I’ve been actually amazed by a hair dryer twice earlier than: once I tried the RevAir Reverse-Air Dryer, which may straighten hair because it dries, in addition to the Dyson Supersonic, which packs a variety of energy right into a luxe and compact design. It’s time so as to add a 3rd to the record: the Zuvi Halo.
At $349, it is simply as dear because the aforementioned fashions, but the Zuvi is exclusive for its capability to dry hair shortly with out utilizing intense warmth. Less warmth means a smaller likelihood of warmth injury to your hair, and who would not need that?Â
Heat Waves
Photograph: Zuvi
Heat injury is an issue, particularly for curlies who usually undergo texture and curl sample modifications from extreme flat ironing. You’d assume the reply could be no warmth in any respect, but air drying is not nice both. Hair is in a fragile state when moist, so diffusing—spreading and softening the airflow from a hair dryer—on a decrease warmth is a greater strategy.
But diffusing is not all the time a straightforward reply. I’ve thick hair, and although it is not very lengthy it often takes a day to dry, particularly the underlayers near the basis. Most days, I diffuse my hair midway on the best warmth attainable earlier than giving up.
Zuvi claims its MildCare Technology mimics the expertise of drying your hair in daylight and with the wind—so there is not any intense warmth in your hair—and it will probably nonetheless dry in a shorter time in comparison with different hair dryers. I used to be skeptical, but utilizing the Zuvi over the previous few weeks, I have been capable of dry my hair totally with out getting drained (or bored), and I did not need to cope with oven-like temperatures.
The firm says it makes use of infrared mild (quite than conventional convective warmth) to warmth simply the floor of your hair as an alternative of drying it out to the core. It’s tough to check whether or not that is precisely what occurred once I used the Zuvi, but I did discover the next enhancements: The warmth coming from the Halo did not really feel almost as sizzling as different dryers I’ve used; I may put the diffuser instantly on my scalp with out it burning; and my hairline wasn’t getting sweaty midway by means of the method, plus the air did not singe my eyes when it blew throughout my face.
Instead of separate warmth and pace settings, the Halo has 4 modes that mix the 2, plus a chilly shot when you maintain down the mode button. There’s Care, which determines temperature output primarily based on the temperature within the room drops the warmth as your hair dries. Fast mode works nice with the diffuser and makes use of a better warmth. Soft turns the warmth and wind down, so use it in case your scalp is delicate or you must shortly blow-dry the canine. And lastly, Style is supposed for use with the concentrator attachment and makes use of extra warmth to straighten your hair but much less wind, to maintain it in place.
Fresh Air
Photograph: Zuvi
Despite the decrease temperature, the Halo lower down the time it took to dry my hair. Mind you, it nonetheless takes me a very long time, but each minute saved helps. Â Anyone who can use it with none attachments or with thinner hair will possible see much more time financial savings. It makes use of much less vitality too, simply 680 watts of energy. That’s a stark distinction from our favourite dryer, the $40 Hairitage Comin’ In Hot, which makes use of 1,875 watts.
All of the attachments snap on magnetically, and my favourite is Zuvi’s Gentle Air. Before, I might by no means contact my hair with no diffuser if I used to be planning to put on it curly. Other attachments, or a dryer with none, are inclined to blow hair round an excessive amount of, inflicting frizz and puffiness. But now I begin with the diffuser and end with the Gentle Air, each of which have lower my whole hair-drying time by round 10 minutes (40 minutes now versus 50 minutes with most different hair dryers).Â
