A good hair dryer is essential in anyone’s beauty arsenal. The best hair dryers leave us with sleek, frizz-free ‘dos every time without fail. But with so many choices on the market nowadays, which hair dryers are the best? We’ve compiled a list of some of the most high-performing, luxurious and competent hair dryers on the market.
Read on for all our picks.
2024’s best hair dryers
- Shark Flex Style Air Styling and Drying System, $499, Shark
- Revlon One-Step Volumiser , $99, Amazon
- Dyson Supersonic, $649, Myer
The best hair dryers 2024

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GHD Duet Style Hot Air Styler
from $446.24 (usually $595) at GHD
Best for: a two-in-one hair dryer
Need your hair done in a pinch? The GHD Duet Style Hot Air Styler can take your damp hair to perfectly dried, straight locks with just a swipe. Using four smart low-temperature plates, the Duet Style can straighten and dry at the same time with ease and without damaging your hair.
Colours: Black, white.
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Shark Flex Style Air Styling and Drying System
from $499.99 at Shark
Best for: a great Dyson dupe
The Shark Flex Style is the hair dryer that put Dyson on its toes. With a similar curling barrel and a range of other heads and brushes, the Shark Flex is the closest you’ll get to a Dyson Airwrap at a fraction of the cost. With six different heads to switch between, you can curl, smooth, diffuse and dry with ease.
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VS Sassoon Super Power 2400 Hair Dryer
from $69 at The Good Guys
Best for: a no-fuss no-frills hair dryer
With the hundreds of choices of hair dryers out there, it can get overwhelming. Sometimes, the only thing we want is a hair dryer that’s no-fuss, has no-frills and just does its job. The VS Sassoon Super Power 2400 Hair Dryer does just that. With three heat settings, two fan speeds and a true cold shot to set your style, this hair dryer gets the job done at a very affordable price.
The dryer also comes with a round bristle brush for styling and a diffuser attachment for those with textured hair.
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Dyson Supersonic
from $649 at Myer
Best for: a splurge hair dryer
If doing your hair is your happy place, then you’re probably looking to splurge a little when it comes to shopping for a hair dryer. It doesn’t get much better than the Dyson Supersonic. The small but mighty hair dryer has a v9 Dyson motor, meaning it’s super powerful. The hair dryer comes with with five magnetic attachments including a nifty flyaway smoother.
It also comes with a sleek travel case so you can take your Supersonic on weekends away.
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Revlon One-Step Volumiser
from $99 at Amazon
Best for: an affordable blowout
Have you ever tried giving yourself a salon blowout? You’ve got a hair dryer in one hand, a round brush in other and both your biceps ache before you’ve even done half of your head. Thanks to advancements in the hair dryer space, we can get away with doing a convincing blowout on ourselves without having to build muscle at the gym first.
The Revlon One-Step Volumiser went viral online for this very reason. Sitting just under 100 dollars, the Revlon One-Step Volumiser has a barrel shape in order to blow dry and curl the hair at the same time.
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