AIBU to spend £300 on a hairdryer!?

[lalaland1985]

I am lusting over the dyson hairdryer. I do have long hair that I have to wash and blow dry daily so if i calculated it as cost per use im sure its economical! (can you tell im trying to convince myself)

Has anyone bought one? Is it worth the extra money? Will i notice a huge difference from my babyliss one? Its my birthday soon and i keep leaving the page open on the John Lewis website for DH to see!

Every youtuber I watch has got one and says it's brilliant.

Yeah. Because they were given one for free in exchange for a review.

If I had a really thick mane of hair that took half an hour to dry with an ordinary hairdryer I'd probably consider it (but then I'd remember I'm boycotting Dyson). But my fine straight hair doesn't need one.

At the risk of enraging Frances further I'm currently enjoying the cool breeze supplied by this....

I have fine hair but it takes forever to dry and I have a GHD Air because it saves me straightening time - does anyone know how it measures up against the Air?

This is my hair. Its long and prone to being quite dry.

I am not sure scribblegirl. I don't straighten my hair in an attempt to prevent split ends. i quite like a light wave to it anyway.

It's very similar to mine (colour aside) in terms of length.

Mine is probably a bit thicker but I think you will notice a big difference in drying time.

Lovely colour btw

Life's too short! If you want it and can afford it then buy it x

it was blonde till the other week. Still trying to get used to it. Ive had to buy all new make up. which i'm secretly delighted about

I have a Parlux hairdryer which cost about £70 three years ago. I also have long and very thick hair. I wash my hair, then have a cup of tea, put makeup on, then dry my hair, so about 30 mins or so of natural drying first. The Parlux rough dries it ready for straighteners within about 5-10 minutes absolute max. Even if my hair was wet from the shower, it might be more like 10+ minutes.

I don't have a problem with spending more money to get something good, but I can't see what a £300 Dyson hairdryer could do that my current dryer couldn't.

OP Sali Hughes wrote a review a couple of weeks ago. I'd have more faith in her reviews than your average beauty bloggers'.

Wow I have been lusting over this too and I'm close to buying it. For the record I have extremely thick hair, it's dry, it's frizzy and it's the bane of my life. Takes hours to dry, can't be left to dry naturally and its in bad condition. Before DS I was getting keratin straightening every 3 months (which was great) so I figure I could justify this IF it works for my hair....shame you can't trial it first.

It's worth checking but I think you can send it back within 14 days if you are not happy (someone made this observation on one of my threads but I haven't double checked it).

But why is it £300? What exactly is it about it that justifies it being so expensive?

The word 'Dyson'.

I sold one to a lady last weekend and I have never seen anyone so happy. She got triple Advantage points and went straight to the YSL counter to buy herself some makeup.
It was nice to be able to make someone that happy just by facilitating them buying a hairdryer

I never even thought about the advantage card points! I need the perfect red lipstick for my new hair

Because they spent £50m developing it.

The motor is in the handle so it's light but very well balanced.

The air vents are in the handle so you don't get your hair sucked up the back (as I'm sure most of us with long hair has experienced).

It constantly digitally monitors the temperature so it doesn't fry your hair.

It's very very powerful and massively reduces drying time.

The attachments are magnetised and don't fall off like the nozzle on my Parlux did.

BUT as I said in my review I'm not sure it is 3 times better than a good hairdryer like a Parlux. It is undoubtably better - but the justification of the cost depends on the individual.

Saving 50% on my usual Parlux drying time is worth it to me - but not for everyone.

Oh my goodness this is an education! For the first time ever I'm wondering if there's a solution to my hair. It's incredibly thick, and although it's naturally curly it can't be trusted to dry nicely on its own. What happens is the underside dries nicely, but the outer bits sort of float around on their own in an unruly way, so I look like a wicked witch.

I always straighten the front and tie it up. It takes at least an hour to straighten properly, and then the slight moisture in the air sends it wild. Sigh. It's a lovely colour though.

I've got a ghd hairdryer which came with my straighteners. I think it's quite good. Has anyone used the ghd one? How does it compare to the parlux or the Dyson?

Keratine straightening? Is this the answer to my prayers?!

OP my hair is the same as yours and I wash and dry daily too

I am not rich

I would never spend that even if I could though, because my £20 high street hair dryer is very good. If you really want to, go ahead but I just think if I had a spare £300 there's lots of things I'd choose first because you can get a good hair dryer for so much less.

Faster, my sis does the keratin straightening treatment but be aware of fumes, I can't even pop by the salon if someone is doing that because it sets my asthma off. Luckily I don't go to a proper salon

If you can afford it why not.... I'm now very tempted, maybe a Christmas present. I have very thick, very long hair - down to my belly button - it takes ages to dry and my hand aches. I have two DDs with long hair so we can share it, £100 each isn't so bad. The temp control would be good for them as it can get too hot with my current drier. Apart from time saving and temperature control does it improve the hair otherwise?

*We give monthly to charity and I volunteer for three charities, so hopefully I'm allowed one. I'll also look at the Parlux. I bought GHDs ten years ago and they are still going strong, so splashing out can be more economical and environmentally friendly - less waste. I expect the Dyson may fall in price in the new year.

Eats, please tell me about your cooling Dyson fan thing!

YABU. Parlux are the best.

I bought a Hoover for £100 when the dyson version is £300.

It's 2/3 the name.

And I'm a hairdresser

I did it after the previous thread on here. I had a coupon for 10%off when spending £80 in boots and ordered through a cashback site which made it marginally better value.
It dries my waist length thick hair in 6mimutes.

Space - it's the Dyson Hot&Cool.

I bought it as our kitchen can get a bit chilly in the winter unless we put the heating on extra early - we just needed a bit of a short heat boost as the kids were having breakfast.

I'm bloody loving it now though in this hot weather .

It has loads of settings - hot/cool, diffused or straight output, fixed or side to side swivel and power settings from 1 to 10.