GHD says the Duet Blowdry checks the floor temperature of the machine 400 instances per second to ensure it is sustaining the warmth all through your use—much more than the 250 instances a second in GHD’s equally outfitted Chronos Max hair straightener (7/10, WIRED Assessment). Additionally much like the Chronos straightener, which has only one warmth setting of 365 levels Fahrenheit, the Blowdry solely heats to a single warmth degree: 248 levels Fahrenheit, which GHD says is an optimum low styling temperature. Whereas 248 levels is low in comparison with different warmth instruments like straighteners or curling irons, it’s on the warmer finish for blow-dry brushes, which regularly provide warmth ranges nearer to 200 (although the best degree on some, just like the Revlon, reaches as much as 240 levels).
The Duet Blowdry additionally guarantees nearly no warmth harm. I feel it will vastly rely on how delicate your hair is and if you happen to’re utilizing a warmth protectant as you need to be, since you’re utilizing a warmth device in your hair and moist hair is particularly delicate. Whereas GHD describes this as a wet-to-dry brush, the model says you may’t actually create a form along with your hair till it is 80 % dry, however you may nonetheless use the Duet Blowdry to get your hair to that 80 % level earlier than utilizing it to really type your hair. Personally, I simply wait till my hair is considerably dry to even begin utilizing it, however you may want extra drying help you probably have longer hair.
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Whether or not or not the warmth harm claims are true, the blowout itself is improbable. I am persistently impressed with how a lot quantity I get with out feeling like I am in a wind tunnel, and I’ve fewer flyaways than I often would. My blowout lasts longer, too, trying higher than common on day two or three due to the low-frizz outcomes with out dropping quantity or getting oily like my hair does after a severe hair-straightener sesh.
Is it well worth the splurge? Personally, as somebody who makes use of one in all these gadgets after each hair wash day, it might be price it for me. It is the most effective end result I’ve gotten by far. Whereas it’s twice the value of a Drybar or T3 blow-dry brush, the much less frizz and smoother outcomes that final for days are one thing I would splurge on for my on a regular basis device.
Nonetheless, it’s a bummer that for the value, you are solely getting a single device. It is sensible contemplating the design and know-how packed into it that is particularly made for a blowout brush, and thus why it is such a very good blowout brush, however different equally priced choices just like the Shark FlexStyle (9/10, WIRED Recommends) or FlexFusion have an identical worth level and include a number of attachments. Nonetheless, my editor finds she nonetheless must observe up with a correct flat iron after a blowout together with her FlexFusion, whereas I definitely do not want one after a morning with the Duet Blowdry.