Drybar Blow-Dryer Shot Collection | Faster Blowouts with Tons of Volume and Less Frizz | Choose The Barrel Size Best for Your Hair Length and Desired Style

I was hesitant to buy this hairstyler set due to the price tag. Glad I did. It is light and easy to use. I love the option to use different attachments for different styles. I have post menopause thin fine hair that lacks fullness. There are 3 different air speeds and cool option. The gives it some bounce and wave. It comes with a bag for storage. This replaces my hairdryer, flat iron, and other brand name oval airbrush.

Actual rating of 4.5 stars. I received the Drybar Single Shot on April 3, 2023. The packaging was fine and it looked brand new, which was a relief because I’d seen reviews posted about people getting used products with hair still in the bristles. Yikes! Why I chose Drybar: I watched a lot of comparison videos before I decided on Drybar. I’m okay with splurging a little on something I consider an investment in myself (because how my hair looks affects my confidence), so while the price tag on this brand raised my eyebrows a little, it wasn’t a deal breaker. The biggest thing I looked at was heat damage, because I don’t want to fry my hair. Time and again, the Drybar brand one came back as the one that caused the least amount of damage to hair when used long term (as in a year or more), even compared with a certain less pricey brand that went viral. How it’s going: By the end of my daily workout, my hair is drenched with sweat from my roots to the tip of my ponytail. I’m pretty sure no dry shampoo exists that can help with that situation, so I have to wash my hair (and my body!) every day or it looks, feels, and smells awful. I’ve only had the Single Shot a little over a month, but I use it every day and I haven’t noticed any damage as far as breakage or abnormal hair loss, and my color (dark brown with red highlights) doesn’t seem to fade as fast with the Drybar as when I use my Brazilian Blowout hairdryer. A caveat: I do put heat/UV protective products in my hair before using the Drybar or the hairdryer. If I wasn’t already happy with my current heat/UV products I’d probably try the Drybar products. I still might. There’s really only one way to find out if something works for you, right? Technical notes: My hair is shoulder length, straight, and while it’s not super thick there’s a lot of it. The Single Shot (combined with the aforementioned heat/UV products) leaves my hair smooth and bouncy with a great shine, and it does it quickly, as in 15 minutes on high. I haven’t timed it on low, but I imagine it would only take a few extra minutes. Someone with thick or curly hair might need longer for their hair to dry, but still probably not an unreasonable amount of time. It’s not so heavy that it gets uncomfortable to me, although for someone with wrist or muscular issues it might be different story. Some reviews posted said it was loud, but even set on high I don’t find the noise level terrible; it’s quieter than my hairdryer on high. I wouldn’t expect this tool to be whisper quiet anyway. The Drybar does get hot, but not uncomfortably so, although I haven’t tried running it for long periods of time. Low and high setting seem to have the same amount of heat just differing force of air blowing through and different noise levels. True to the other posted reviews, the cool setting doesn’t blow cool air. I take half a star for that because even though it’s not something I use, at this price point I expect every feature to work. Care and maintenance: The Single Shot is easy to clean; I have something called “The Brush Brush” that I run over it every few uses and it keeps it looking new without taking any of the yellow tips off. Storing it in the box isn’t convenient for frequent use and I feel like if it lays down between uses the bristles will bend, so I purchased a hair tool holder with a space wide enough for the Drybar to stand up on its end and keep the weight off the bristles. So far it’s worked great, and because it has multiple spaces it’s kept my other hair tools (and their looong cords) organized and neat. All in all, I’m happy with my purchase. I feel like Drybar makes a product worth investing in and would buy it again, even with the cool shot issue.

I upgraded from a cheaper blow dryer brush to the Drybar Double Shot, and I can confidently say it was worth every penny! The quality is noticeably better, and it feels much more durable. It dries and styles my hair quickly while giving it a smooth, salon-quality finish with plenty of volume. The lightweight design makes it easy to use, even for longer styling sessions. One tip I learned from my previous blow dryer brush—clean out the hair and lint regularly to keep it working efficiently and prolong its lifespan. Overall, I’m really happy with this purchase and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a high-quality blow dryer brush!

If you have thick, coarse hair like me and imagine that this will replace all other styling tools, think again. It took me a little trial and error to figure out the best method with this tool. I have thick graying hair that is slightly wavy underneath and straight on top, so heat styling is a must. My hair hits about mid back and takes me forever to blow dry and flat iron. So I purchased this brush dryer hoping to save my arms and shoulders and cut down on my hair grooming time. I imagined this dryer would be my single solution to that but it really was not. However, after some trial and error I am getting better results with this product than my former methods so I am pretty satisfied with it so far. Here is the method I have devised to manage my lion’s mane. After shampooing and conditioning I apply a smoothing balm on towel-dried hair and comb it out. I have found I have to rough-dry my hair with a regular dryer about two-thirds of the way before moving on to the Drybar dryer. I apply a heat protector balm at this point to partially dried ends and section my hair- a bun on top and then split the bottom layer in two sections, one on either side of my shoulders. It still takes me almost as long to dry my hair, but with this method the result is smoother, without the “lumps” I used to struggle with by blow drying and flat-ironing. The Drybar will not give me the stick-straight hair I used to have effortlessly when I was younger, but I do get a more polished, blowout look I can live with. If I want stick-straight hair I still have to make a few passes with the flat-iron but usually don’t bother. At first I tried using the Drybar start to finish but it took forever and dried my hair out too much and I was afraid with regular use my hair would be fried. Your mileage may vary, but this method described above works pretty well for me, and overall I am satisfied with the results. A star off because for the price, it wasn’t the total solution I had hoped it would be. I have had this tool for several weeks now and like it pretty well. If it starts malfunctioning or stops working altogether within the first couple of years, I will try to remember to update this review accordingly.

One of the best blow dryers. It is pretty lightweight and makes styling long hair easy. The hair dryer has a great quality to it.

I’ve had this device in my shopping cart for months! I was really excited to finally order it. I mainly chose Drybar because I read it has more temperature control and won’t get above 250 degrees. I’ve had the similar Revlon product for a few years and it actually burnt off a chunk of my (then bleached) hair back in 2020, so temperature/damage control was important to me when picking a new blow dry brush. That said, this thing got so hot!! Much hotter than I would like, it felt like the same temperature as the revlon after it was running for a few minutes. My biggest issue is that my hair kept getting caught between the top of the gray brush part and the yellow cap. Even once I was aware of it and being more careful + taking smaller sections, it was hard to avoid and it ripped a lot of my hair out, breaking the ends and also ripping some hair from my scalp. Finally, my hair did not even come out very good. I’m familiar with this type of device and how to use it. But my ends came out all frizzy when they should be nice and smoothed down. Overall my hair came out shiny, but not smooth with tons of flyaways. All that said, I did appreciate how lightweight the dryer is, the long cord, and the way it swivels easily. But I will be returning this. I’m wondering if a hair dryer purchased direct from Drybar would be better than from Amazon. I might consider trying that. I tried to take pictures of the strands of hair caught in the brush and how my hair turned out. I would typically expect it to look much smoother than it did turn out. After going back and brushing my hair with a regular brush, the last pic looks okay, but you can zoom in to see all the flyaway hairs curving out. I did use leave-in conditioner and a smoothing blow dry mist/heat protectant from Kristin Ess which usually works great.

I hardly ever write reviews but ran to write this IMMEDIATELY after using the blow dry brush. I am in absolute shock 🤯 I’ve hesitated to order this for months and considered a Dyson product thinking it may be better quality. The Amazon Prime Day deal got me with almost $50 off the original price so I impulsively hit “Buy Now”. It arrived in the mail yesterday and I already felt a sense of regret and thought back on the early 2000’s when I was in high school with frizzy curly hair and wasted so much money on hot tools promising to give you silky straight hair in no time at all. (Remember the wet to dry straighteners 🤦🏻‍♀️) I was mad at myself over the impulse purchase. For the last 10 years I’ve used a blow dryer followed by a straightener for an almost 60-75 minute hair routine. My hair is a massive poof ball of fuzz after I dry it for reference. I had this sinking feeling this hot tool was another gimmick and I wasted money hoping it would be one to actually deliver. I tested it out this morning and cannot believe the results. I have lots of very fine curly hair with these random wiry curls at my crown since having a baby three years ago. This round brush dryer straightened my hair and made it smooth in just under 30 minutes. All I did was work in some blow dry heat protectant after my shower, section off my damp hair in small sections with clips, and use the brush to dry with some tension. Every single section came out perfectly!!!! I honestly wanted to cry because this is going to save me so much time in the morning on days I go into the office, and I can pack away my straightener that leaves my hair smelling fried no matter how many products I use to protect it. I hated shower days after straightening my hair because it smelled burnt when wet despite being two days after straightening it. No burnt smell at all with this product! This completely transformed my curls that start at the root of my hair into bouncy straight hair in under 30 minutes. I added an old photo of my curls with faces blurred for reference because I didn’t think to take a before photo, I expected this to be a dud. It’s incredible, buy it, it’s not a gimmick! I will say by the last 2-3 front sections my wrist was a little tired but nothing more than how I feel after blow drying my hair with a normal hair dryer. I did not find this product heavy at all, I think it’s more using muscles I never used to turn the hair dryer to create tension as it dries. I’m confident over time I won’t even notice it anymore. If you have chronic fatigue or joint pain in your writs you may find the motion bothersome, but I would not attribute that to the weight of the hair tool. There was also that new plastic product smell when it first got hot out of the box, but after running it for a few minutes that was entirely gone. Don’t be alarmed by it. If you’ve been on the fence, just buy it. It’s hands down the best tool I’ve bought in my 30+ years of life to straighten my curly hair.

I do have fine hair, but for me this runs pretty hot, and I lose a lot of hair when I use it. I have never seen so much of my hair left in a styling tool afterwards! Every week, I clean a huge wad of my hair out of it (rather scary)! I have used a Conair that is a bit smaller around and only has hard bristles - but I rarely have to clean the hair out of it. Unfortunately I don't get the styling capability out of the Conair that I do out of the Drybar (the Drybar is hands down much better for styling a classic bob). Not sure it is worth the hair loss though!?