My mother gifted me the Nano Hair Dryer from CHI which I love. The attachments it comes with are helpful and stay on, but sometimes I also use a universal one from Gold n Hot.

Conair Knot Dr. is GREAT as well. Personally it doesn’t get the root straight enough for me compared to CHI , but with the ability to get the rest done in (at least what feels like) less passes, it’s worth it.

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I recommend the Revair or the Conair Knot Dr both make blow drying very easy!

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I love anything by BioIonic. They tend to be quieter at lighter.

There are literally 100 posts on this page asking the same thing. Just search it and you’ll get all the info you need

my favorite is the babyliss rapido

I have the Drybar one and love it! It dries quickly, doesn’t get too hot, and isn’t too heavy. I haven’t tried any of the others in order to compare but, I’m really happy with this one.

I've tried so many of the dryer brushes. I started out with Revlon and liked the results, then switched to the Hot Tools later on because it was supposed to work better on curly hair, and indeed, I did find the Hot Tools got my hair even smoother than the Revlon. However, both of these dryer brushes damaged my hair so badly -- so much breakage, so many split ends. After that, I decided to buy the Drybar Single Shot brush because I read that it didn't get as hot as Revlon or Hot Tools, and I liked that it was a round brush shape rather than the oval shape that most dryer brushes are. The Drybar one was definitely my favorite! It was definitely less damaging than Revlon and Hot Tools, it got my hair very smooth and shiny, and the product itself seems more well-built. The bristles haven't broken at all in my few months of use, and it's so easy to clean off hair and dust compared to the Revlon and Hot Tools which got so disgusting.

With that said, I did recently buy the Dyson Airwrap and it's worth it to me as someone who blows out my hair regularly and doesn't want just a straight blowout look! My hair has been so healthy and shiny ever since I switched to using the Airwrap. But if you're looking for the next best alternative that's more affordable, I highly recommend the Drybar brush! I do think I get a smoother round brush blowout from the Drybar vs. the Dyson, but I prefer the Dyson for the curling barrels and regular smoothing brush.

I have the Revlon one and it works great! I’m pretty bad at blowouts too but it makes it easy. Although, I don’t use it very often because it gets pretty hot, only for special occasions. If you want to blow out your hair often, I would invest in a better brush with heat control!

I have the Drybar one and I love it 😀

Before I chopped my hair off I had the Revlon and LOVED it! I had to use it maybe twice to get the hang of it but once I did it was so just easy and quick to use. My only beef with it was that it was a tad heavy.

I used the dry bar brush and freaking loved it. Upgraded to the Dyson which is good, but I sold my dry bar brush and regret it.

I have the revlon oval one and I only use it on cold or it really dries my hair and I don’t like that. It’s slightly easier than dryer and brush cause my hair is to my butt. I do feel like it tends to pull out a lot of my hair as well so I only use it if I need to get dry asap which isn’t often. If I could get my $30 back and get rid of it I probably would tho

Oh my gosh, yes. I have the oval-shaped one from Amazon (not sure of the brand) and it's a game changer. It dries my hair smooth and straight. Now, you do have to wait until your hair is damp instead of soaking, and it does take patience as you have to do individual chunks, but the outcome is awesome. I use a hair towel to soak up the excess moisturize and do my makeup and then use it once my hair is dry enough.

I do hair for a living and have tried multiple of them. They are okay but you can’t control the heat on on them besides low medium and super hot. You really are just better off with a dryer and a round brush for your hair’s sake. But that’s just my personal opinion ☺️

Hairstylist also, they can be incredibly damaging. If you are going to use one, I would only use on dry hair to restyle my hair.

100% Dyson. Don’t try to save money and use the Air Wrap as your main dryer. It isn’t as good for that. But the Supersonic is the best thing ever.

Eta: also be sure no matter what dryer you get that you use a quality heat protectant on your hair.

I've used the BaBylissPRO Nano Titanium Portofino Dryer for a few years and love it. But the brush and technique is just as important. I have fine and wavy hair, so I need tension more than heat to get my hair smooth. I use the DryBar boar bristle round brush with low heat when my hair is 90% dry. My hair has never looked healthier.

can anyone explain to me how some are more damaging?

Dyson. My partner got me mine for Christmas and yeah. It’s worth the money.

Hey please lemme know if you find any reviews about this one

Need reviews on this one step air brush

It's really good

I use the Neuro Dry+ by Paul Mitchell and I loveee it

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I’ve been trying to decide on one for about a year. I finally bought a Parlux. I like it better than the Dyson I had.

I have one from Elchim and got it in 2021. It's still going strong. It gets really hot but also has cool settings too.

I just bought the chi lava pro. No regrets! Lightweight, powerful & magnetic attachments.I also have a chi nano that I love.

The one by Dyson! Absolutely amazing and dries my hair so fast. With and without the diffuser.

I really like Ella bella personally.. it’s great for stretching, but ultimately it depends on what you need. There is a good thread on the different types here.

Shark

Yellowbird

Revair. Never blow dried my hair faster ever, and mind you, it cut 3ish hours into 1/1.5

I had to save up for it bc it’s so costly but I think long term the time save and replacement/professional costs make it worth

I got a used Dyson which has help up well but people seem to love their shark ones too. I’ve ruined myself so I’ll probably get another Dyson. I have a lot of hair( hair stylist complained it was like 4 headsworth) and I can get it done in not too long compared to all day or night air drying

Shark has one just like the Dyson at half the cost. It's a little higher than your budget at around $200-250, but it's so worth it. It has a special diffuser meant for curly hair- You can raise the clips or whatever you want to call them so it gets your roots. I love it.

I recently bought a tymo using after seeing insta: @curlywavyjulia compare it to the Dyson with similar results and I'm happy with it.

I think it was just under $90

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I’m here to say Dyson. I splurged 3.5 years ago and I’ll never go back. I love it and it seems to dry my hair very quickly with a minimum of frizz. Before I was using the DevaCurl one and had a ton of frizz and couldn’t get it adequately dry in the time frame I wanted.