The Best Blow-dryer

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Revision "C", 11/17/03

Which is the best blow dryer for hair?

Dedicated to publishing unbiased revues on the performance of blow dryers for hair.

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Each Blowdryer is tested for:

  1. Blower Output

  2. Heat Output

  3. Overheating

  4. Life Testing
The following measurements are collected on each blowdryer:
  1. Weight

  2. Size (l x h x w)

  3. Cost

Blower Output
The most heavily weighted factor in our judgement of blow dryers is the ability to move air. Too many times has our family brought home what we felt would be a good hair dryer, only to be dissappointed in the overall "blowing capacity". We have developed our own custom test fixture in which we test every model. The test fixture has been calibrated with industry standard tools to ensure accuracy.

Heat Output While in our general experience, we felt heat output was adequate on most models, we felt it beneficial to quantify this feature as well. Temperature measurements are made at a distance of eight inches from the end of the dryer.

Overheating
A significant problem with dryers is overheating. We perform two different tests for overheating:

  1. Unobtructed Intake - During this pass/fail test, the dryer is run on high fan and high heat for ten minutes.
  2. Obtructed Intake - During this pass/fail test, the dryer is run on high fan and high heat for ten minutes with the intake 50% obstructed.

Life Testing
Our life test is done by timing the running of the blow dryer on high fan and high heat until failure. If the failure is recoverable, the unit is run again on a timed test with the fan set to high and the temperature set to medium and the time of failure recorded.

Weight
The weight is collected in grams to an accuracy of +/- one gram.

Size (l x h x w)
The length hight and width are recorded in inches.

Cost
The cost of purchase is recorded in USD.

Detailed blowdryer test results available at: Blow Dryer Results

BLOWDRYER RANKINGS
RANKING SCORE MFG. MODEL/TYPE Watts DESCRIPTION SCORE COST
1
85
Conair
094PRWB
1875
Translucence
85

2
65
Vidal Sassoon
VS798/VD798DI
1875
Digital
65


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