At a look
Skilled’s Ranking
Professionals
- Unbelievable and quick outcomes
- Light-weight
- Magnetic nozzle attachment
Cons
- Energy cable may very well be longer
- Journey case is additional
- Solely two airflow speeds
Our Verdict
The Laifen Swift delivers Dyson Supersonic-style outcomes for a fraction of the worth. However the usual hair dryer solely comes with one attachment. For the complete vary of three, you’ll must pay a bit extra.
Worth When Reviewed
$199.99
Finest Costs Immediately: Laifen Swift
$199.99 ($199.99 / Rely)
Mallet-shaped with a lustrous metallic sheen, the Laifen Swift Particular is a gorgeous-looking hairdryer. At first look, you possibly can be forgiven for considering that it’s a luxurious magnificence equipment with a hefty price ticket.
However that’s the shock: the Swift is way cheaper than you would possibly count on.
Design and construct
The Swift is available in 4 colors: matt black, silver blue, pearl white and ruby crimson. We examined the ruby crimson mannequin, and it’s paying homage to the color of Dorothy’s slippers within the authentic technicolour movie of The Wizard of Oz again in 1939.
Consistent with the newest hair dryer design tendencies, the Swift’s high-speed motor, able to 110,000 rpm, sits inside its 7in/ 18cm-long deal with. The consumption vent is on the backside, simply above the facility cable.
Add to {that a} snub-nosed 3.5in/ 9cm head that may pump out as much as 13 litres of air in a second, and you’ve got a quick hair dryer with a extra user-friendly, centred weight that you would be able to make use of nearer your scalp with out the danger of hair getting sucked into an consumption vent.
Not that it is a heavy hairdryer: at 09.lbs/ 407g, it’s a lot lighter than a Dyson Supersonic (1.2lbs/ 560g with out attachments). Though the facility wire may very well be a bit longer, it’s nonetheless a good 71in/ 1.8m so you must be capable of attain your mirror from a plug level with out resorting to an extension cable.
Up to now, all good.
However what of Laifen’s claims concerning the thermo management know-how that protects hair from excessive harm, and an air velocity of twenty-two,291 metres per second? What concerning the adverse ion know-how of 200,000,000 adverse ions per cm3 to spice up hair shine and smoothness, and scale back frizz and dryness?
Let’s check out what it’s like to make use of.
Within the field
Within the field, there’s the Swift, a guide, a top quality management card, and a darkish gray, magnetic styling nozzle. In the event you go for the Particular for round $20/ £20 extra, you’ll get three attachments: a diffuser, a easy nozzle and a fast styling nozzle.
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The diffuser has a diameter of 5.5in/ 14cm with air prongs that stand 0.8in/ 2cm above the tiny dispersal holes, so in case you have curly or wavy hair, you actually do get curl assist whilst you dry, and the attachment dries the roots concurrently the general mass of hair inside the diffuser disc.
The straightening attachment filters the air right down to a 3.1in/ 8cm lengthy and really slender aperture for intense and targeted drying, and the short styling nozzle is a shorter and wider model of this attachment.
Because the attachments are magnetic, you don’t must fuss about making an attempt to fit tabs into catches mid-blow dry. You merely put the attachment on the tip and it’s able to go.
Management
Controls come within the type of a button and a swap on the deal with of the Swift. The button, roughly the place your thumb would possibly sit, is the warmth setting management. It cycles from cool to heat to scorching and again; it’s also possible to long-press it to set the hair dryer to auto-cycle via the warmth settings. Above it’s the energy swap that slides from off to hurry one and velocity two.
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What we notably preferred about these controls was the chance to repair the hair dryer on a cool setting with out having to maintain a button depressed along with your thumb; it makes it far simpler to chill dry hair for longer durations.
There’s additionally a hoop mild on the finish of the dryer head that illuminates blue, orange or crimson, in response to the warmth setting. It is a good contact because it means you may visually verify within the mirror what warmth you’re working with, as a substitute of getting to drag the dryer away to verify the button.
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Laifen states that the cool air setting is room temperature, whereas heat is about 50°C and scorching is about 80°C, and we discovered this beautiful correct – be warned: the new setting is actually scorching. When it comes to the velocity, effectively, velocity one is somewhat blustery whereas velocity two feels a bit like being caught in a twister.
Efficiency
For our first check, we began with damp, under shoulder-length Northern European hair. We used velocity one, with no attachments, and oscillated between heat and funky.
The hair took seven to eight minutes to dry whereas usually we might be roughly ten to 12. The velocity and focus of the air helps you to focus particularly on totally different sections of the roots to attain good raise. And, due to the air energy, biking heat and funky acquired the job completed rapidly.
The main target of the air stream lifts the hair on the roots because it dries, and, with out an attachment, the blast of the stream cyclones the size. What this does is offer you large quantity, physique and motion, akin to a seaside hair/salt spray impact, whereas the pressure additionally appears to separate strands in a way that you’d usually require a brush to attain.
The hair wasn’t over-dried both. The ends brushed via effectively with no static or frizz, and the consequence was similar to a salon-style quantity blow dry. The hair appeared and felt like silk, with an excellent delicate flip to it. The lighter weight of the hair dryer made it extraordinarily straightforward to deal with and manoeuvre too.
In our second check, we used the short styling nozzle on velocity one, switching between heat and funky, on the identical hair, and it took six minutes from towel-dried to shaggy dry.
Once more, we achieved actual raise on the roots, and the hair was comfortable with no static. Certainly, the hair dries so quick and with such a separation of strands that it appears to really feel lighter. The ensuing brush-through was straightforward and, once more, there was no dryness on the ends of the hair.
For our third check, we used the diffuser on Mediterranean comfortable curl hair. It was a fast dry, with very shiny outcomes, and preserved the curls effectively.
In our fourth check, we used the graceful nozzle: and right here we have to sound a warning. Because the aperture is so slender, the air’s warmth and pressure are extraordinarily concentrated – even on the nice and cozy setting, we discovered the temperature of the air stream to be too scorching.
On a ultimate observe, we discovered that hair appeared smoother, shinier and was far simpler to deal with by way of dressing and creating an up-do after utilizing the Swift, which was opposite to our ordinary experiences with hair dryers. It additionally appeared to make a wash last more, possibly as a result of the pressure of the air stream lets you go down a warmth setting.
After utilizing the Swift for a fortnight, we acquired the sense that the hair dryer has a type of “setting” impact on the blow dry. Even with out utilizing any product, the basis raise and switch of the hair appeared to final, notably the curve on the ends. We questioned whether or not this was right down to the pressure of the air stream, or whether or not the ion know-how created this consequence. However, we actually didn’t want to make use of any hair spray in any respect.
All in all, the outcomes achieved from the Swift have been good, and this hair dryer actually modified our expectations of what a house blow dry may obtain.
Worth and availability
The Laifen Swift is accessible globally from the maker’s web site. It has an MSRP/ RRP of $199/£182.36 however on the time of writing, it’s out there for round $30/ £27 much less. Nevertheless, in case you can afford it, our recommendation could be to go for the Laifen Swift Particular, which comes with three styling attachments, somewhat than only one. This has an MSRP/ RRP of $239.99/ £218.83, though it’s at present out there for round $50/ £45 much less.
It doesn’t include journey or storage equipment however you should buy a magnetic wall mount for the hair dryer and a journey bag individually.
Verdict
We expect it is a terrific hair dryer for the worth; a lot so, we’ve given it 5 stars. It seems to be nice, performs effectively and our hair has by no means appeared so silky or had a lot physique and raise.
Okay, it isn’t a funds equipment, but it surely isn’t as costly as many rivals, and it actually delivers the products. In the event you often blow dry your hair, and also you need a hair dryer that’s straightforward in your wrist and will get the job completed rapidly, strive the Laifen Swift.
We don’t assume you’ll be dissatisfied.
For extra hair care shopping for choices, and to see how the Laifen Swift stacks up towards the competitors, take a look at our round-up of the perfect hair dryers and the perfect hair straighteners we’ve examined.