Product test
Dyson: Supersonic vs Airwrap hairdryer attachment
by Natalie Hemengül
Comparison test: "Stiftung Warentest" puts Dyson's Supersonic hairdryer ahead
16.12.2022
Translation: machine translated
After extensive testing of 14 hairdryers, "Stiftung Warentest" declared the most expensive the best. However, there are also several other devices that were rated "good". And they only cost a fraction as much.
When the testers from "Stiftung Warentest" are at work, they try to achieve objectivity through laboratory tests. This then leads to specially designed machines bending a cable over and over again until it breaks. Or there are drop tests of the devices, in which they are always dropped onto the floor from the same height.
In the 14 hairdryers now tested, specific hairdryer tests were added. For example, the Pumuckl test. This tested how the hairdryers cope with protruding hair. To do this, human hair was combed in the laboratory until it resembled Pumuckl, i.e. until it stuck out from the head like the cartoon elf from the 1980s. Then the charged strands were hung up and blow-dried. A good hairdryer ensures that the strands collapsed after a few seconds. Incidentally, according to a report by "Stiftung Warentest", all devices managed to do this without any problems.
All in all, the results for all tested hairdryers are very close together. Nine of the 14 hairdryers were rated "good", with a minimal gap of a tenth between the best and the ninth-placed hairdryer. Five hairdryers received a "poor" rating. However, not because they dried hair badly. In this case, cable breakage during the bending test was the decisive factor three times. Twice appliances failed the durability test because they did not pass the 400-hour endurance test.
Test winner hairdryer only a hair's breadth ahead
After the extensive tests, the Dyson Supersonic came out on top in the rankings - but with a price of around 500 Swiss francs or euros, it is also clearly the most expensive hairdryer. If only "Stiftung Warentest" had asked our beauty editor Natalie. She has been a convinced Supersonic hairdryer user for a long time.
The lab testers awarded the Supersonic the victory because it comes with extensive accessories and is slightly lighter and more compact than the competition. It received an overall score of 1.7, just one tenth ahead of the runner-up and two ahead of the third-place winner.
Other "good" hairdryers are significantly cheaper
. If you're looking for a hairdryer but don't want to blow the money, you can also get a "good" hairdryer for less than you'd pay for the test winner . Here is a selection of hairdryers that scored "good" and are available in our shop:
Titelfoto: Stiftung Warentest
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