Customer Reviews

X5 Superlite 1600W Dual Voltage Ceramic-Ionic Travel Dryer

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2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This dryer truly is super light...drying my hair is effortless. The dryer comes with a diffuser that eliminates frizz for my curly hair and it dries quickly on the low setting. Well worth the money.

I have had this hair dryer for about 3 years. I'm extreamlely pleased with it.
Pros:
-Super light weight - it's so light that when I switch over to a regular size, my arms ache
-Powerful & hot for size, no other small hair dryer has ever made it past a 4 month mark without the motor burning out on my long and very thick hair.
-Great 4 year warranty - at about the 2 year mark the plastic on/off switch broke off on the inside. It is something I could have fixed myself with some superglue, but instead called it in where I purchased it, and for shipping (I think like $7) I got a new one.
dual voltage works perfectly. I've used it in US, Mexico, Austrailia 220V, and New Zealand 220V with zero problems,zero smell, zero smoking - worked perfectly normal every where.

Cons:
-The tourmaline thing - I can't tell a difference. It's not really a con, but it's not really a selling point either.
-Compare to a full size 1800 watt hot tools indestructable, Tim Taylor Tool Time special (dating myself here)...sure this won't feel as powerful. But for it's size, it is strong, and the air is hot. It's hotter than any travel size dryer I've tested. I always compare it to those hotel ones, and none have ever been hotter or had as much air flow as this one. So for the size, I do feel this is king of the category. It's good enough that I use it full time. I have my jumbo, wind tunnel creator saved as a back up.

I love this hair dryer and and am somewhat surpised by the average rating. Sure it will not replace the best of the full size dryers out there, but it's real close, and I have very thick, shoulder blade long hair. So it doesn't matter what blow dryer I use, it takes me a long time to blow dry, and I hate spending time on hair, yet this is so comfortable to hold and work with, I'm wiling to take another 5 min over my jumbo dryer to get the job done. I did mention the breakage issue I had, but it doesn't phase me. I've NEVER had a small size one last like this one. In fact ever small one I've used has burnt out because it takes so long to dry my hair.

I traveled via backback (a small book bag size one) for three weeks in New Zealand with this blow dryer. It rocked! For that trip alone I was so pleased to have purchased it. It was a cold, rainy trip and I was so happy to not walk around with wet hair. It was so small and added no weight to my backback.

For a travel size hair dryer I really doubt you can do better and give it 5 stars for that, for a full time hair dryer -well it would be nice if it dried as fast as an 1800w full size, so I give it 4 stars for being darn close. So ave: 4.5 stars for me

This is NOT a real travel dryer for people who actually travel.
It is nearly a full sized full power, full weight dryer.

I got this one thinking it was same as the very compact one from this same manufacturer I had seen in person because the pictures are almost identical.
I actually sent this one back immediately and got it's "little brother"

Dropping the wattage from 1600 to the 1200 model of same brand which I have now received and am ECSTATIC with. (I'll review that also and give it full stars)
It's easily HALF the size and weight of this 1600 unit and is quiet and plenty powerful to dry quickly and with the smoothing power of the ion conditioning.

Purchased this hairdryer for a trip to Europe because it was small, lightweight, and having curly hair the diffuser was a must. Do you know how hard it is to find a travel size hairdryer with a diffuser??!! Works wonderful, almost better than my full size! The diffuser worked great too. The seller was also great to work with, I told them I was leaving in a few days and they made sure the order would arrive on time. The air does get very hot, but as long as you don't put it right against your scalp its fine. Should have bought this sooner, worth every penny!

This took longer to dry my hair than the cheap $20 dryers chained to the wall at the gym for communal use. Perhaps mine was defective, but it was definitely not worth what I paid for it.