out there. Avoid this one.
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I have had this hair dryer for over 5 years from back when I was in high school maybe even middle school (I've had it so long I can't remember!) and I'm still using it through grad school so this hair dryer lasts. I love how storable it is. Love the folding handle and retractable cord, it's been taken all across the US and on trips to Hawaii. It's been through alot, probably hundreds falls from the bathroom counter to the ground and it's still working. However, it did drop a couple months ago on the right spot and the button popped off to push to retract the cord but I saved it with the spring and still can put it in the hole and it still retracts! Now that I'm older I think I need to retire it and find a hair dryer with attachments to concentrate the airflow since that's what I am now looking for. If I could find one to fit this dryer I would buy it.
It dries my hair relatively fast depending on how long/short your hair is. It is loud, but it has never really bothered me. I mean your blow drying your hair, it's going to take 5 minutes and your blowing air on your head towards your ears so it's going to be loud. This thing blows a lot of air and fast so its loud it has power.
In short, this dryer is durable, a little loud for the sensitve-who maybe can't bare 5 mintues of their day to blow dry their hair, it has power, it heats up, it has a cool button, it folds, and has a retractable cord. It's a good dryer for traveling, it's compact, and it's fairly cheap. It beats the hair dryers in the hotel rooms thats for sure. I would recommend it and I stand behind the product since I've used it well over 5 years and it still works!
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Lots of noise, a little heat, no airflow.
This isn't a hair dryer, its a noisey hair heater.
We had a really good laugh about how lame this thing was, then we threw it out.
