For me, a dryer lives and dies by its diffuser, and I’ve by no means seen one like this, which is definitely two diffusers. In “diffuse mode,” it seems like several diffuser you have ever seen, with prongs to get proper into the basis to dry and assist with quantity. Dyson says this one is greatest for extra textured curls and coils.
Pop that prong half off to make use of “dome mode.” As a substitute of pushing air out, it creates a vortex of air inside the dome so air spins across the curls to dry them. It is meant to elongate and improve waves and curls. For my hair, they have been greatest used collectively, and I believe many curl sorts would profit from each. I dried the roots and coarser backside layer with the common diffuser, after which switched to the dome for the size, notably specializing in the broken curls on prime that require a bit extra care to carry out the form.
You will discover just a few slight visible modifications from the primary Supersonic. Lights change colours primarily based on the warmth setting, turning blue for cool, yellow for low warmth, orange for medium, and pink for top. It makes it somewhat extra fun-looking, however it’s additionally a pleasant visible cue to shortly test which setting you are on. My favourite new addition although, is the clear again the place the settings are, which provides you an inside have a look at among the internals. As a huge fan of ’90s clear tech, I need extra of this on a regular basis. Dyson, in the event you’re studying this, the individuals need absolutely clear hair instruments with candy-colored wires.
Placing a lot of the controls on the again of the barrel is a great transfer (because it was with the unique). Most dryers put the buttons proper the place your palms grip the deal with, so you may by chance change settings if you’re simply making an attempt to carry it to your head. Right here, the facility change and chilly shot button are on the deal with, however out of the best way.
Sensible Options
The Supersonic Nural has just a few distinctive good features that make the hair-drying course of somewhat simpler. Scalp defend mode makes use of a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor and infrared beam to detect when the dryer will get near your head, mechanically turning the temperature right down to 131 levels Fahrenheit. Although it really works with solely among the attachments, just like the light air attachment, styling concentrator, and smoothing nozzle, it means you do not have to fiddle with settings as you progress from roots out.