A History of Hair Dryers

April 10, 2018 18 Comments

We’re often asked, “Why hasn’t anyone done this before?"

Have you ever plugged your dryer into the wall, turned it on, and immediately blown a fuse? Us, too.

The problem is that your hair dryer requires a TON of energy to power, often upwards of 1800 Watts.

The beauty industry often sells on the story that higher wattage equals faster dry. That’s true for a few reasons—your dryer becomes hotter more quickly, and it blows more air. At the same time, you are exposing your hair to higher temperatures (read: more heat damage), and also risking a blown fuse! If that doesn’t sound great to you, we get how you feel.

Super high-wattage dryers would be impossible to power with a rechargeable battery. So we re-engineered the hair dryer from the ground up to create a product that operates at a lower wattage (without sacrificing power or performance), exposes you to less heat damage, and can go anywhere you need it to. You can read more about our infrared technology here!

Ultimately, the hair dryer hasn't seen innovation since it was created, but we're here to change that. Check out a little history of hair dryers below!

18 Responses

Katie Fishburn

October 02, 2018

Freedom at last!

Bethany Barnes

August 03, 2018

I’ve been doing hair for ten years and have been saying this whole time: I wish someone would invent a cordless hair dryer!!!! I’m super excited to try it!!!

Dugg Kirkpatrick

August 03, 2018

I’ve been waiting for this since the 70’s !

Dawn Christophersen

June 25, 2018

Great Idea! Cordless hairdryer!

Sedina Demcanoj

June 01, 2018

It would be great to take care about my (long,wild) hair with this dryer…
Better cordless than hairless

Dek Chaa

May 24, 2018

So interested about the product

Dek Chaa

May 24, 2018

So interested about the product 😘

Dek Chaa

May 25, 2018

So interested about the product 😘

Karen Halliwell

May 24, 2018

This would be great to take on our camping trips .

TAMMY GRIFFITH

May 23, 2018

I love it

Renuka Mahajan

May 23, 2018

Omg, So excited, I can’t wait to try this

Rmiriamh

June 25, 2018

Estoy ansiosa de poder probar esta maravilla sin estar pegada ala pared y peleando con el cordón de enchufe

Sue

May 23, 2018

I hope I get picked. This is great

Steven Hall

May 23, 2018

I’m extremely interested in trying one out!

Esmeralda

May 23, 2018

I love it

Marta Perez

May 23, 2018

This product of beauty it’s really amazing!!

Nikki Kendall

May 02, 2018

Can’t wait

Johana Hernandez

June 25, 2018

Suena estupendo ese secador me encanta como evoluciona todo y mejora el manejo del secador Y el consumo de energía me encantaría tener uno

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