GHD says the Duet Blowdry checks the floor temperature of the gadget 400 instances per second to verify 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 Overview). Additionally just 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 frequently supply warmth ranges nearer to 200 (although the very 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 this may vastly depend upon how delicate your hair is and when you’re utilizing a warmth protectant as you have to be, since you might be utilizing a warmth device in your hair and moist hair is very delicate. Whereas GHD describes this as a wet-to-dry brush, the model says you’ll be able to’t actually create a form along with your hair till it is 80 % dry, however you’ll be able to nonetheless use the Duet Blowdry to get your hair to that 80 % level earlier than utilizing it to actually model your hair. Personally, I simply wait till my hair is considerably dry to even begin utilizing it, however you may want extra drying help when you have longer hair.
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Whether or not or not the warmth harm claims are true, the blowout itself is incredible. 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, wanting higher than ordinary on day two or three due to the low-frizz outcomes with out shedding quantity or getting oily like my hair does after a critical hair-straightener sesh.
Is it definitely worth the splurge? Personally, as somebody who makes use of one in every of these units after each hair wash day, it might be price it for me. It is one of the best outcome 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 might splurge on for my on a regular basis device.
Nevertheless, it’s a bummer that for the value, you are solely getting a single device. It is sensible contemplating the design and expertise packed into it that is particularly made for a blowout brush, and thus why it is such a great blowout brush, however different equally priced choices just like the Shark FlexStyle (9/10, WIRED Recommends) or FlexFusion have an analogous value level and include a number of attachments. Nonetheless, my editor finds she nonetheless must comply with up with a correct flat iron after a blowout along with her FlexFusion, whereas I actually do not want one after a morning with the Duet Blowdry.
