Customer Reviews

Remington D-2012 Salon Quality Ceramic Hair Dryer with Professional AC Motor and Tourmaline

5 star:		(32)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

When my old Remington dryer that is 7 years old broke I started looking for a replacement, needless to say I ended up returning 4 dryers before I found this one. I loved my old dryer because it was so quiet, I can't stand the dryers that have a high pitched whining noise. So I called Remington & they told me this was the quietest dryer they make (they measure by decibels & this dryer had the lowest). So I bought it & it is super quiet, the motor doesn't really give off any noise the only sound you hear is the airflow. And the airflow on this dryer is super strong, its much stronger than my last dryer so it does dry your hair pretty quick. I am very pleased with this product. It comes with a 4 year warranty too. The hot setting is hot but its nice because it doesn't get hot enough wear it feels like its burning your scalp. I actually bought mine at walmart online for $27, it was such a great deal! I highly recommend this dryer, its great.

It has been several months now since I reviewed this item. I am still very pleased with the performance of the blow dryer. A few additional comments:
1. The motor stays cool so the body is not hot after use.
2. The cord does not twist or knot up like less expensive electrical cords often do
3. I am buying one for my daughter's brirthday right now!


Love love love this new blow dryer from Remington. The sleek professional body is balanced and easy to mange when tossing, flipping or curling my hair. I found some of the professional dryers are large and quite heavy. This is very manageable lightweight and ergonomically designed for comfortable handling from all angles around the head. The motor is quite and has cut my drying time in half. If you read the product description it does call out that it has a salon quality AC motor is within the dryer and this motor helps contribute to a faster drying time in comparison to other leading dryers with DC motors. I have to agree with this statement! I also like the 6 different power setting combinations (3 heats and 2 speeds) there is lots of versatility to the dryer and the controls are easy to switch while in use.

The product description also calls out that it repel humidity and static which results in incredible lasting frizz-free shine. I cannot speak to this as I do not have humidity.

The Remington D-2012 is definitely a grade above the $10-$30 hair dryers you see at Target. Whether or not it is comparable to a CHI, I don't know. I DO know it is half the price of a CHI, and unlike Farouk (who makes the CHI), Remington will honor the warranty if you buy it on the internet. The CHI is a solid product so not many people get bitten by the voided warranty when you buy on Amazon, but there's always that chance.

The D-2012 has two air speeds and three heat settings. I use middle heat + low airflow for my short guy hair. My wife uses high heat + low or high airflow for her long thick hair. She says it drys so fast that her hair is dry before she has finished styling it.

The dryer has a very solid, commercial grade feel to it. Read this to mean it's heavy compared with basic hair dryers. I find it to be quieter than my wife's old dryer that claimed to be quiet.

All in all this product is a winner if you are looking for a really good solid hair dryer but you don't have the coin for a CHI. This hair dryer is likely one of the best in the sub $50 category.

This is a great hair dryer. I blow my curly hair straight and then flat iron it smooth. My old "cheapo" dryers would create a mushroom-shaped pouf on my head, which, in turn, would take forever to flat iron out. This dryer makes my hair noticeably smoother (and much less freaky!) and cuts my time with the flat iron in half!
I did give it four stars instead of five because it is slightly on the heavy side, but not so heavy that I would return it. I would purchase it again. Maybe it will help me work on the muscle tone in my arms :)

Wow, amazing product. I have been air-drying my curly hair for the past 15 years, which was okay, but in the summer it dried frizzy because of humidity and in the winter my hair would sometimes freeze when I left the house. I had had enough, so I bought this dryer and decided not to leave it up to Mother Nature anymore. I am so pleased.

My curls are about the width of a finger, and I used the dryer on the medium heat and the medium air flow using the included diffuser. It took me about 10 minutes, which isn't very long considering how thick and curly my hair is. The diffuser's fingers held my hair up at the roots and gave it some volume, and its large size ensured that my hair wouldn't be blasted by a thin stream of air. When I was about done, I sprayed some hairspray over my hair and gave it an all-around with the hot setting, and then the cold setting. My hair looks perfect!!!

Highly recommended for curly hair.

Loved this blow dryer for all of 5 and a half months. I have dropped blow dryers in the past so understood why they would quickly quit working after a year or so. This blow dryer never hit the ground and yet not even half a year of owning the thing, it started blowing only cold air. Very angry because I have misplaced the receipt. Be careful purchasing because apparently Remington sends out duds.

Delighted to say I'm married to a very, very happy woman! She's really impressed with her new Remington hairdryer, and compares its performance to another brand that costs quite a bit more.
She's particularly impressed with several of the dryer's qualities. First of all, it's quiet (She couldn't even hear the phone ring when she was using the other dryer).
Secondly, there's what she calls a "magic button" - actually it's the "Cool Shot button." She uses this once her hair is styled he way she wants it then a quick waft of air keeps her hair in place. She says she's not found this feature on another dryer.
For me, who can resist a four year warranty? A high five for this dryer.

My husband gifted me with this fantastic dryer, and I love it. It compares very favorably with higher priced dryers and, in fact, in some areas I think it outdoes them.
I've found the narrow airflow concentrator particularly helpful as I have very fine short hair. A wider airflow concentrator simply blows my hair all over rather than allowing me to style it - dry but no style!
It's light enough for me to hold comfortably and the three different speeds let me take my time or rush.
Very pleased!
- Gail Cooke

My wife (who doesn't speak / write English by the way, hense not writing this herself) especially likes the attachments and overall quality of this dryer, the three heat settings which provide just the right range, as well as the no heat / blow only setting.

But she says the blower is far too strong and wonders why it doesn't provide a lower setting than hurricane strength. I can only guess that this is because if the heat setting is on high there has to be a minimum amount of fan strength to keep the unit from catching fire.

I imagine that a professional hair stylist has the advantage of being able to hold the dryer some distance away from a customer's head and that's why it's so hot and blows so strong, but of course someone using it on themselves doesn't have that advantage.

Ceramic is nice, as well as the ion emissions.

BOTTOM LINE: Despite complaining about the strength of the fan, she already tossed her old dryer and uses this one because it is a professional level item. I imagine she'll get used to the fan strength.

I was very interested in trying this dryer; it features all the current blow dryer buzzwords - tourmaline, titanium and ceramic - all or severely guaranteed to "calm the frizz" for people with hair like mine.

My hair is thick, with a wave, and it absolutely mushrooms after blowdrying or in high humidity. It takes forever to dry my hair, so naturally your weary arms tick up the heat factor to get it DRY already, and that in turn ups the frizz factor.

I must say, I was impressed. The dryer features several heat and style settings, so to give an honest portrayal of the results, I kept the heat on the equivalent settings as my usual blow dryer. Then, after a while when my arms would usually get tired, I increased the volume setting.

Unfortunately, with this blow dryer, I wasn't faking the exhaustion in my arms. This isn't the heaviest blow dryer I've ever used, but it's up there! If there was such a thing as getting muscled from using blow dryers, I'd be Ahnold already. I wasn't faking it when I reached the point in the blow drying when my arms were saying, "Enough already!"

The dryer is more than enough power to accomplish the job. What was interesting was after my hair was dry, it really WAS less frizzy than the same routine done with my usual blower dryer.

The second time I tried it, it was raining out and about a billion percent humidity, the perfect laboratory for determining if all the tourmaline/titanium/ceramic add-ons actually worked to keep hair smooth.

It kind of did. What I can say was my hair frizzed, but it frizzed LESS, and it was much shinier than I've ever seen my hair in humid weather. I guess that's an endorsement, but not enough of one where one might forgo a flat iron to flatten out the kinks.

The dryer comes with a diffuser, which I've always found to be WAY too much work and time (if your arms hurt with regular blow drying, you'll be crippled when you're done using a diffuser on thick hair!)

If you're in the market for a blow dryer, and you have a problem with the frizzes, you might want to give the Remington serious consideration. It did a nice job for me, but the gold standard - not having to use a flat iron - remains elusive, even with this dryer.