Dyson Supersonic

Dyson Supersonic hair dryer review

Hair drying technology hasn't changed for around 50 years, mainly because of the bulky motors you find inside the dryers.

Wow!

I mean... this is like no other blow-dryer out there. The whole thing is incredibly sleek, and I like the controls, which give you three settings for heat and intensity that you can mix and match.

Dyson Supersonic

Dyson has already sexed up the vacuum cleaner and even the hand dryer, and now it's turned its attention to the humble hair dryer. The Supersonic has been four years in the making, at a cost of a cool £50 million.

Dyson Supersonic - Hairdryers can be exciting too

Dyson's Supersonic is the most excited I've been about a gadget in months. Hairdryers aren't normally the kind of "tech" I talk about on CyberShack , but Dyson isn't exactly your average appliance manufacturer. When Dyson "reinvents" something, you can almost certainly expect it to be special.

Dyson Supersonic hair dryer review

With the cutting-edge Supersonic hair dryer, Dyson has turned its flair for sucking into skills for blowing.

Dyson Supersonic review: the world's most expensive and high-tech hair dryer saves us 2.5 minutes per day and leaves our hair feeling salon smooth…

Dyson crows that the Supersonic is, 'up to eight times faster' than the current top-selling hair dryers in Japan (the country has a huge market for hair-styling tech, relative to its size), 'and half the weight'.

Dyson Supersonic review

When most hair dryers will set you back £50-100, it’s tough to see exactly why the Supersonic costs a dizzying £300. Sure, it’s got the smallest digital motor Dyson makes inside it, and as the first of its kind the company can pretty much charge what it likes, but it means few people are going to be able to pick one up any time soon. If the price came down, I could see this being one seriously in-demand dryer, but right now, it’s a luxury. Dyson seems happy with early feedback though, so fingers crossed a cheaper model is on the cards. Buy the Dyson Supersonic here from Currys PC World

Dyson Supersonic review review

Review: Dyson Supersonic

Hair dryers are the least glamorous part of looking glamorous. They're cumbersome, their cords tangle easily, and they devour precious drawer space. The cheap $20 ones barely get the job done, while $200 "professional" models only provide marginal improvements on the same old technology.