Vidal Sassoon Ionizer Travel Dryer - VS782

by Vidal Sassoon

Product Features

• Portable ionic dryer with concentrator attachment
• Fast Dry 1875 watts and good size to use at home, or travel
• 3 heats / 2 speeds
• Concentrator Attachment for more precise drying
• Cold-Shot button

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

This antistatic dryer creates ions that reduce the size of water droplets on hair shafts, allowing the hair to absorb more water. That means fewer frizzies, softer, shinier hair in better condition, and greater hair volume overall. It also means faster drying. With two speeds, three heat settings, and a cool-shot button for fixing nearly dry hair in place, the 1,875-watt dryer provides plenty of styling flexibility. There's also a button that turns off the ionizer. Encased in hard, dark-purple plastic, this lightweight dryer is ideal for travel. The dryer's handle folds, so the entire unit becomes a compact 8-by-5-inch package, and it will work anywhere in the world that has 110- to 240-volt systems. It carries a one-year warranty against defects. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Model VS782. New Ionic technology. Makes hair look soft, shiny and more luxurious. Helps reduce the frizzies while drying hair faster. Fast dry, 1875 watts anti-static Ion travel dryer; concentrator attachment; ion On/Off switch; 3 Heats/2 Speeds; cold shot button; folding handle; dual voltage. For more than 30 years, the name Vidal Sassoon has been synonymous with state-of-the-art salon styles. Each product in the extensive line of Vidal Sassoon professional styling tools-like this powerful 1875-watt anti-static Ion dryer-is especially designed for creating today's salon styles at home. New anti-static Ionic hair dryer dries your hair faster. Negative Ions reduce the size of water droplets on your hair, allowing more water to be absorbed. This helps condition, soften, and make your hair shinier while adding volume.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• ASIN: B00005CDSG
• UPC: 078729807828
• Item model number: VS782
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,117 in Beauty (See Top 100 in Beauty)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Liked how it worked, but it broke after 6 months of ave. use, June 30, 2002

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This review is from: Vidal Sassoon Ionizer Travel Dryer - VS782 (Health and Beauty)

This hair dryer was used lightly each morning on a flat top hair cut. I have no complaints about how it worked, but it broke for no apparent reason about 6 months after I gave it to my husband as a gift. In the middle of the night, the plug started sparking and had to be removed from the outlet. Now the red reset button no longer clicks in. Seems like a safety issue to me, so I'm tossing it.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too Heavy for long use, December 26, 2002

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R. L. Stites (Reston, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vidal Sassoon Ionizer Travel Dryer - VS782 (Health and Beauty)

On the positive side, this hair dryer is very powerful. On the negative side, it's very heavy and makes it very difficult to hold above my head. Regarding the ionic technology, I can tell no difference between it and other hair dryers. Finally, when you close the handle of the hair dryer, it makes a loud snapping sound that makes me think it will break soon! I've used it just two weeks, so time will tell.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely love it!, September 23, 2004

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Lavy Jo "LJ" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vidal Sassoon Ionizer Travel Dryer - VS782 (Health and Beauty)

I'm surprised at all the other negative reviews I'm seeing for this dryer. I've had it over a year now, and couldn't be more pleased with it. It dries my hair efficiently in a matter of minutes and folds to a nice manageable size for easy storage, whether at home or when travelling. I travel quite a lot and never leave home without it. It's probably not the smallest hairdryer I've ever owned, even when folded, but it's still a convenient size. I have no complaints about the quality either. In the time that I've owned it, it's been subjected to quite a bit of wear and tear - being tossed around in my luggage (whether checked in or hand luggage), and plugged into all kinds of outlets (hotels, etc, where you never know about fluctuations and such) - but it's never given up on me. I agree that the loud clicking it makes when you fold it is unnerving at first (I was convinced I'd broken something the first time I did that) but once you get used to it, it's no big deal.

For the price, I think it's a great deal, and if the past year is anything to go by, I expect mine to last me many more years to come.

Follow-up (July, 2008): Had to add that I still have the dryer, I still use it, and it still works great.