Top 10 Best Hair Dryers For All Hair Types

Sure, there are lots of fancy hair dryers out there, but if you’re not looking for anything too special – or don’t want to spend the money on a pricey dryer – we rounded up a bunch of reasonably priced blow-dryers, thanks to the help of the most enthusiastic reviewers on Amazon. And if you still can’t find what you’re looking for and even want a second opinion, we have roundups for hairstylist-recommended hair dryers, flat irons, and curling irons, too, for whatever hairstyle you want to achieve. Here are the 10 best hair dryers for you.

1. Nano Titanium Hair Dryer – $80

BaByliss PRO Nano Titanium Dryer

Built for speed, the BaBylissPro tool dried hair fast in GH Beauty Lab testing, earning a perfect score for drying time. It also received high marks for strong airflow and easy-to-use buttons and attachments. “It is elegant-looking, not too loud yet powerful, and it works wonderfully!” an evaluator marveled.

2. D3190 Damage Protection Hair Dryer – $23.99

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Amazon’s top-selling hair dryer, this under $20 pick has over 2,100 reviews. It comes with two attachments — an air concentrator and a diffuser. One reviewer suggests taking advantage of the handy loop by hanging it on a hook for easy, out-of-sight storage.

3. One-Step Hair Dryer & Volumizer – $32

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This best-selling hair dryer brush (a favorite of Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping’s products and reviews editor) is worth the hype: It dries and smoothes even super-curly hair in half the time of a traditional hair dryer and round brush combo. Its intuitive elliptical shape is easy to use (even if you “can’t dry your hair”) and doesn’t tire out your arms. Plus,soothingthing bristles mean tons of blowout-level swingy body, from root to tip.

4. Supersonic Hair Dryer – $449

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This one-of-a-kind design (the motor is in the handle!) had the strongest airflow and dried hair faster than any model in the history of Beauty Lab hair dryer testing. In Lab evaluations, it dried an eight-inch hair sample in only 54 seconds. Testers loved how sleek it looked and one raved, “It got hair smoother, and in less time, than any hair dryer I’ve used.”

5. Ultra Smooth Professional Hair Dryer – $79.96

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In the GH Beauty Lab’s test, Cricket’s model emitted the highest heat to quickly dry even dense or coarse hair. At 150°F, it had the highest air temperature of the top dryers, making it a good option for thick hair. It is also rated high for all-around simplicity. “Cute and compact, yet powerful and well made,” one expert evaluator said. “It’s also light [1.5 pounds] and nice to hold.”

6. T3 Cura Luxe Hair Dryer – $295

T3 Cura Luxe Hair Dryer

This premium hair dryer impressed our testers with its quiet airflow, comfortable handle, and Velcro tie on the flex for practicality. Our testers unanimously agreed that it dried quickly, leaving their hair feeling soft, looking shiny, and maintaining any natural waves. They found it well-balanced to hold and thought it looked stylish. The volume booster switch performed brilliantly and the variable heat and speed settings proved popular, too.

7. Panasonic EH-NA98 Hair Dryer – £129.88

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Innovative modes and sleek design make this hair dryer our close runner-up. Our panel was impressed by how well it handled frizz, with some testers noting that their style lasted all day. Hair was left feeling softer and shinier. Testers with afro hair loved the hot and cold mode, which auto-adjusts between hot and cold air, and the scalp mode – a lower temperature airflow designed for gently drying the scalp area.

8. GHD Air Hair Dryer – $199

ghd Air Hair Dryer - Professional Hairdryer (Black): Amazon.co.uk: Health & Personal Care

Here, GHD claims to combine a powerful motor with ionic technology to achieve a salon finish that’s two times faster than regular hair dryers. When presented to our testers, they were quick to remark how compact and lightweight the hair dryer felt. It was speedy at leaving hair smooth and dry, and testers loved how the concentrator nozzle precisely directed the airflow.

9. BaBylissPro SteelFX Dryer – $140

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Talk about heavy duty. This BaBylissPro SteelFX Dryer is built with stainless steel, holds 2000 watts of power, and has a Ferrari-designed engine. Even with these features, the model is surprisingly lightweight (weighing in at 2.85 pounds), so if you’re all for dancing while blow-drying your hair after singing in the shower (we swear it’s a thing), this one’s easy to hold. To set your style, simply hit the cool-shot button.

10. Kristin Ess Iconic Style Professional Blow Dryer – $100

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When hair queen Kristin Ess (who works with Lauren Conrad and Jenna Dewan) dropped a line of stunning and affordable hot tools, everyone flocked to Target to get their hands on them. In particular, the Iconic Style Professional Blow Dryer has several features you never knew you needed, like brushless motor technology, which lets this baby last a whopping 10 times longer than the usual motors.

It also has an ion setting feature that you can turn on to get that shiny look or leave off for volume. It’s super quiet, too, and comes with a nozzle to smooth hair, as well as a diffuser for the curlies out there. All in all, this tool’s a staple to achieve the cool hairstyles on Ess’s famed Insta.

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