12 best affordable hair dryers for pocket-friendly efficiency

Half a million 5-star Amazon reviews don’t lie. This hair dryer brush works great for both straight and curly textures, and leaves your hair bouncy and bouncy in a few twists. Plus, it’s easy to use even for amateur styling.

If frizzy hair is your worst enemy, this cheap hair dryer has everything you need to keep it out of your head. With ion technology, three heat settings and a cold shot option, you can get the same results you would get in the salon, right in your bathroom.

We all know that heat can damage our hair, but it’s our duty to protect it. Hair that has been through many times can benefit from this dryer that integrates micro-moisturizers in the tool’s airflow to leave your hair looking shiny and healthy.

It can take hours to give yourself a quality blowout. The arm exercise alone is enough to make you want to quit halfway. Weighing in at less than a pound, this dryer speeds up the process dramatically and it comes with various nozzle attachments for all your styling needs.

When you use this brush dryer with agitator, there is no need to use a flat iron afterwards. It’s an easy way to smooth and detangle while you blow-dry, cutting your overall styling time in half. What’s even better is that the device works on all hair types, from straight hair to 4C curls.

No, your eyes aren’t fooling you: This is a dupe of the significantly more expensive Dyson Supersonic hair dryer. This tool comes with a comb attachment and diffuser, all for under $50. It uses ionic technology to make hair shinier, less frizzy and looks very professional.

When hotel hair dryers won’t cut it and you don’t want to carry a bulky standard dye with you, look to this sleek and portable option instead. It has strong airflow but is also very light, so you can style your hair without feeling like you’re doing an intense workout.

If your hair has successfully passed over your shoulders, you know that blow-drying long hair can be a huge struggle. It can take forever to dry, which is why a top quality tool like this can be your saving grace. This dryer is extremely powerful and includes concentrate nozzles specially designed for thick and long fabrics.

Curly gals know that diffusers are just as necessary for hair to thrive as the moisturizing products you put in each strand. This little tool, specially built for rolls, has three heat settings, a cool blow and two different speeds so you can customize a drying routine for your texture.

This hair dryer works hard to make frizzy and static hair a thing of the past. You can count on this stylist-favorite brand to quickly and effectively dry even long, coarse hair as if it were done by a professional.

Big hair is back, and for the unnatural, here’s how to cheat some volume and volume. While the bristles are silky and tangle your hair, the barrel’s oval shape allows your head to focus more on your roots to create bombshell volume.

High heat and excessive drying time are not required to inflate thick and coarse hair. Instead, let the infrared heat emitted by this tool dry your hair from the inside so the surface of your strands doesn’t get scorched or damaged.