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T3 Tourmaline Professional Featherweight

*Est. $200

Reviewed November 2009
T3 Tourmaline Professional Featherweight

Professional hair dryer

pros
  • Lightweight
  • Reduces drying time
  • Doesn't damage hair as much as other dryers
cons
  • Expensive
 
 
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(89 customer reviews)

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After using it for about a year and I noticed I lost my natural shine, November 12, 2009

I agree with another user: Seemed to work OK at first although I didn't notice much improvment in speed of drying. It is lightweight and easy to handle -- but it is hotter than I'm used to. After 6 months, my hair started to feel dry and had zero shine. My hair had always been very healthy and shiny before. My hair stylist noticed it and couldn't figure out what was wrong. After about 9 months, I switched back to my old hairdryer and my hair was instantly healthy and shiny again. Maybe this hairdryer is good for some people but it was bad for me, and costly! This comment above sums it up for me as well. In the beginning you notice the shine which was great but after a few months I started to notice that my hair was losing it's shine and bounce. I now went back to my old blow dryer that I had in storage and my hair is bouncy again and the shine is coming back slowly but surely. I believe this blow dryer doesn't work for all hair types. My hair is semi curly. Darlene

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hairdryer, September 20, 2009
Love hairdryer. my hair is in great shape since switching to it. the only thing that i wish it had was a hot/warm setting in addition to the high/low
10 out of 10!, June 6, 2009
I have had many professional and non-professional dryers. This one is clearly the best yet AND it was less expensive than my last professional non-ion one!
Love it!, May 31, 2009
This is the best hair dryer I've ever owned! My hair truly dries faster and smoother. I wasn't sure how I would feel about not having separate heat and speed controls but I don't mind it at all. I am extremely glad I bought this dryer!!! Highly recommended
Love this dryer... BUT, March 31, 2009

This dryer has been the best thing for my fine, thin, wavy color treated hair. Where my cheapo conair would fry the ends so much I was constantly having to get it cut, using the T3 since July has actually enabled me to grow my hair about 2 inches longer than it's ever been able to grow. Even my stylist has noticed a marked improvement in the condition of my hair. Unfortunately, something happened to it while I was using it this moring, an internal piece broke off and is now rattling around inside, making the dryer unusable. I'm waiting to see if Discount Jungle or Amazon will honor the warranty, since the thing's not even a year old, but if I have to replace it myself I guess I"m just going to suck it up and go to Sephora to get the real thing. What else can I do, this is the only dryer I've ever had that didn't fry my hair.

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Our Sources

1. ConsumerReports.org

Editors of ConsumerReports.org test 10 hair dryers for ease of use, noise, features and overall drying time. The T3 Featherweight is among the dryers tested and included in a ratings chart.

Review: Best Hair Dryers, Editors of ConsumerReports.org, Jan. 2009

2. InStyle

Editors of InStyle magazine test hair dryers for drying time, performance and noise levels. The T3 Tourmaline Featherweight is said to be the lightest of those on test.

Review: Battle of the Blow-Dryers, Editors of InStyle magazine, Sept. 2009

3. Good Housekeeping

The T3 Tourmaline Featherweight is preferred over the T3 Tourmaline Evolution by almost all testers at Good Housekeeping magazine. Testers claim that the Featherweight is quiet, easy to hold and that they love the way it makes their hair feel.

Review: Fastest Blow Dry, Kimberly A. Daly, April 1, 2006

4. The Early Show

Stylist David Evangelista discusses the various types of hair dryers and recommends the T3 Tourmaline Professional Featherweight because of its infused tourmaline.

Review: Buying the Right Hair Dryer, Editors of The Early Show, Jan. 30, 2006

5. About.com

Julyne Derrick, About.com's beauty guide, calls the T3 Tourmaline Featherweight the "granddaddy of hair-dryers" and says that it will last for many years. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)

Review: Top 6 Blow Dryers, Julyne Derrick

6. Amazon.com

Owners posting to Amazon.com give the T3 Tourmaline Professional Featherweight an above average rating. They praise it for dramatically reducing their drying time and for leaving their hair shiny and smooth.

Review: T3 Bespoke Labs 83808-SE Featherweight Professional Ionic Ceramic Tourmaline Hair Dryer, Contributors to Amazon.com

7. TotalBeauty.com

The T3 Tourmaline Professional Featherweight is one of the highest-rated blow dryers at TotalBeauty.com. Owner reviewers posting here claim that it cuts their drying time in half, is extremely lightweight and worth its expensive price tag.

Review: T3 Bespoke Featherweight, Contributors to TotalBeauty.com

8. MakeupAlley.com

Reviewers at MakeupAlley.com give the T3 Tourmaline Featherweight hair dryer good marks, with many claiming that it dries hair quicker and leaves hair shiny and smooth.

Review: T3 Tourmaline Featherweight/ Travel Hair Dryer, Contributors to MakeupAlley.com

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